
Workshops for Writers
Write What You Know!

Creation Workshops
Experience the feeling of making a leather pouch or arm guard.
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Discover the joy and meditative value of ancient tablet weaving.
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Feel the flow (and frustration) of ink through the pen/quill during a calligraphy session.
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Creative workshops for writers give you the chance to write about what you know through experience.
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Email brighteyesarts@gmail.com to discuss a day/time!
Half-Day Writing Combat Workshop
Through partner work and stage combat*, you will create a fight scene that incorporates dialogue.
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You'll develop a sense of the rhythm of a fight, the interplay of clash and dialogue, and have a lot of fun!
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By the end of the workshop, you'll have the outline of a fight scene with dialogue.
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Weapons offered: pole arms, single hand sword, longsword
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Workshop length: 3 hours
Cost: $50/person
Minimum: 4 participants
Max: 12
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*Stage combat differs from the martial art.
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Email brighteyesarts@gmail.com to discuss a day/time!


1-2 Day Writing Combat Workshops
Feel the thrill (and pain) of combat during one and two day Writing Combat Workshops!
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In the morning you'll experience knightly training in long sword, single hand sword, or pole arms through the lens of Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA).
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In the afternoon, you'll have the opportunity to write combat scenes and work out ideas with either a partner or your HEMA coach.
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1 Day Workshop: $150
2 Day Workshop: $275
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Minimum: 6 participants
Max: 16
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Email brighteyesarts@gmail.com to discuss a day/time!