wishBIG ecamp Giveaway

2/14/12 Update: The winner (chosen by random.org) of the spot for wishBIG ecamp is tawnya, who wished for "inner peace instead of ... inner worry." Congratulations! Please send me your email address so I can get you registered for ecamp. Thank you to everyone who shared a wish, dream, or hope here. I'd love to see you in camp, too, so please consider signing up. The fun starts next Monday.

I'm giving away one spot for wishBIG ecamp, which starts next week (February 19-26), and is going to be an extravaganza of creative goodness with me and seven other teachers. To enter for a chance to win a free spot, please leave a comment on this post with one of your wishes, hopes, or dreams. I'll choose a winner randomly on Wednesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 14 (yep, that's Valentine's Day!) at 5:00pm (ET).

What am I sharing at wishBIG ecamp?

I'm debuting a new workshop, "One-moment Memoirs," at ecamp, and I'm quite excited about it. I had so much fun putting it together, and I can't wait to share it with you. My workshop includes several video posts, a virtual reading of one of my own one-moment memoirs, and a fun, accessible, step-by-step process to emopwer you to write your own one-moment memoir.

So...What are one-moment memoirs?

That moment when you're washing dishes, and you see your own hand holding a little metal bouquet of silverware, and for a second you think it's your mother's hand.

That moment when your beloved touches your cheek, and you know in your bones that something fundamental has shifted.

That moment when you hear the loud summer buzz of cicadas, and a line of poetry floats into your mind, begging you to capture it for later.

That moment when the sun slants just so, or the clock ticks too loudly, or you get the phone call you've been waiting for. Those moments big and small, those moments that matter, those moments that you want to live inside of, or make sense of, or share with others.

Some experiences beg us to write about them, but we often feel overwhelmed when trying to capture the whole story at once. One-moment Memoirs helps you take a relaxed yet focused approach to telling life's big and small stories in bite-sized pieces.

In this workshop we'll explore the art of short-form storytelling, also known as "flash creative nonfiction" (which also happens to be the prefect size for blog posts). Using writing prompts and exercises designed to help you connect with the heart of your story, we'll dig into the details of a single moment. You'll use these to write your very own one-moment memoir in two to three pages.

I'm excited to debut this workshop as part of wishBIG ecamp, where I'll be joining seven fabulous creative souls for a week of online workshops and virtual campfires for ecamp. Who else will be there? How about Rachel Awes, Stacy De La Rosa, Miranda Hersey, Connie Hozvicka, Vivienne McMaster, Amy Palko, and Chrisy Zydel. Nice lineup, eh?

Leave a comment (with one of your wishes, hopes, or dreams for a chance to win a free spot at ecamp. (Winner will be chosen at random at 5:00pm on Feb. 15 Feb. 14) Or if you just can't wait, you can see all of the wishBIG workshops and register here!

(Note: By registering for ecamp through the links from my site, you help to  support my work. Thank you!)

Comments

[Jill]

I wish...for more moments to breathe deeply, and then breathe out again, and then look around and see that all is okay. I wish for life to slow down, so that I wouldn't have to try hard to keep up with it. And in that slow motion of life, all of the things that are true and real will reveal themselves by floating, while the counterfeit masquerauders that so often we chase after will fall to the ground because they have stopped moving.
Sorry if that didn't make sense, but that is my wish. Thanks, and good luck to all, and the WishBig Camp sounds great!

[tawnya]

I wish for inner peace instead of the inner worry I seem to default to.

[Amie aka MammaLoves]

My dream is to become a full-time photographer--to leave the office job behind and turn to photography and enjoy bigger dreams than I ever imagined.

And to write too.

[Renee Shupe]

My simple wish...to become sustainably creative this year and to nourish and shelter my family doing so.

[Milena]

I wish to be a storyteller; a spinner of tales. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity xxx

[Sherry]

I wish for more sunshine, blue skies and happy moments. I wish for the warmth and stinky smell of my dog, Scamp. I wish for an afternoon with my Mom so that I can remember the exact color of her eyes, each line on her face and the sound of her voice as she tells me she loves me. I wish my Father had the ability to communicate so that I could ask him all of those important life questions that I didn't know were important before he lost his ability to communicate. I wish for a joyful afternoon in a coffee shop with my three sisters. I wish my quasi-husband could find peace in his heart and soul so that he may recognize that life is a wonderful thing. I think it all comes down to love. I wish for love for everyone. That's what life is all about - love.

[Virginia]

I dream of being the Idea Girl.
I always have just the right idea, and I know exactly what to say and what will work best in any situation. Fun ideas, inspiring ideas, helpful ideas. My ideas are always spelled correctly and in constant demand. I can see in my dream a red-haired gypsy girl wandering the earth with a carpet bag full of ideas. She's ready and willing to share them, helping people everywhere, but then... I wake up.

[Jess Morrow]

I wish that I could be whole & together just enough so that everything I create or produce would fly on wide open wings into the world like crazy confetti.

[diane]

My wish and my desire for this next year is to be more courageous, take more risks and send my creative work out into the world with more intention with both my photography and writing

[Jennifer]

Oops, am I too late?! I just got the baby down for her nap at last! What I'm really wishing for right now is some quality creative time alone with my thoughts. Rushed, exhausted, squeeze it in any old way time is not very replenishing. I'm longing for some genuine time to let my ideas flow freely and then implement them.

[Julie]

I want to define my dreams through writing.

[Sion Dayson]

I hope I tap into the the next big creative project that's going to excite and consume me.

(I love the name of this ecamp, by the way. wishBIG!)