October 4-week:
Spicy Writing:
Uncovering Your Desires
VIRTUAL: Tuesdays, October 21–November 11, 5–7pm PT / 8–10pm ET **except October 28th we will meet from 4-6pm PT / 7-9pm ET. Recordings are included with registration in advance; they will not be for sale after the fact. Please note that this class involves a lot of breakout-room exercises, so attending live sessions is highly recommended!
How does anyone figure out what they like?
As I see it, there are three main components to getting what you want:
Knowing what you want.
Believing you deserve it.
Asking for it.
But why is it so flipping hard to know what you want in the first place? Well…there’s a lot of answers to that question. For one, our (Western) culture is totally pleasure-phobic and squeamish. We’re also told through media how to act, what to want, how to talk, etc. so it’s pretty hard to parse out our authentic desires from the other ones instilled in us so that other people and companies can make money off of our insecurities when they promise to fill the very (not sexy) holes they poke in our self-esteem.
When it comes to sex, it’s even more complicated. Many of us never really learned how to talk about sex, or even if we have, it’s not an easy subject. Maybe it makes you nervous, maybe it feels clunky and awkward, maybe you don’t really know much about it or what your options even are.
This class will help.
Is this class for you?
Whether you’re a seasoned writer, a cunning linguist, or a newb, if you want to find your sexy voice and figure out what you’re into, put words to it, and practice getting through the cringe and embarrassment with other people looking to do the same, this class will be a great fit for you.
You can write fiction or memoir in whatever style you like, though we will be focusing on prose.
“There’s magic in desire. Asking for what you want is the spell.”
What will we be doing?
Each class will have an exercise and/or a prompt. You will write for 20 minutes, then share your piece in breakout rooms and discuss:
What did you see/hear/feel?
Share what you notice about what the person notices. Identify any desires (sexual desires, desires for a better world, desires for deeper connection, etc.) that come through in the writing.
Questions for the writer.
Questions for the reader.
Pitches: I’m wondering about…, I’d like more of…, Have you considered…?, or more specific pitches (with permission).
Next, we’ll spend 20 minutes editing. Then: Share again. Discuss again.
There will be optional homework reading and writing assignments.
In the final class, we will read as many pieces as we can with the whole group and share some feedback in the style above. By the end of class, you should have 3 rather polished pieces, and some new friends!
Hi, I’m Mia Schachter. I’m an author, multi-media artist, intimacy coordinator for TV, film, and theater, and Tinder’s Resident Consent Educator. It’s my mission to make consent education as digestible and widely available as possible so you can identify your desires, needs, and boundaries and authentically express them to others in your own unique voice.
My background as a writer—plays, music, prose, personal essay, books—is deeply informed by my work as a consent educator. We will use consent-based principles to gently work through creative blocks. We will use tools and exercises from my Unblocked course/method, which tackles perfectionism, people pleasing, inner critic, and imposter syndrome in your art.
You can read my writing here.
About me…
“My approach is to zoom in, so we can slow down and begin to make the unconscious conscious.”
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Payment + Pricing
This class is $299. If you are in a country where the exchange rate makes this class financially inaccessible, you are welcome to make me an offer.
Please note: The deadline for refunds is 24 hours before the first class.