Writing With Mermaids: Creative Guidance from Polly Superstar

Sep 7

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You have a story to tell. You want your voice to be heard. But the distance between your mind and putting the words on paper feels like a daunting task. Writers and aspiring writers wonder how best to tell stories. How best to create the methods to manifest these stories in words. How do we do what we do so that readers enjoy, and become inspired by, the words we put on paper. How do we polish our craft so that we write something we love, but also loved by our readers?

Usually, this question is followed up with vague and basic answers. Write nonstop, read daily, and live life to the fullest. Maybe then, you grasp that concept of what it means to write. Maybe then, you can guide yourself and your writing to create a tale that transcends both you and those who consume your words.

Often the guidance we receive is less inspirational and more forceful on someone else's experiences, and not our own. Which leads many of us to look for an alternative writing group. A collective that is focused on the writer’s experience and not just the technique. An inspirational writing group that doesn’t cage us, but sets us free.

Allow me to suggest Writing With Mermaids. Writing With Mermaids is not a writing workshop. There are no prompts, and they don’t direct you to specific topics. Instead, the host, Polly Superstar, helps you unleash your memory and imagination to tune into your authentic story. Inspired by water, Polly uses breath and guided visualizations to flush out creative channels. Together, the collective uses their imaginations to watch as the creativity bubbles rise to the surface. No stranger to writing, spoken-word, and group inspiration, Polly uses the process for their personal writing practice to invoke the writer in all of us. Instead of notes, prompts, and clutter, we are guided to empty the mind and discover the story floating in the void.

These friendly online writing sessions focus on community building and overcoming writing anxiety. The meetings invoke the spirit of storytelling, participants connect in their bodies and with breath. With guided visualization, they find the story within you that wants to be told. They write together, and then share in a supportive environment.

Dedicate two hours to your writing craft, as you practice and prioritize your creative process. You'll experience amazing breakthroughs while taking your skills to the next level.

These weekly two-hour online writing sessions center works of gender rebellion, LGBTQA+, polyamory, kink, sex workers, sluts, anti-racism, and neuro-spice. If you’re a writer who has struggled to find a writing community where you don’t feel othered or shamed for your orientation, expression, identity, or lifestyle, Polly can relate.

This network of care allows the writers’ voices to be heard. Your words have power. It’s important that you are not silenced.

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