Reclaim your Writing Brain: from doomscroll to literary permaculture

Starts 27 January 2027

Like the proverbial frogs we’ve been sitting in a pot of slowly boiling water for years, and now we find ourselves spending hours gazing at scrolling screens, handing over our attention in return for brain fog, anxiety, and a perpetual feeling of not being enough. Social media has gone from a tool that connects people to an addictive drain that pushes us to form relationships with AI personas and watch videos of things that never happened. We’re starting to lose ourselves.

This course is about taking the pot off the boil, stepping away, and reclaiming our writing brains. The goal is to reduce numbing screentime and replace it with slower, deeper observation of the world around us and a durable creative writing practice. We’re aiming to create a kind of literary permaculture where we generate ideas with both immediacy and longevity in a sustainable fashion. We seek the kind of intellectual friction and effort that helps the brain grow and writing deepen without succumbing to self-doubt spirals and distraction.

We’ll meet online for two hours once a week for eight weeks to learn techniques and tactics, do writing exercises, get inspired, and set goals. You can also get regular personal feedback on your work from me.

I would also love to launch a daytime or early morning version. Get in touch if that works better for you!

Wednesday 27 January at 19-21 Berlin time
Wednesday 3 February at 19-21 Berlin time
Wednesday 10 February at 19-21 Berlin time
Wednesday 17 February at 19-21 Berlin time
Wednesday 24 February at 19-21 Berlin time
Wednesday 3 March at 19-21 Berlin time
Wednesday 10 March at 19-21 Berlin time
Wednesday 17 March at 19-21 Berlin time

Creative Nonfiction Lab

Starts February 2027

Has your nonfiction project lost momentum? Are you doubting your own writing judgment? Do you want to get something finished for once? Show up and sit down (virtually) with a small, focused workshopping group where I’ll provide guidance and feedback on your work at every session and help you build a writing mode that fits into your life. Working together in a group of five, we can

• generate thoughtful writing that deepens organically;

• create impetus rather than chasing word counts;

• find the stories underneath the stories; and

• enhance your self-editing skills.

The six sessions will be flexibly arranged on weekday mornings with adequate writing/editing time, so get in touch with me via The Reader to sign up and arrange an initial meeting in early February. Workshop Groups will be limited to five participants, and more than one workshop group will be established if there is demand. The cost is €250 (inc VAT) for six sessions. The Creative Nonfiction Lab is for writers who have material to hand rather than those looking for generative prompts.

Creative Nonfiction in Lund?

Email me here if you’re interested in an in-person creative nonfiction class in English in Lund.