You can’t build without a proper foundation
Fosterverse Weekly #3
Hey Writers,
I have a confession to make: I’m a huge golf nerd. I could spend hours upon hours trying to get my swing just right. Yet no matter what I’m working on, the basic fundamentals are grip and setup. Those are the core elements that make up the foundation of the golf swing.
This is true of every sport.
It’s also true of our approach to writing at Foster. After years of experimenting with various ways to support writers (and helping them put thousands and thousands of words into the world), we’ve developed a unique writing methodology that puts you on a path to truer expressions of creativity and discovery of self.
On Monday, June 3rd, we’re kicking off our Foundations Cohort to introduce newcomers to the practice.
This Cohort is an introduction to our ecology of practices and provides entry-level instruction and containers for:
Meditation and mindful writing
Somatic experiencing and writing
Peer writing coaching
Peer review & revision
Relational writing
Professional editing
Finding the others
Together, these modalities help us write from a more embodied, emotionally-rich place, navigate more directly to truths worth sharing, and move beyond various forms of resistance to publish courageously and find the others.
Throughout the Cohort, you’ll be exploring a thread—a question, complexity, or muse—and pulling on it using the modalities above. You’ll face any resistance that comes up for you via workshops, 1:1 and group coaching, editing support, and more. And, ultimately, you’ll express your words to the world at an ecstatic Closing Ceremony.
By the end of the one-month journey, you’ll be able to practice this ecology on your own, toward truer expressions of creativity and self. You’ll know how to tap into creative flow states on demand, write emotionally rich prose, and publish in a way that finds other resonant hearts and souls online.
The Foundations Cohort will feature immersive and experiential workshops, including these:
Mindful Writing with Lola Martinez
Writing from Silence with
Embodied Play with
Feeling Into Our Threads with Andrew Thomas
Facing Your Resistance with
Writing Into Your Threads with
Finding the Focal Points of Our Threads with Ellen Fishbein
Defamiliarization (Level Up Your Writing By Making It Strange) with
Metaphor Mashup with
The Art of Going Paid with
You'll also receive a Foster Foundations certificate and NFT to signify this baseline training in Foster’s practice and your investment into the collective.
Who is this for?
Writers who want to go deeper into the inner work aspects of their creative practice
People who are familiar with these developmental modalities and want guidance directing them to their writing and creative practice
Writers and people who want to partake in a next-gen community of practice that’s co-owned, co-operated, and collectively intelligent to its core
Since Foundations includes extra attention and support for writers new to Foster’s practice, we have only 25 spots available. The next Foundations Cohort will be held in October 2024.
For the first time ever, we’re offering a Foster Cohort for just $400.
Cohorts are the best way to dip your toes into the Fosterverse and see if the community and practice aligns for you. They’re also the only entry point into membership. If at the end of the month Foster feels like a YES to your core, the $400 fee can be rolled over toward a yearly membership with the collective.
I hope to see you on June 3rd!
Lyle
📅 Events
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Tuesday, May 21st at 2pm ET
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