writing with larissa

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Clearing the Path to your natural talent

Discover Healing and Artistry with Larissa Shmailo's Empowering Workshops! 

Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey of healing, self-discovery, and artistic expression? Look no further than the incredible workshops facilitated by acclaimed poet and novelist, Larissa Shmailo. Whether you're navigating trauma, addiction, mental illness, or simply seeking to enhance your writing skills, Larissa's dual workshops on "Writing Resilience" and "Formal Poetry" are tailor-made to empower and uplift you.

“Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences.”
— Sylvia Plath

Testimonials

For all Testimonials and Celebrations of student work!

“Larissa Shmailo is astute, discerning, and perceptive . . . Larissa brings to the workshop the rare capacity of true interest in the work and the lives of her students. She affirms the writing in a way that demonstrates understanding of the content - through specificity and authentic reaction to the piece. This class allows the processing of personal trauma while also freeing it in the direction of publication. One is left realizing that the world does want to hear your story.”

—Sandra Kleven, publisher, Cirque

"Larissa Shmailo's Writing Resilience Workshop helped me to write again after a period of writer's block. In the past I have not been able to write in response to prompts, or to write in-workshop, but something about Larissa's leadership and compassion—along with the warmth of the group—freed me to participate. I am grateful for the experience and highly recommend the workshop."

—Rachel Blum, author of The Doctor of Flowers

“ If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."

— Toni Morrison