Sense Writing

Build a resilient writing practice from the inside out

Aspiring writers, break through the fear and anxiety holding back your creativity.

Experienced writers, discover how to hone your creative process freed from the pressure to deliver results.

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Sense Writing merges Somatic Education with the art of writing. With over 100 specialized writing and neuro-sensory movement sequences, Sense Writing is a groundbreaking approach that anyone can use to unleash their creativity.

Through learning to work with your body and nervous system, you will develop skills to…

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Deactivate unnecessary stress responses and anxiety to unlock your voice.

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Enrich the internal landscape of your creativity, whether memory or imagination.

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Work with the nervous system’s natural balance of curiosity and safety for maintaining organic flow.

What the Community is Saying

      
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                  “I don’t feel the blocks I used to feel. There is so much memory and emotion stored in the body and breath. Sense Writing was a way to get really grounded in that, which helps me find a way into a character, myself, or into a scene.” 
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                  Donnaldson Brown, Author, Because I Loved You
                
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                    Once I experienced this flow, I understood what my friend meant when she said Sense Writing changed everything for her.
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           Iva Radivojevic, Filmmaker, Guggenheim Recipient
                
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                    The Sense Writing workshops access a profundity that other writing workshops have rarely attained at this level.
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              Raluca Albu, Writer and Editor, Bomb Magazine
                
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                  Okay, what's a less dramatic way of telling you that this class has changed my life?
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               Olga Kreimer, Journalist, Los Angeles Review of Books

Teacher & Developer

All workshops are led by Sense Writing's Developer Madelyn Kent, Somatic Specialist, Feldenkrais Practitioner, and former Faculty in Creative Writing at New York University. She has taught Sense Writing in cities all over the world, and at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Kripalu Retreat and New York's Open Center

Have a question about the classes? Madelyn@sensewriting.org, 347-282-9151

2-Day Workshop in Brooklyn

Sense Writing I: Life Stories, Memory, and Fiction

For writers of all levels and genres.

In a supportive environment that integrates movement and writing exercises, you will learn to calm your nervous system, find lightness in your body, and mine your imagination, all while connecting to the core of your craft.

Work with the nervous system to interrupt body and language patterns that inhibit writing.
Find pleasure in all the stages of writing.
Identify the natural craft that’s embedded in your own writing.

Sense Writing frees you from the thoughts you think you “should” be thinking so you learn to bypass anxiety, and create from a place of ease and pleasure.

"Madelyn Kent’s workshop challenged Struggle’s worth and reminded me of the original impulse that led me to make my life about writing."

-Elephant Journal

Schedule & Registration

Saturday & Sunday, April 25 and 26

12:00-4:30

The Floor Studio, 310 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

Cost: $230. Please reserve your spot with a $100 deposit below. Workshops fill up, so please register early.