Find Your Voice & Silence the Inner Critic with Kerry Ryan
When we're busy or times are tough, the inner critic can get loud, making it difficult for us to find our way to the page. Join Kerry Ryan for this gentle, nurturing workshop where she’ll share tips, tools, and strategies to quieten that inner critic, find your true voice and write more with more joy - no matter what's going on in your life or the wider world.
In this workshop, we’ll embrace the spirit of play as a pathway to discovering our authentic voice. You’ll learn to let go of self-judgment and cultivate creative courage, making the writing experience much more enjoyable and fulfilling. This two-hour workshop is suitable for both new and experienced writers, and there is no pressure to share your writing!
Dr Kerry Ryan is a writer based in Folkestone. She has won the Spilling Ink Short Story Prize and has been shortlisted for the Myriad First Editions Prize, the HG Wells Short Story Prize 2023 and the Writers and Artists Prize 2023. Her writing appears in The Manchester Review, The Kenyon Review, the Guardian, the Telegraph and others. In 2022, she was the contributing editor for So Long as You Write (Dear Damsels) and the Write Like a Grrrl anthology (Grind and Bearing). Her poetry features in the Spectrum anthology by Renard Press 2023, the Grito du Mujer anthology 2023 and many others. She has a Masters and a PhD in Literary Studies and Creative Writing. Kerry is also the proud founder Write Like a Grrrl, an organisation that supports creative writers across the globe.
Write like a Grrrl supports marginalised genders to develop writing craft and confidence. Creating community and taking strength in community is what Write like a Grrrl is all about. Founded by Kerry Ryan in 2015, our courses run or have run in Russia, America, Australia, Mauritius, India, Iceland and Ireland. In the UK, WLAG courses and workshops have sold out in Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Norwich, Brighton, Bristol and all across London. We’re absolutely committed to access and inclusion and ensure our courses and workshops are accessible for all. We’ve supported thousands of students to write more with more joy. We believe passionately that your voice matters and that creativity is a radical act.