Pop-Up
Writing Workshop
A Free Monthly Workshop with a Changing Focus
If you know Wildfire Journal, you know each issue is on a theme related to our survivorship. Our free pop-up writing workshops are prompt-based and change monthly. Each are focused around a specific theme or population relevant to our community. This is a great way to dip your pen in the proverbial ink or find a new community that is especially relevant to your experience. Join us to connect with your community while getting in touch with your story.
This month’s theme:
Living Well (After Diagnosis), April 22, 2025
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How does it work?
Join your Wildfire community to learn how to start writing along with others who understand you. In this 90 minute prompt-style workshop, we’ll write away some of our stress and find some healing in the long run by using writing as a tool to find meaning. You’ll make new friends and fill a notebook along the way, even if you don’t consider yourself a writer! No writing experience is necessary to participate. Facilitated by your host, April Stearns.
The workshop includes:
60 minutes of writing (divided among different prompts)
April's quick tips for accessing and writing stories
Time for sharing your writing after each prompt if you wish
Devoted time to transition in and out of writing with poetry and guided breathing
Who Are Wildfire Pop-Up Workshops For?
Our pop-ups might be just what you need if:
You are seeking an alternative to traditional cancer support groups.
You have experienced a breast cancer diagnosis.
You are open to mixed-stage breast cancer groups (Stage 0 - Stage IV).
You were diagnosed under 50.*
You enjoy writing or find writing useful in processing life’s traumas.
You don’t consider yourself a writer yet but would love to try expressive writing.
You identify as female, nonbinary, or a trans man.
*Diagnosed older than 50 but resonate with Wildfire and think our workshops might be a good fit for you? Reach out for a consultation with April.
Our pop-ups might NOT be for you if:
You were diagnosed with cancer six or fewer months ago. (You are in a fragile place in your survivorship and might be triggered by others’ experiences.)
You were not diagnosed with breast cancer.
You prefer breast cancer groups that are specifically early-stage diagnosis or specifically Stage IV diagnosis.
You don’t enjoy writing with writing prompts.
Some describe this group as therapy, some say it is better than therapy.
“I just attended one of April Stearns’ pop-up writing workshops and WOW. I felt the heaviness leak from my finger tips. I haven’t come across anything in life that can leave me feeling so much lighter and calmer in just 1.5 hours.”
Parenting with Cancer
Body Image
Fertility Loss
Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Love and Intimacy
Mother and Daughters
And More!
Past Workshop Themes
*(If you are/were older than 50 at the time of your diagnosis, and still want in, email me to discuss: editor@wildfirecommunity.org)
Ready to deepen your writing connection? Check out our other workshops!