“Sharing intimate stories with complete strangers is an unexpected pure joy. An incredibly supportive environment to dust off the skill of creative writing. Magda is the sun, the moon and the stars for creating this movement.” Lindsey
“Non-competitive, cozy, community. I felt encouraged to play, experiment, and share and loved to lift up and celebrate the play and creation of others. Working in-the-moment on shared prompts with a group of artists was a great permission to do the thing: you have 8 minutes…..go. What it wasn’t: Anxious-shamey-academia.” Leah
“Magda, this workshop has been so precious to me. I am so thankful for your work and your enthusiastic mind.” Julia
“These workshops are like taking a much needed step outside of yourself to dive deeper into yourself. It’s like if self-care, art making, journaling, and storytelling all made a lovechild. Go birth your lovechild with Magda. She’s a great doula.” Justin
“The class with Magda helped me connect to my writing craft but also reignited a desire to dance and make art in general. It feels like I made a bunch of new friends but have somehow known them my whole life. I hope to get these prompts in a book one day because I would like to write on them over and over until I die.” Chelsea
“This writers group was such an anchoring presence during a chaotic time. Magda's ability to curate a creative space that feels alive and supportive is so valuable. The things that came up in our Sunday meetings flowed over into my day to day life and continued to inspire me, without ever feeling like too much or creating pressure around a "product." Phoebe
“A lovely thing you can do for yourself. Magda will help you gather up little life moments into golden scrolls of stories of bizarrely intimate, inane, and important details from your past. And they will gleam golden in your hands and in your room and in your computer and in your journal. Then everything will be golden and your plants will grow 3 times their size, like the Grinch's heart did that one day. Magda is life, life is Magda.” Lena
“Thank you for such an inspiring set of sessions! I loved how rooted the prompts were in memory and in tactile experiences & feelings. The prompts Magda offered enabled an easy & wild flow. I'm grateful for those springboards, and for the affirmative sense of community Magda created.” Maya
“I remembered that I just love personal storytelling. I used to love going to live Moth story slams in New York. This class scratched that same itch, but now I got to get up and share a story. Telling a Moth story is something I’ve always wanted to do, but I usually don’t feel like I have something to tell. So the writing and then reading worked really well for me. I liked the immediacy of timed writing. As an improviser this worked for me. It created a safe space and incentivized generous sharing and generous listening.” Sarah
“Gentle prompts and accountability make expressing yourself smooth and easy-ish! We all just want a loving witness-- and a supportive and attentive audience is what you get here. Magda's writing groups are a feast for the heart.” Elizabeth
“This class has been such a special re-introduction to writing creatively, and a new experiment in writing truthfully, that I really needed at this moment in time! In 2021 I'm hoping to bring more of the energy that this class had into my life—more gentleness, more reflection, more creative community, and more empathy for the strange and startling moments that punctuate our weird little lived experiences.” Maggie
“Basically "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" I was feeling lost at sea. This class helped me sneak up and corner my dormant creativity after months of being unmotivated. Each session was a little present I was gifting my future self. Magda helps nurture an environment of generosity, curiosity, and mischief. Will miss my fellow writers and their sweet vulnerability.” Sarah
“Magda's workshops have been an overwhelmingly positive experience for me. Magda is an amazing prompt writer and has an eye for picking out the most poignant, powerful, funny details in your writing. A needed kind of warmth and intimacy, even through the computer screen.” Heather
“Magda's writing workshops were a joy. Her thoughtfully crafted prompts gave me permission to do a deep dive into my life, and pull out some delicious artistic tidbits. Magda is a warm instructor with a keen eye for the funny, sad, weird, and beautiful parts of all of our written creations. I loved my troupe of workshop artists, and it was thrilling to see how their creative voices evolved over the course of four weeks. Be on the lookout for Magda's Book of Writing Prompts!” Ben
“Magda is a prompt-magician. Her prompts nestle you in a kind of poetic, empathetic space before you even start writing. You will realize that your life is more interesting than you thought it was.” Maddie
"This space was honestly great because it gave me the push I needed to start writing about my experiences. The prompts were very easy to go with and gave me a lot to think about. I wanted more time to process my thoughts but in being forced to write instead I was able to identify what was really important to me." Amalia
“Has been such a gift for me. Once a week, I know I will get space to reflect and think and write with very low stakes and very valuable outcomes. My writing style has started to become clearer to me and I’ve learned so much from my fellow artists. It is a simple and accessible way to feel nourished again. To feel “creative” again.” Rebecca
“This class was a peaceful break during such a shit show of a year. It was my first time taking a group writing class and I was surprised to feel like I already knew everyone in class from a time before - not sure if it was a lucky group or Magda magic! Regardless, Magda has a really special way of getting people to open up (myself included) and write honestly and freely. The prompts were creative, accessible, and really felt thought out. I truly enjoyed and needed this class.” Liz
“I am so grateful that I got to join one of Magda's writing classes! Any nervousness I had was immediately soothed by Magda's purposeful and supportive approach. The prompts provided the little push needed to start delving into the raw material of my own experiences. It was so illuminating to listen to others read their writing, and the discussions afterward always propelled my own ideas. It felt so rejuvenating to get creative with a group of new people during this long quarantine.” Devon
“Over the last four weeks Magda has built a micro-community of artists, learning, responding to and rejoicing in each other's work. The prompts were invariably juicy, and the rapid-fire writing structure pushed me into the kind of creative dynamic I've been longing for: equal parts play and challenge. Highly recommend this course for anyone who wants to experience the awkward, tender, vindicating pleasure of turning life into art!” Jillian
“Magda's prompts go deep and her students are inspiring and supportive. I walked away from every class feeling so full and so much lighter. Participating in Magda's class has been the most productive and good work I've done during this pandemic so far. I'm excited for the next class to start.” Nicole
“It has been such a joy to meet every week with a beautifully talented group of artist-writers led by Magda’s brilliant prompts and sweet, loving energy. It has helped me reconnect with some old and rusty parts of myself and reminded me of the pleasure of writing. I'm looking forward to continuing my new writing practice.” Hannah
“Thank you again for the wonderful workshop. It felt so good and needed to carve through my past self. I was taken aback to relocate memories and meaning in things that were buried or almost forgotten, like the bus route crush or the way my creek felt, and it was so warming to feel those things again. I hope to keep writing and would love to to join in your monthly workshops! Also hope we can cross paths outside of the digital square soon.” Gwen
“It’s a relaxed, non-judgmental, and social setting for opening up through writing. Not overly woo woo, but still super sensitive. I always believe that actions are more meaningful when you have an audience, and this is no exception. I love the crowd Magda attracts -- they’re not unlike those who might line up to see something called “The Cock Painter.” Until we can gather indoors for that, places like this writing class are bringing me closer to what I miss from those lobbies and ticket lines.” Mira
“What an amazing workshop. During the first meeting Magda told us that our writing exercises would help us make bouillon cubes that we can later use to make soup: we can make condensed stories that can be unfolded and grown. At the end of the workshop, I have several of those bouillon cubes and a list of new topics to explore. Such an inspiring and encouraging experience!” Anastasia