The Grounded Writer’s Circle
Summer Sessions

A summer journey to write from where you are—inside and out.
July 22–Aug 26  | Tuesdays • Online
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET  | Limited to 12 participants

To be a grounded writer is to return to yourself. To notice, feel, and connect. It’s to write from a truly grounded place.

Each week begins with a simple practice to root into the present moment—into season, place, breath, and being.

From there, we follow prompts, poems, and creative tools that help us discover what’s waiting to be written.

We write from the ground up—drawing from memory, meaning, and what it’s like to be alive right now. If you are drawn to writing rooted in nature, memory, meaning, and place and want to find the stories inside you, this is for you.

Come to explore or polish something on the page in a steady, consistent and supportive way.

This summer, let it be about presence. Let it be about giving yourself the space to come home to your voice, your self and your ideas.

Find Your Writing Path

This Circle Is For You If You:

✓ Want a creative space to explore your stories and surroundings
✓ Crave a rhythm to support your writing and your well-being
✓ Long to feel more grounded, connected, and fully yourself again

Writing can be a way back. Back to your attention. Your clarity. Your creative self.
Come write with us.

You'll Receive:

❊ Generative prompts that help you write honestly and deeply

❊ Weekly consistent time to write, with sessions that are long enough to not only uncover ideas, but craft them into something more.

❊ Time for you to listen to yourself, connect with your surroundings, and your stories.

❊ Inspiration to craft stories rooted in meaning, place, memory, and voice

❊ One-on-one support to help you refine and grow

Join to get a clear framework for discovery, inspiration, and growth. Explore inner and outer stories and find memory and meaning in the power of place.

These two-hour sessions are meant not only to uncover stories but give you time and support to bring your ideas to life. You’ll leave with more than a collection of ideas or scraps of writing. You’ll leave with solid stories, themes, and writings that bring you home to yourself, even now.

Details:

❊ July 22- August 26. Tuesdays 10 am to 12 pm

❊ 6 live weekly sessions (2 hours each) + session recordings.

❊ 2 additional office hours for mentoring support

❊ Limited to 12 participants

$450 for 14 hours with me as your writing mentor.

Need to pay by check or payment plan? Write Erica.

What could you create or experience this summer if you gave yourself the time?

p.s. If this class time doesn’t work for you or you’d like 1:1 time on your schedule, reach out about private mentoring!

Meet Your Guide

Award-winning songwriter • Interpretive trainer • Story mentor

I’m Erica Wheeler. I’ve spent decades helping writers, creatives, and professionals of all kinds uncover their stories, reconnect with their voice, and rediscover their sense of place.

I bring a deep well of tools, structure, and soulful support to help you bring your stories to life.

“A great place to expand your skills.” "I heartily recommend this class as a great place to find your voice and improve and expand your skills. It is appropriate for those with vague goals as well as those with works in progress. The practice of blending history, personal experience, theme, and descriptions really led to some good solid pieces. Through Erica's focused individual guidance, we were each treated like writers instead of students."

Beth Arrowsmith, Colorado
Educator, Photographer
“Never fails to make my imagination leap.” “Erica weaves an experiential class of stories, writers, and inspiration together around Sense of Place that never fails to make my imagination leap. Her classes always deepen my connection with my current and past places which drives me to further explore my attachment to places that I would never have considered writing about before."

James McMenamin, Switzerland Heritage Photographer
“Helped me find my writing voice.” "Working with Erica has moved my writing in directions that I never thought possible. It has helped me find my writing voice and helped my ideas coalesce into a set of connected essays. Erica has a sort of magic to her teaching, where she is more of a guide than a teacher who can pick up on what individuals need in the way of direction. It is a writing journey with others, and they are the best travel companions!"

Julia Clebsch, New Hampshire, Naturalist, Retired Park Ranger
“I have not written this much or as easily in my 30+ years in academia” "I highly recommend Erica Wheeler and her writing classes! I have had a great deal of experience writing academic articles and chapters, which in turn meant I had little to no opportunities for descriptive or creative writing. I have not written this much or as easily in my 30+ years in academia. The classes are supportive and keep us actively writing, but also allow us to go at our own pace and take on as much or as little that meets our schedules."

Jeanne Stanley, Ph.D., Pennsylvania, Psychologist, Graduate School Consultant
“I learned to write much more expressively” "I took Erica's class to get back to a regular writing schedule and pick up on a writing project I had sidelined a long time ago. Erica creates a warm and inviting space for participants to develop their writing without fear of judgment. It gave me permission to use my voice and lean into creating a scene through vivid details. I learned to write much more expressively because of it!

Shae McWilliams, Rhode Island
Sales and Development
"You've given me a whole new way of thinking about place. "Living in a place where I really don’t feel connected, this process has really helped me come to terms with it, and how that’s okay. I can write about that."

Christina Campell, Iowa
University Professor and Knitting Blogger
“Opened my eyes.” “l had never taken another writing class, so this was a new experience. I had never thought of myself as a poet, but Erica stating that the rhythm of one of my pieces sounded like poetry opened my eyes. I valued the opportunity to do writing in class and was always surprised when short pieces I wrote turned out to be good!”

Andy Smith, New Jersey
Minister, Photographer