Think better,
write better.
This is much more than a writing workshop.
My 3 Pillar Approach:
With pedagogy grounded in Peter Elbow’s developmental freewriting methodology, I use writing as a vehicle for metacognition via curated literary texts. In other words, you’ll become a better writer. But even more importantly, you’ll become a better thinker.
Pillar 1: Curation & Metacognitive Modeling
I select premium, highly specific literary excerpts to dismantle any assumptions you might be carrying about what writing "should" look like. I use these texts as mirrors to expand your thinking, observe your own mental patterns and filters before you start writing.
Pillar 2: Non-Judgmental Generation (The Elbow Protocol)
I employ structured, timed free writing exercises designed to completely bypass the perfectionist "inner censor". I guide you to write down raw, unedited thoughts to discover what you actually believe, rather than forcing your ideas into a sterile, pre-fabricated template of what sounds "good".
Pillar 3: Craft & Critique
I provide high-level, craft-focused feedback on your writing. I teach you how to identify your authentic and natural writing style, pull out the core ideas, and refine the prose into clear, high-impact communication.
How to Start: The Voice Diagnostic
Every engagement at Heart-Centered Writing begins here. The Voice Diagnostic is a live, 45-minute collaborative mini-workshop, designed to uncap your thinking around a specific story or problem. Through guided exercises and free writing, you will come away with a new perspective, clarified writing, and tools you can use anytime you come to the blank page.
How it Works:
You send me an active piece of writing you’re working on. This can be a brand strategy, a pitch, a speech or lecture draft, a company vision, or a piece of fiction, nonfiction or poetry. Up to 2,000 words.
We meet to discuss your writing, and work through a metacognitive prompt to bypass your inner censor, then practice writing again from a new, deeper place.
You leave with inline edits from me, a new plan for your piece, a Writing Personality profile, and new tools for your writing tool belt.
Heart-Centered Writing’s Mission
is to help you find your authentic voice and articulate your story.
Through guided writing, tailored reading, and creative conversation, I’ll help you turn your big ideas into clear, compelling writing.
What Clients are Saying
“Working with Neysa had a profound impact on me. The innovative methods she introduced completely changed how I view writing.” - Tony Roh
“The prompts and process were well crafted and her nurturing, supportive energy throughout was authentic and truly valuable.” - Jessikah G.
“She has an encyclopedic knowledge of the past and current literature. We talked about Philip K. Dick and Stanley Kubrick, Nabokov and Brian Greene, Rita Levi Montalcini and Terry Pratchett, Stephen Hawking and Stephen King and so many more. It was an absolute blast and a high point of my day to talk to her.” - Simone Bianco
Upcoming Workshops
Several times a month, I offer group writing workshops that teach essential writing craft and give writers space to practice tapping into their natural voice. If you are in the Miami area, consider attending one.
August 3, 7-9pm
Heart-Centered Writing Authentic Voice Workshop
The Sagamore Hotel, South Beach
Every first Monday of the month at the Sagamore, we work with innovative exercises and compelling literature to tap into our authentic voice and practice, in the words of Virginia Woolf, “writing with the whole person.”
August 17, 7-9pm
Storytelling Summer Series #3 : On Endings, or How to Stick the Landing
Shelborne Hotel, South Beach
A workshop on one of the hardest parts of storytelling: how to write a compelling ending. We’ll be engaging with fiction, poetry and nonfiction.
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