HoneyLeaf Creative Writing | Mel Parks

HoneyLeaf Creative Writing | Mel Parks

RESTORE: a weekly guided creative writing workshop live on Zoom for paid subscribers.

Join me at 2pm this afternoon - 20 January (UK time) | NEW link below for paid subscribers

Jan 20, 2026
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Dear all

This season’s theme is RESTORE. This week, we’ll be exploring litanies. Here is an example by Billy Collins and Knitting Litany by Cory Wade.

See you at 2pm. New Zoom link below.

Paid Subscribers - there is a NEW Zoom link at the bottom of this email.

If you are not already a paid subscriber and you’d like to join us at 2pm (UK time) this afternoon, click the subscribe button and choose paid membership for £8 per month or £80 per year (or scroll down to the bottom of this email for the link if you are already signed up). You can join as a one off to see if you like it before committing, just reply to this email and I’ll send you the link.

More about RESTORE - the Tuesday afternoon (2-3pm) workshops

I will offer one or two writing exercises with prompts (sometimes an object, poem or picture). You will have some quiet time to write, we’ll check in halfway through, then there will be time for sharing at the end if you would like to.

I will be available for 15 minutes before and after the session for general chat and to answer questions.

You will need

Something to write on - no fancy notebooks needed, though if you have one on your shelf that has been waiting for the perfect moment to be written in, please bring. Otherwise a few sheets of paper or old exercise book will be fine!

Something to write with - pen, pencil, crayon - whatever you feel most comfortable using. 

Cameras and microphones

It’s good to be able to see each other during the writing hour, so it would be great if you can leave your camera on in the main. But feel free to switch it off at any time. 

We usually mute microphones when writing, but leave them on during the times when we are talking or sharing writing. 

Feel free to mute my prompts if you’d just like company to get on with your own writing project during this hour.

If there is anything you would like to try or you have any feedback for me, please let me know. 
If you are not able to subscribe (or don’t want to!), then please email me for alternative ways to join.

Zoom link below the paywall for paid subscribers…

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