Write in the Language of Dreams at the Kerouac House

Mary Ann DeStefano’s MAD about Words and the Jack Kerouac House Project of Orlando join forces once again to present another compelling workshop at the Kerouac House in Orlando, this time with current writer-in-residence Laura Lee Bahr. Here’s what they have to say about the day:

“We will explore how to connect to the endlessly creative and mysterious source of story within your own dreams and construct a meaningful story.

Before the workshop…

If you have never done a dream journal just start now: basically, when you wake up each morning, before you do anything else, write down what you recall of your dreams. If you can’t recall dreams, even feelings, sensations, images even phrases that come to mind when you first awake. It is important to not try and make sense of it, and to write them down with as much description of the emotion that you felt in the dream connected with whatever was occurring within the dream.

If you are struggling with remembering anything (or like me, even reading your handwriting later) just writing a dream you remember from any time in your life.

Before you come to the workshop, pick the three or four dreams that have the most emotional connection or mystery to you that you are okay with sharing, dissecting, and diving deep into during our workshop.

LAURA LEE BAHR is the current author in residence at the Kerouac House. She is the author of two novels, Haunt (Fungasm Press, Wonderland Book Award winner) and Long-Form Religious Porn. Haunt was translated into Spanish under the title Fantasma (Orciny Press). Laura has been a screenwriter for various award-winning films, including Jesus Freak and the little death. Her debut feature as writer/director, Boned, won “Best Micro-Budget Feature” at the Toronto Independent Film Festival and is currently distributed through Gravitas Ventures (available on demand). Her latest book, Angel Meat, a collection of her short stories, is available through Fungasm Press. To promote it, she created the “Bahr Crawl,” a string of readings across the U.S. and overseas where local authors join her in a celebration of the spoken word.When not living in gratitude at the generosity of the Kerouac Foundation, she lives with her sweetheart and two lovely felines in Los Angeles, CA, where she teaches at a school for twice-exceptional students.

The Jack Kerouac Writer-in-Residence Project of Orlando partners with MAD about Words to offer you this opportunity to learn from and write Laura Lee Bahr, the current writer-in-residence at Kerouac House. ”

WHEN: Saturday April 21, 2018, 10AM – 1PM

WHERE: Kerouac House, 1418 Clouser Avenue, Orlando FL 32804 MAP

FEE: $35.
Part of your fee goes to support Kerouac House.

Click here for more info, and to register.

P.S. For new Jacksonville Scribblers: Brad and Darlyn Kuhn met at a farewell party for one of the writers at the Kerouac House, visited and got to know each other well during Darlyn’s residency there, and got married on its front porch five years later. So the K-House is special to your Scribbler in more ways than one.