Welcome
Who We Are
We are so glad you found your way to our website! Our work is at The Fold is rooted in a desire to create authentic communities for writers & songwriters to recover their original voice here and beyond Nashville. We specifically gather through creative writing workshops and retreats throughout a calendar year. Our gatherings look a little different since the pandemic hit in 2020. While retreats are on hold indefinitely, our workshops have moved to online which is allowing us to create more opportunities for folks outside of Nashville. We are excited to tell you more! Check out more information below and be sure to watch our welcome video.
$5.00 OFF WILDFLOWERS
WILDFLOWERS is a collection of untouched poems, stories & photos from our workshop & retreat participants over the last three years. Click here to order your copy of WILDFLOWERS, Issue 01 and receive a $5 discount on your order with the code WILD.
Virtual Writing Group Discount
We will be offering several New Virtual Writing Groups in early 2022. Hold on to to your code: WINTER to use once we announce new workshops!
Spotify Playlist
We curated a playlist of our Friends of The Fold! You can hear songs written specifically at retreats or songs written by several of our retreat attendees through the years!
WRITE WITH US
Our workshops are centered around a prompt-based method called the AWA Method. Using the AWA Method, folks in our writing groups are given a prompt (poems, quotes, songs, etc.) and a certain amount of time to write in response to that prompt, then they are invited to share with the group if they’d like. Then, the group responds back to the writing by sharing “what’s strong” in the piece.
So now, we want to invite you to experience our writing method in a different way! If you’d like to write along, please respond to the prompt below and submit your piece in the form that follows. We will be selecting pieces to feature on our Instagram page (@thefoldnashville). Each Thursday, we have new prompts so follow along for more writing opportunities!
“I use words to find my way home.” -Pat Schneider
Prompt: Words
For five minutes, write a list of words as you think of your “home.” This can be your metaphorical home or literal home. Then, spend ten minutes with those words, constructing a story around them from memory or imagination!
Share with us what you find!