The Practice:
The Level 1 ATB Writing Circle
Women’s
Wednesdays, 5-7PM
Panteón 19 | Todos Santos
Write & read in English or Spanish.
Facilitated by: (and/or)
Amanda Aileen Fisher
Nica Celly
Charlotte Eulette
Men’s
2nd & 4th Mondays, 5-7PM
Teatro Pescadero | Pescadero
Write & read in English or Spanish.
Facilitated by: (and/or)
Dillon Porter
Amanda Fisher
Mixto
Everyone welcome.
1-2/month | mixed dates & time
mixed locations | Todos Santos & Pescadero
Write & read in English or Spanish.
Facilitated by: (and/or)
Amanda Fisher
Charlotte Eulette
Mixto Spanish
Spanish fluency in both writing and speaking required.
Tuesdays, 6-8PM
Centro Cultural | Todos Santos
Write & read in Spanish.
Facilitated by: Daniela Fabián Orozco
We all have words.
Come use them.
Drop into a circle or get a membership and come for the whole season. Memberships also help support the ATB Writing Revolution.
Format of a Level 1 Circle
1. Write
2. Read
3. Listen
4. Feedback
Write for 10 minutes with a prompt — the beginning of a sentence that drops you into your story. Prompts can take you into styles of writing you have never before explored, uncovering characters and tales that lie deep within. And you do it all in a way that feels effortless. The prompt activates the writing and it flows out. You just catch it with the page.
Read aloud. Reading is always optional, but the first 10 to arrive at circle and sign in get dibs.
Listen, actively. You are guided into what active listening really means. Listening deeply opens your awareness around the writing, which impacts your own over time. Prompts are also provided for this part of the process, which gives you a starting point for feedback.
Give & receive feedback. Offer your perceptions of others’ writing. And receive, objectively. Feedback helps you to identify and develop your piece of writing and the particularly of your unique voice — as a writer, as a human.
We keep it all on the writing, but it impacts so much more.
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Amanda Aileen Fisher
Project founder & formally trained writer & artist, Amanda believes that content creates form & is the birth of the creative process. She pushes the boundaries around definitions of writing by working with words both inside & outside of traditional genres & formats. See more of Amanda’s work at amandaaileenfisher.com.
Facilitating: Women’s, Men’s, Mixto, Between the Lines, Experiments in Writing
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Nica Celly
An artist by degree & entrepreneur by experience, Nica utilizes the power of written language to transmute the abstract into the actual. She holds an MFA from California College of the Arts, a BA from Gallatin at NYU, & has been the recipient of numerous fellowships & residencies. Learn more about Nica at nicacelly.com.
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Dillon Porter
Teatro Pescadero co-founder, writer, director & actor, Dillon is known for his adaptations of literature & embodied performance of writers from the great literary canon. He has adapted & performed Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass into a one-man show & tours with his adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.
Facilitating: Men’s, Between the Lines
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Daniela Fabián Orozco
Director of the Biblioteca Elena Poniatowska, Daniela is bilingual in English & Spanish & is an avid poet. They dedicate their free time to studying French, Arabic & music. With a degree in Communication Sciences & 10 years in theater, they infuse their creative work with a deep understanding of narrative & performance. Follow Daniela on Instagram.
Facilitating: Mixto Spanish
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Charlotte Eulette
Published author & director of the Baja Sur Poets and Writer’s League, Charlotte is known for her dramatic spoken word performances of her character-driven poems. Charlotte’s articles have appeared in publications such as Yoga Journal and Spirituality & Health Magazine, and her two books of poetry can be found on Amazon.
Facilitating: Mixto, Women’s
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Sandy Peterson
With almost 40 years as a public school educator (California, Pescadero, Todos Santos) and bilingual facilitator, Sandy bridges language communities. She holds a BA in Spanish & is BCLAD (Bilingual Cross Cultural Language Acquisition Development) certified. Get in touch with Sandy via Facebook.
Facilitating: Youth Spanish
Todos Santos Public School Program
This season, we are bringing Abre Tu Boca into the public school system in the project’s hometown of Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico.
Public school students will participate in Abre Tu Boca writing circles, helping them to find and flex the power of their voices and to appreciate the particularity found in each.
This program is provided free of charge to public school students in Todos Santos. If you would like to help support the development costs of this season’s programming, please become an Abre Tu Boca Member, Patron, or Business Member, or Sponsor Member.