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206<div class="b-pull-right--sm b-padding-x-0--xs b-margin-l-30--sm b-margin-b-10--xs col-sm-6"><figure data-name="image1" data-imagesize="100" data-imageshape="" data-element="EditableImage" class="cb-z-index--1 editable-element editable-element--image b-img" style="--image-size:100;--image-size-decimal:1;"><div class="editable-element--image--original editable-element--image--cover"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindful-goal-setting-for-writers-tickets-1978614372852" data-type="external" target="_blank" shape="" class="link"><img src="https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/79/6/2/796257/21/7/3/21730661/1080x1080.jpg?1767377175" data-id="21730661" alt="" sizes="(min-width: 576px) 50vw, (min-width: 0px) 100vw, 100vw" class="img-centered img-corners cb-editable-img" loading="lazy" data-pin-media="https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/79/6/2/796257/21/7/3/21730661/1080x1080.jpg?1767377175" srcset="https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/79/6/2/796257/21/7/3/21730661/1080x1080.jpg?1767377175 1080w, https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/79/6/2/796257/21/7/3/21730661/500x500.jpg?1767377175 500w, https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/79/6/2/796257/21/7/3/21730661/350x350.jpg?1767377175 350w, https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/79/6/2/796257/21/7/3/21730661/200x200.jpg?1767377175 200w, https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/79/6/2/796257/21/7/3/21730661/50x50.jpg?1767377175 50w" width="1080" height="1080" data-final-tag="true"></a></div></figure></div> <div data-name="text-content" class="b-display-inline--sm text-left"><span class="b-display-contents--xs"><div data-key="element_38" data-name="element-collection" class="b-element-collection is-static"><div class="js-draggable b-element-collection__items"><div class="editable-element js-drag-handle" data-v-5d684192><div data-name="item" data-element="EditableHeading" class="editable-element editable-element--heading"><h2 class="heading font--heading heading--alpha"><span class="heading-utility">Writing workshops</span></h2></div></div><div class="editable-element js-drag-handle" data-v-5d684192><div data-name="item" data-element="EditableText" class="editable-element editable-element--text text"><div><p>Lou will be running mindful goal setting workshops for writers at the new Yellowave in Hove, initially from Feb-April 2026. She has also created several self-paced online courses on novel writing, planning your writing year, making money from your writing and writing for beginners. </p><p><a target="_blank" class="link" href="https://online-courses-from-small-steps.thinkific.com" data-type="external" title="online courses">For online courses go here</a>. To book onto Lou's upcoming Hove Yellowave workshops, <a target="_blank" class="link" href="https://mindfulgoalsettingjan26.eventbrite.com/" data-type="external" title="Goal Setting Workshops Book Here">go here</a>. For writing advice and tips, <a target="_blank" class="link" href="https://drlouislouis.substack.com/" data-type="external" title="Substack">subscribe to Lou on Substack.</a></p></div></div></div></div> </div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> </section><section id="block_360547" data-cb-blocktype="TextAndImageFloatedBlockReversed" data-cb-version="3.144.2" data-column-layout="equal-full" class="block @container js-block--block_4 block--pad-top-100 block--pad-bottom-100 palette-contrast text-image-floated-block-reversed block--horizontal-content-center block--container-full"><!----> <div class="block__content"><div class="b-container-wrapper"><div class="b-container b-alignment"><div class="b-row"><div class="b-col"><div class="b-pull-right--sm b-padding-x-0--xs b-margin-l-30--sm b-margin-b-10--xs col-sm-6"><figure data-name="image1" data-imagesize="100" data-imageshape="" data-element="EditableImage" class="cb-z-index--1 editable-element editable-element--image b-img has-aspect-ratio" style="--image-size:100;--image-size-decimal:1;"><div class="editable-element--image--square editable-element--image--contain"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Louise-Tondeur/author/B0034OD1M8" data-type="external" target="_blank" title="Buy on Amazon" shape="" class="link"><img src="https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/79/6/2/796257/21/7/2/21725756/1247x2000.jpg?1766925182" data-id="21725756" alt="" sizes="(min-width: 576px) 50vw, (min-width: 0px) 100v
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206 <div data-name="text-content" class="b-display-inline--sm text-left"><span class="b-display-contents--xs"><div data-key="element_40" data-name="element-collection" class="b-element-collection is-static"><div class="js-draggable b-element-collection__items"><div class="editable-element js-drag-handle" data-v-5d684192><div data-name="item" data-element="EditableHeading" class="editable-element editable-element--heading"><h2 class="heading font--heading heading--alpha"><span class="heading-utility">The Small Steps Guides</span></h2></div></div><div class="editable-element js-drag-handle" data-v-5d684192><div data-name="item" data-element="EditableText" class="editable-element editable-element--text text"><div><p>These guides to the writing process and designed to be short and friendly. All of them break the writing process down into small steps and they all contain accessible writing exercises developed over many years of teaching Creative Writing.</p></div></div></div></div> </div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> </section><section id="block_601644" data-cb-blocktype="BlockquoteBlock" data-cb-version="3.144.2" data-column-layout="equal-medium" class="block @container js-block--block_6 block--pad-top-75 block--pad-bottom-75 palette-contrast blockquote-block block--horizontal-content-center block--container-medium"><!----> <div class="block__content"><div class="b-container-wrapper"><div class="b-container b-alignment"><div class="b-row"><div class="b-col"><blockquote class="blockquote blockquote--border"><div data-name="quote" data-element="EditableText" class="editable-element editable-element--text text subheading"><div><p>"When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored [...] It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship."</p></div></div> <footer class="blockquote__footer"><div data-name="citation" data-element="EditableHeading" class="editable-element editable-element--heading"><h4 class="heading heading--no-accent font--heading heading font--heading heading--epsilon"><span class="heading-utility">Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird</span></h4></div></footer></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div> </section><section id="block_149975" data-cb-blocktype="TextBlock" data-cb-version="3.144.2" data-card-style="card--theme-default" data-column-layout="equal-full" data-cb-selector-id="TextBlock_1" class="block @container js-block--block_7 block--pad-top-50 block--pad-bottom-50 palette-default text-block block--horizontal-content-center block--container-full"><!----> <div class="block__content"><div class="b-container-wrapper"><div class="b-container b-alignment"><div class="b-row"><div data-name="text-content" class="b-col text-left"><span class="b-element-group"><div data-key="element_41" data-name="element-collection" class="b-element-collection"><div class="js-draggable b-element-collection__items b-element-group"><div class="editable-element js-drag-handle b-element-sub-group" data-v-5d684192><div data-name="item" data-element="EditableHeading" class="editable-element editable-element--heading"><h2 class="heading font--heading heading--beta"><span class="heading-utility">Mailing list</span></h2></div></div><div class="editable-element js-drag-handle b-element-sub-group" data-v-5d684192><div data-name="item" data-element="EditableText" class="editable-element editable-element--text text"><div><p><a target="_blank" class="link" href="https://drlouislouis.substack.com/" data-type="external" title="Substack ">Subscribe</a> to Lou's author mailing list to have weekly writing advice delivered to your inbox. Unsubscribe any time. </p></div></div></div></div> </div></span></div></div></div></div></div> </section><!----><!----></div> </div> </main> <footer id="site-footer" class="site-footer is-content-builder"> <!----><section data-save-timestamp="1766232140343" id="block_656209" data-cb-blocktype="CopyrightOnlyFooter" data-cb-version="3.144.1" data-card-style="card--theme-default" data-footer-bar-style="none" data-column-layout="equal-full" data-plugin="create" data-cb-selector-id="CopyrightOnlyFooter_1" class="block js-block--block_656 block--pad-top-50 block--pad-bottom-50 b-footer block--footer CopyrightOnlyFooter block--horizontal-content-center block--container-full"><!----> <div class="block__content"><div class="b-container-wrapper"><div class="b-container b-alignment"><div class="b-row"><div class="b-col-12 editable-element editable-element--footer-html">
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