As AWA facilitators and lifelong writers, many of us are surrounded by the fruits of our practice: shelves of journals, boxes of notebooks, scattered generative pieces written in community. These pages hold energy, brilliance, and moments of clarity—but they can also feel overwhelming. 

What do we do with all of this writing? How do we begin to revisit the words we’ve poured onto the page without getting lost or emotionally snagged by their vulnerability?

This session offers a gentle, practical framework for engaging with our own archive of writing. We’ll explore approaches to reviewing old notebooks with discernment and compassion, identifying pieces with creative or personal potential, and deciding when to let go. We will support each other to develop a plan with optional accountability check-ins after the session.

By the end of the session, we will have:

• Tools for organizing and tending our personal writing archive

• Supportive practices for navigating the emotional experience of revisiting old writing

• Strategies for identifying material that wants to grow into finished work

• Gentle guidance around privacy, purpose, and legacy

• A concrete plan of next steps and optional check-ins after the session