Her philosophy:

“I don’t think anyone can really teach writing,”says Nancy Slonim Aronie, director of the Chilmark Writing Workshop on Martha’s Vineyard. “What I know I can do is create a safe place for writers to write. “And if you feel safe, you can do anything. You can take the risk of saying this is who I am, this is what terrifies me, this is what moves me, this is what makes me laugh. When you take that risk, you dig deep. You will access your innocence, your truth and your vulnerability and then you cannot miss.”

“You mine for gold and you find gold… honoring your own voice, writing in your own rhythms, using your own language and writing your own stories. Here is where we stop the inner critic in his tracks,” says Nancy.

For more on Nancy’s approach to writing as well as reading her own brilliant work, read: Writing from the Heart: Tapping the Power of Your Inner Voice. Published by Hyperion in 1998.

Check this link for sample chapters and an in-depth description: http://books.google.com/books?id=CjDrQkdLVL8C&dq=writing+from+the+heart+nancy+aronie&pg=PP1&ots=iUQOWvLk2p&sig=nf0wYd8EJ8_3AXpdDKWpNsPdk1E&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=writing+from+the+heart+nancy+aronie&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail

Nancy’s own website is: http://www.chilmarkwritingworkshop.com/ and you can find out more about where her in-person workshops are being held.