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Writer, Editor, Coach, Community Organizer
Lauren is an author, writing coach, and community organizer. She’s passionate about balancing living in the present with working toward a better future. She supports writers through generative workshops, editorial services, publication submissions support, coaching calls, and community meetups.
As a former full-time organizer and long-time volunteer for nonprofits, Lauren is familiar with today’s challenges. She is committed to helping those doing essential advocacy and organizing for their communities through individual coaching and group workshops.
Lauren is a trained and certified Amherst Writers & Artists writing workshop facilitator.
Contact: hello@laurenoertel.com
Book a free 30-minute consultation to see how Lauren can support you.
Services for Writers & Activists
Writing & Editing Support
Coaching calls
Story/book development writing support
Editorial services
Submissions for publication
Activist Care & Stress Management
Group workshops for sustainable activism
Individual coaching for sustainable activism
Individual coaching for stress management
Community Spaces
Free Writing Workshops for Stress Management
Free Writing Submissions Meetups
Poetry Revision Workshop Summer Series
This three-part series provides a range of revision strategies and editing techniques to help your poems reach their fullest potential.
Check out the details on the event page.
Workshop Testimonials:
"This workshop provided a way of looking at revision I hadn't thought about before. It's a creative approach that feels as fun as the initial drafting of poems." —Melanie M.
"I am so glad I took Lauren's Revision Workshop. Revising my poems used to feel overwhelming, intimidating, and often abstract because I never knew how/where to begin. During the workshop, Lauren provided a straightforward process with concrete steps that I can easily incorporate. She is wonderful to work with!" —Britt F.
"Lauren Oertel’s revision workshop was exceptional. It was incredibly helpful to analyze several poems through a variety of lenses and to see how those perspectives can shape the revision process. One of the most valuable parts was reviewing and discussing poems at different stages of revision. That kind of behind-the-scenes look at how and why a poem changes is rare in workshops and was very insightful. I also appreciated how comprehensive the strategies, frameworks, and tools were, and I look forward to applying them to my own work. Overall, this was a generous, insightful, and highly practical workshop that deepened my understanding of revision and left me feeling inspired as a writer." —Lilly H.
Lauren’s Writing
Lauren is the coauthor of the book Inside Out: A Texas Prisons Poetry Story, and her debut full-length poetry collection, Scars & Other Luxuries, is forthcoming with Finishing Line Press in November.
Her individual poems, short stories, and short nonfiction pieces have been published widely, and she is revising her second novel.
Lauren O. Reads & Writes
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