Gayle Johnson Writer

Gayle Johnson Writer Creative-reflective writing groups for living the life you want to live. Values-driven copywriting for coaches and therapists.

Wordspill online writing community open to new members, DM for info.

I first started training in reflective and therapeutic writing six years ago. It's a continuing passion and I'm currentl...
10/06/2026

I first started training in reflective and therapeutic writing six years ago. It's a continuing passion and I'm currently studying a MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes ( )

In that initial training, one of our tasks was to dream up our ideal writing community - design it, name it, bring it to life. I immediately knew I wanted to call mine Wordspill. Because, unlike the focus on craft and deliberation in some creative writing classes, I wanted the writing to be intentionally messy and imperfect. And, I knew from my own practice, and the extensive research in this field, that this sort of writing tends to create a ripple effect - a spillage into the rest of life.

And so, slowly, slowly, and with unexpected turns (lockdowns!) Wordspill was born.

It's for anyone curious about what regular messy writing can do for you (fair warning - people have changed jobs, homes, booked holidays).

Reconnect With Writing is a free week of exploring the role writing currently plays in your life, and the role it might play. It's completely free and it's for you if you want in.

Join us from Sunday 14th! Link via bio, or DM me :)

Sometimes, the way the truth comes out is on the page.Sometimes it's painful, sometimes it's playful. Sometimes it's bot...
10/06/2026

Sometimes, the way the truth comes out is on the page.
Sometimes it's painful, sometimes it's playful. Sometimes it's both.

When you do it with a community around you, though, that's when it gets really special. More connective. More joyful. More insightful. More alive.

Come and give it a whirl, with Reconnect With Writing week (and if you like it, you can join Wordspill at the original member rates from 5 years ago).

Sign up via the bio, or DM me for the link

In today’s workshop in honour of Age Without Limits day at we asked ourselves important questions like:- What have we ...
10/06/2026

In today’s workshop in honour of Age Without Limits day at we asked ourselves important questions like:
- What have we learned as we got older? (example answers: friends are important, bad coffee isn’t worth it, everyone is winging it)
- What do the generations have to teach each other? (everyone’s got something to learn and something to teach)
- What are we going to do to shake of ‘the sobriety of youth’ (shout in the park, commandeer other people’s allotments, wear bright clashing clothes and dangly earrings).

Thanks for inviting us to participate

It was grand and hopeful and silly and wise and there were biscuits. What could be better?

What larks under the tarp this morning at . With special guest Simba the catCan’t wait to do it all again on Friday. Nat...
09/06/2026

What larks under the tarp this morning at . With special guest Simba the cat

Can’t wait to do it all again on Friday. Nature writing groups are a highlight of the month 🌦️✍️💚

In an attention economy, protecting time for yourself, for your creativity, for real connection, is foundational.Wordspi...
08/06/2026

In an attention economy, protecting time for yourself, for your creativity, for real connection, is foundational.

Wordspill makes it simple. Come and give it a go from 14 - 19 June, with the free Reconnect With Writing week.

DM me for the frrreeee sign up, or find it in the bio

✍Reconnect With Writing, a no-pressure, do-it-when-suits-you week of daily prompts emailed to you, finishing with a love...
07/06/2026

✍Reconnect With Writing, a no-pressure, do-it-when-suits-you week of daily prompts emailed to you, finishing with a lovely zoom gathering to write together.

🤩Completely free, starts 14 June

👌Join us via the link in the bio, or DM me

Writing is for everyone who is remotely interested in writing. The sort of writing we do in Reconnect With Writing is ex...
06/06/2026

Writing is for everyone who is remotely interested in writing. The sort of writing we do in Reconnect With Writing is exploratory, no pressure, see what happens when you open up on the page. You cannot get it wrong. And there's so much you can get out of it.

Come and join us from 14-19 June for daily emails and a free workshop. it's playful and purposeful, like all the best things in life.

Lucy will probably get involved too. 😻

What does 'You can't write it wrong" mean?It means that whatever comes out of your pen in the moment is worthy - even if...
05/06/2026

What does 'You can't write it wrong" mean?

It means that whatever comes out of your pen in the moment is worthy - even if it's spelled wrong or seems like nonsense. It's all grist for the mill.

It's an antidote to school-thinking, the idea that there is a correct way to express yourself to score marks.

It means there's no gate-keeping to creativity

It's about releasing the pressure and allowing words to flow.

It means you're in charge.

It means things happen.

Come and give it a go. Join us, completely free, for Reconnect With Writing week, 14-19 June.

Sign up via bio, or DM me for the free link.

Why stops you writing? Time? Not knowing where to start? Thoughts that you can't do it or aren't good enough? Pah!Banish...
05/06/2026

Why stops you writing? Time? Not knowing where to start? Thoughts that you can't do it or aren't good enough? Pah!

Banish all those demons and start writing. Come join us for the free Reconnect With Writing week, starting Sunday 14 June. A daily email with a writing activity, and a zoom workshop gathering on Friday 19th. It's going to be marvellous.

Link to sign up in bio, or DM me

I asked Wordspill members why they're part of it. Here's some of what they said:"It's something that demands very little...
04/06/2026

I asked Wordspill members why they're part of it. Here's some of what they said:

"It's something that demands very little of you - pen, paper, pockets of time - but that gives you so much more in return. And it's addictive."

"So many joyful, life-enhancing surprises come forth when I write."

“It’s a magical space, the power of which is not to be underestimated , not only does it help me connect to myself and my inner knowing but it helped me leave a job that had become untenable.”

'pen, paper, pockets of time' might be my new catchphrase!

When I launched Wordspill, five years ago, I didn't promise anything in the way of 'transformation' or 'results' or any of the stuff you're supposed to say to get people to buy things. Because the truth is, you just don't know what will happen.

There is plenty of evidence to suggest, five years on, that life becomes more meaningful, more connective, more alive, when you do this sort of thing.

Come and write along, completely free, with Reconnect With Writing, 14-19 June. Sign up link in the bio.

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