The HeartWriting Method by Rose Mascaro

Get inspired by the HeartWriting Method – the revolutionary new writing ethos developed by Rose Mascaro, creative writing MA, Sydney.

Hi there, lovers, writers, spellbound creatives who have stumbled upon HeartWriting.

This is a magical place to be – and I thank you for being here!

I’m Rose Mascaro – a published Australian writer, teacher, and editor (former editor of Teen Breathe magazine Australia, MA in creative writing) who has peered beyond the mechanics of writing into all things spiritual, conscious and creative.

I teach writers how to be HeartWriters, and better writers.

I've developed a unique method where we venture into the creative heart, inhabiting those sacred spaces where words flow like magic.

For all those who have lost their creative glimmer…

Perhaps you promised to become a poet but haven’t penned a line in years. Perhaps you’ve lost the way after years of adulting, working, mortgaging. Perhaps you’ve forgotten the colour and shape of wonder and creativity.

Life keeps getting in the damn way of your dreams, doesn’t it? Well, at some stage, you have to make a choice.

This is serious business for your wellbeing. (No, I’m serious.)

As famous psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan theorised, taking art away from an artist is extremely dangerous to one’s mental health.

Danger! Do not take art away from the artist

It took me a long time to devote myself to a creative life, but I got there in the end, because I had to. My mental health was suffering.

About 10 years ago, as a senior school English teacher who’d climbed the ranks to the top, I was burned out beyond belief. And of course, at the same time, everything fell apart. My self-esteem, my marriage, my career. 

I realised I was giving away the most magical part of myself: my creative superpowers. I’d set out in the beginning to become a writer, and I’d sold out to become a teacher with a reliable income, with a huge mortgage, and a million material things that weren’t giving me joy.

As my income and mortgage repayments kept soaring, I kept plummeting into darkness. Nothing had meaning anymore. I wanted to throw all my ‘security’ in the bin.

So I did.

Creativity requires oomph and bravery

I had a lot of work to do to locate my glimmer again, to nurture my confidence, and hone my creative skills. And I needed a lot of courage to start, and that started with letting go of a lot of things.

I quit my job, travelled the world, burned through all my money, and felt the most freedom and creativity I’ve ever felt in my life.

I didn’t need nearly as much money as I thought to be happy. Living on a backpacker budget gave me a great deal of perspective and insight into the meaning of life.

These travels are what ignited my creativity again. I wrote stories, got published, fell in love with meditation (which seemed to go hand in hand with my success), and studied different modes of spirituality.

I moved across Australia to study my Master of Creative Writing at UTS, Sydney, and decided to just go for it as a writer.

I’ve been living creatively like this for 5 – 6 years. I’m now 40 years old. But I feel like I’m a teenager again. I expect I’ll always feel like a teenager, because I’m doing things I love every day – things that inspire me – like writing this blog. And my book.

To find your heart: let go, slow down and trust

When you learn to slow down, something sacred happens on the inside.

By learning a special blend of meditation, creative arts, spirituality, philosophy and art psychology, the doors to your creative heart swing wide open, and there you are.

There are the words on the page, furiously spilling out.

They come from your heart: with ease, with power.

My unique method of writing was developed from a combination of studies, spirituality and sailing the world – a method which boils down to connecting with the authentic spiritual heart, the real voice of your inner writer.

Your heart is your truth. And when you write the truth, the words resonate.

Editor, writer, book mentor, and beyond

Security as a creative wasn’t so hard to come by, in the end. Funny that. Today I write and edit for a number of lifestyle magazines, businesses, and I've even written books and projects for international media powerhouse, Collective Hub (Lisa Messenger). 

Most importantly, I'm writing my own books. That's my non-negotiable.

And I get to help people like YOU become masterful, courageous, heart-centred writers. These workshops of mine have absolutely exploded over the last couple of years!

We now have this big beautiful HeartWriting community – friends, peers, established writers – who are all blossoming from the curriculum I’ve been honing for years.

I’m teaching writers how to be HeartWriters, and better writers.

It’s my religion. And it ain’t a culty one. It’s a beautiful, messy, inspiring place of freedom, choice, and authentic voice.

Thank you so much, dear HeartWriter, for joining this page and putting your heart and soul into this unique writing journey. I can’t wait to see you soon in a workshop.

With love,

Founder and Creator
www.heartwriting.com.au