The following workshops are being offered locally in the Cape Ann area starting in March 2014. 

Ongoing Writing Clinic – this weekly 2 hour clinic is for anyone who wants a place to go to write with other writers. Whether you are writing a book, or thinking of writing a book, or want structured time to write on a regular basis this clinic is for you. This clinic will provide access to targeted, directed writing instruction, support, coaching and facilitated feedback as well as an opportunity to work on your project and to learn from what others are working on.

Writing a Book demystified  – This 2 day (4 hours/day) workshop for writers of fiction or nonfiction, will provide supportive coaching, instruction, and the tools for generating ideas, writing effectively and evocatively, and building and implementing a strategy for completion.

Rebel Poetry – designed to inspire, whether you’ve never written a word of poetry or you are a veteran. Fun, instructive and liberating.

Reading to Write – participants will learn how to ‘read like a writer’ – reading and critiquing key passages from published writers, participants will examine and interpret the language tools that writers use to create textured, convincing, compelling characters and stories.

Writing Toward Memoir Writing memoir is a way to sort out who you used to be and how you got to be who you are. This workshop is for anyone who would like to shape their writing into memoir that is compelling for others to read, whether you are writing to publish, or writing for friends and family.