Creative Writing Workshops
Saturdays, 4-5 pm
Online via Zoom
Feeling out of touch? Finding it hard to get started? Join me online for these hour-long workshops, appropriate for beginning or experienced writers. Using exercises and guided writing sprints, we will explore techniques used in creative writing and practice applying them. These are stand-alone workshops, but will build on each other. Let’s flex our writing muscles!
Here’s the schedule for January:
- 4 January – Transforming Experience into Stories
- 11 January – Start Your Story Engine
- 18 January – Get to Know Your Characters
- 25 January – Creating a Character Arc
The workshops are by donation ($10 per workshop is suggested). You are welcome to attend whether you donate or not. To register and get the Zoom link for the class, contact me.
Nonfiction Book Submission Package
Led by Barbara Morrison for the Odyssey Program, Johns Hopkins University
Online via Zoom
January 28, February 4 & 11, 2025, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
You need to create a submission package if you want your book to be published by a traditional publisher. Although agents and editors have individual submission requirements, there are certain elements of the package that are required or recommended for all nonfiction books. Moreover, these elements are recommended even if you choose to self-publish. This course will give you the tools to create your submission package, including query letters, competitive analysis, marketing plan, and a nonfiction book proposal. Register here: https://events.jhu.edu/form/odysseybarbaramorrisonspring25
Time to Write Writers’ Retreat
Thursday 18 September to Sunday 21 September 2024
Pinewoods Camp, Inc.
80 Cornish Field Road
Plymouth, MA 02360
$250 includes meals and lodging. Early registration $220 until 3/31/25.
Join us for a weekend of writing in the woods. You’ll have opportunities to critique each other’s work using guidelines that inspire constructive and positive suggestions. Evenings might include readings and games in front of the fire. Most of all, you will have plenty of time to write.
Pinewoods is a beautiful rustic camp located in a 25-acre pine and beech forest between Long Pond and Round Pond in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Its cabins are mostly double occupancy with nearby modern toilets and showers. There are lots of trails for walking, two ponds for swimming, and the whisper of pine trees to inspire you.
Download the TTW 2025 Retreat flyer for more information & registration.
The TTW 2025 Retreat Flyer
ONGOING EVENTS
Poetry Discussion Group
First Saturday of every month
12 – 2 p.m.
ONLINE
Free
Each month we read and discuss the work of a poet. Open to all. No experience or preparation necessary. Copies of the poems are available. These casual discussions are a great way to expand your knowledge of and appreciation for poetry. Come and help us choose next month’s poet.
On 1 February we will be reading and discussing the work of Constantin Cavafy.
For more information and a link to join, contact me.