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Sidewalk Typewriters @ The Great Falls Word Festival
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Featured Reader & Open Mic @ The Great Falls Word Festival
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Poetry Workshop at The Great Falls Word Festival
FeaturedGreat Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesThe Easy Way to Write 30 Poems in 30 Days For Fun and Your Favorite Non-Profit!* (namely - *The Center for New Americans) A Workshop for Poets and Non-Poets Alike by Tommy Twilite Saturday Noon-2pm, October 14th, 2017 Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls MA as part of the The Great Falls Word Festival in Read More
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Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award
FeaturedGateway City Arts 92-114 Race Street, Holyoke, MassachusettsABEL MEEROPOL SOCIAL JUSTICE WRITING AWARD We only have a few tickets left. Sign up for tickets here! Straw Dog Writers Guild will present the Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award to poet Patricia Smith at a public event on November 12, 2017, 3:30 pm, at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke. Abel Meeropol (1903-1986) was Read More
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How Does it Work to Work with an Editor?
FeaturedLilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United StatesHow Does it Work to Work with an Editor? You’ve written and rewritten, on your own and in a group, but how do you decide when your writing could benefit from the input of an editor? Where do you begin the process, and what should you expect when you put your manuscript in the Read More
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“What’s so important about setting?” Writers Workshop
FeaturedLilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United StatesWhat’s so important about setting? Are you curious about world building? Do your characters inhabit living rooms in the future, or trek miles at the turn of the century? Setting connects readers to a narrative and is part of the allure that transports them from one place to another, but setting is so much more Read More
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What Can Social Media Do For You As a Writer?
FeaturedNorthampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesCome listen to presenter Marya Zilberberg discuss how to break down the barriers and put Twitter, blogs and other online formats to work. Social media seem to be a necessity for marketing anything in the 21st century. But are they? What are the best approaches for a writer? We will discuss some of the successful Read More
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Finding the Voice of Your Story with Dori Ostermiller
FeaturedNorthampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesFinding the Voice of Your Story with Dori Ostermiller REGISTER BELOW DESCRIPTION: There’s lots of talk these days about voice in narrative, but what is it, exactly? If the voice of our story is the doorway through which readers enter, how do we let them in? How can we consciously create a voice that is Read More
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Collage and Writing with Becky Jones
FeaturedNorthampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesCollage and Writing with Becky Jones REGISTER BELOW DESCRIPTION: The workshop will provide images, paper, scissors, glue sticks and tape, though you are free to bring images of your own, if you would like. You provide your openness to the process of discovery, along with pen and paper. People will have the optional opportunity to Read More
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How to Begin Writing 10-Minute Plays with Meryl Cohn
FeaturedNorthampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesHow to Begin Writing 10-Minute Plays with Meryl Cohn REGISTRATION CLOSED - WORKSHOP IS FULL DESCRIPTION: One of the most common questions about writing plays is how to get started. The germ of an idea for a play may present itself in theme, in situation, or in character. We will discuss various ways to enter Read More
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