Workshops
Giving & Receiving Manuscript Feedback – Workshop with Celia Jeffries
Lilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United StatesGiving and receiving manuscript feedback No one writes in a void. Although we may sometimes deny it, most of us write to be read. But there are times when having your work read by others can be damaging or even silencing, particularly when you are in the formative stages of a project. Many workshops have Read More
Poetry Critique Group – Register today!
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesRegister Here
Labyrinth Through Fear: A Gift Event
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesTitle of Presentation: Labyrinth Through Fear: A Gift Event © Location: NCA Date/Time: Sunday, Jan.13, 1-3pm This workshop offers participants the opportunity to explore fear as information. Quest-ions (energy for the journey) include "What am I afraid of?" "What do I want?" and "What can I do to move through fear to the next level of courage?" Read More
Writing for Children Workshop with Lesléa Newman & Jane Yolen
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesEVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED --- Registration is FULL - To be added to the waitlist please email info@strawdogwriters.org Jane Yolen and Lesléa Newman will walk us through the definition and limits of the genre; the parameters of emotion/motion; the range of topics; subgenres without picture books; to rhyme or not to rhyme; how much is Read More
What Happens When Your Character Calls 911? Writing Workshop with Jacqueline Sheehan & Detective Sergeant Vic Caputo
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesWhat Happens When Your Character Calls 911? On Sunday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to noon, author Jacqueline Sheehan and Detective Sergeant Vic Caputo present an overview of what happens when your character calls 911. This introductory program is designed to help writers increase your understanding of law enforcement and forensics, with the overall eye Read More
Read it Again! – Workshop with Jane Yolen and Lesléa Newman
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesAPRIL 28, 1-3:30pm Workshop / 3:30- 4pm Book Signing. Registration is FULL - Jane Yolen and Lesléa Newman will walk us through the definition and limits of the genre; the parameters of emotion/motion; the range of topics; subgenres without picture books; to rhyme or not to rhyme; how much is too much/too little; and what are Read More
“To Refract Our Complex Identities: Write an American Ghazal”
Lilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United StatesPhoto by Joyce Skowyra María Luisa Arroyo - Born in Manatí, PR & raised in Springfield, MA, María Luisa Arroyo was educated at Colby (BA), Tufts (MA) & Harvard (ABD) in German, her third language. She earned her MFA from the Solstice MFA program at Pine Manor College. In recognition of her numerous poetry Read More
“Mastering Beginnings and Endings in Your Writing” Workshop with Kate Senecal
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States"Ann Hood once wrote that Beginnings "put into motion the events that will drive the story to its resolution. And the resolution is often the inverse of the opening. " Come join Kate Senecal on Sunday, November 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Northampton Center for the Arts for this writing workshop. She'll investigate Read More
Poetry Critique Meet-Up – Registration now Open for Nov & Dec 2019
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesPoetry Critique Meet-Ups - registration now open for Nov and Dec Loading…
March Medley Workshop – Screenwriting Basics – Pamela Marin
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States
March Medley Workshop – Rivers, Bridges & Spines Workshop with Janet E. Aalfs and María Luisa Arroyo
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States
March Medley Workshop – How to Speak in Public with Nicole M. Young
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States
Making Effective Submissions – Online Workshop
OnlineWould you like to get your writing published in literary journals? In this workshop, learn the basics of making submissions to find an audience for your work. We will cover establishing goals, preparing and sending submissions, and managing responses. Please be in touch with us HERE if you would like to attend. We will send you an Read More
CANCELED/“Swirl and Vortex” – Craft Workshop with Patrick Donnelly
ZOOM MARegrettably, Patrick has had to cancel “Swirl and Vortex”: The Poem That Braids Together Multiple Contrasting Narratives or Materials on Monday, June 22 due to a non-Covid related illness. Stay tuned to www.strawdogwriters.org for future events. Thank you, Beth Filson “Swirl and Vortex”: The Poem That Braids Together Multiple Contrasting Narratives or Materials with Patrick Donnelly Craft Workshop Read More
Optimizing Your Online Presence – For Writers
ZOOM MARegister for the free workshop: Register here! Please use the comments section of your registration form if you have specific questions you would like addressed during this workshop. Optimizing Your Online Presence - For Writers with Fungai Tichawangana I recently heard that Jacqueline Sheehan, in speaking about getting published by a traditional media house, once Read More
Swirl & Vortex Poetry Workshop with Patrick Donnelly
zoomPatrick Donnelly is the author of four books of poetry, Little-Known Operas (Four Way Books, 2019), Jesus Said (a chapbook from Orison Books, 2017), Nocturnes of the Brothel of Ruin (Four Way Books, 2012, a 2013 finalist for the Lambda Literary Award), and The Charge (Ausable Press, 2003, since 2009 part of Copper Canyon Press). Read More
Memoir Workshop: Telling Stories, Finding Meaning
zoomZOOM SIGN UP/REGISTRATION - Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvd--qqDIiHdb_D90gB6efMAVN-hd4CLcr After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. In writing memoir, we are telling stories from our lives, but how do we decide which ones to tell? And why should anyone care? In this workshop, participants will practice Read More
Artist as Witness: the upsides down and the insides out Workshop
zoomWorkshop for all genres: Artist as Witness: the upsides down and the insides out with Suzanne S. Rancourt Visual writing prompts, viewed literally from various points of view, strengthens character development, dialogue, and the individual writer, by learning how to see as is. We learn how to witness. Exploring what creates tension and tone in Read More
Jump-Start a Story: A Sisters in Crime Workshop
zoomThe Surrealists used to pool their money and buy a one-way ticket to the furthest destination they could afford. They'd send one person off on an adventure and they'd have to make their way back somehow, and tell the others all about it when they returned. Along the way, they’d collect talismans that helped them Read More
An Exploration of Flash Fiction & Flash Memoir
zoomJoin us online on June 16 from 6:30 – 8:00pm for An Exploration of Flash Fiction & Flash Memoir. Flash takes everything we love about compelling stories - the complexity, nuance, characters, emotion, tension, stakes - and delivers it all in an impossibly short high-wire act that leaves us deeply affected and that resonates long Read More