by Stephanie Shafran At the Northampton Christopher Heights Assisted Living Residence at Village Hill, I’ve had the privilege of facilitating a Creative Writing Workshop, founded by the local writer Peggy Gillespie. Meeting weekly for 90 minutes, we use prompts and follow the Amherst Writers & Artists Method created by Pat Schneider. The CH writers range Read More
Inside The Young Writer’s Nest Youth in Creative Writing Workshops – Part 2  Guest Blogger:  Lynn Bowmaster It’s 4:10 on a Wednesday and I’m preparing to host Woven Word Young Writers. One by one the writers arrive, drop their backpacks at the door and head into my kitchen. S. takes over the air popper so Read More
The Freedom to Play with Words: Youth in Creative Writing Workshops Guest Blogger: Lynn Bowmaster On any given day or night living rooms across the Pioneer Valley are filled with adults in writing workshops, curled up with their notebooks and laptops. Like plants coaxed in a greenhouse, stories and poetry unfold in these circles, fragile and Read More
