The Writer's
Center Current Offerings
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Page Producer Workshops
(In progress, new dates to be announced soon)
Choose day or evening class: 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. or 6:30–9 p.m.
Instructor: Joni Cole
$175
This workshop (fiction and creative non-fiction writers of all levels welcome) is a great way to push your writing forward thanks to ongoing deadlines, encouragement, reader response, and writing within a supportive community. Launch a project or make solid progress on an existing work. Pre-registration required. This class tends to fill up quickly. Info: jonibethcole@gmail.com or (802) 295-5526.
LIGHT IN WINTER: Creative Writing Grounded in Memory
Saturday, January 14 (snow date: Saturday, January 21)
10 a.m–12:30 p.m.
Instructor: Elayne Clift
$35
During the dark days of winter when it’s difficult to be outdoors, why
not let a little light shine in through creative writing grounded in
memory? Using the inspirational words of other writers and working from
triggers, this creative non-fiction workshop will look inward for
material -- funny or serious -- that reminisces, rejoices, and explores
via the crafting of short pieces that could lead to larger works.
Voluntary sharing will offer opportunities for refinement and suggest
"the gift of the piece." Minimum enrollment: 6. For more information or
to register, email eclift@vermontel.net
or call 802-869-2686.
Elayne Clift is an award-winning writer and
journalist whose work appears in numerous publications internationally.
A regular columnist for the Keene Sentinel and Brattleboro
Commons and a book reviewer for The New York Journal of Books,
she has just completed her first novel, Hester’s Daughters,
based on Nathanial Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Her latest
work of creative non-fiction, ACHAN: A Year of Teaching in Thailand,
was published by Bangkok Books in 2007. For a complete list of books,
please visit www.elayneclift.com.
A Prompt and A Pinot (Not Necessarily in that Order)
Fridays, January 20, February 3, February 17
6–8 p.m.
Instructor: Joni Cole
$20
Need a little writing inspiration? Here's a more laid back yet productive one-session workshop that uses the time-tested device of a writing "prompt" (and a glass of Pinot or fizzy water or both) to stimulate your creativity, tap into your story ideas, and release your unique writing voice. You'll also pick up tips on technique and experience first-hand how motivating and fun it can be to be part of a community of other writers. Open to anyone who wants to imbibe in the creative process. Sign up for one session or all. Whatever works! Minimum enrollment 4; maximum 9. Registration required: jonibethcole@gmail.com or
802-295-5526.
Simply Time to Write
Sunday, January 22, or Sunday, February 19 (Second date added due to popular demand!)
2–5 p.m.
Instructor: Marjorie Matthews
$10
Poets, if you’ve been frustrated by a lack of time or space to write, or miss the company of fellow poets, join us for an afternoon dedicated to writing and sharing our work. This will be a writing session not a workshop, merely a time and space to generate new work and share it with other poets. One of the participants will offer a writing prompt for those who would like one, we will all write for at least an hour, and then those who wish to, will share some of what they’ve written. Because the work shared will be in its earliest form, feedback will simply be the listeners’ initial thoughts on what resonates and is working best. This will not include the kind of constructive criticism expected in a workshop focused on more finished work. While beginners are welcome, there will be no instruction, so writers will need enough experience to generate material on their own. The session is being coordinated by a group of poets who meet regularly and one of them, Marjorie Nelson Matthews, will serve as a convener to explain the protocol, offer the prompt, and keep track of time. Cost is $10 for the session to cover the use of the Writer’s Center, payable to Joni Cole, the director. Registration is limited to 8. To register or learn more, contact Marjorie at Marjoriematthews@me.com.
Creative Collective
Tuesday, January 24
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Instructor: Joni Cole
$25
No time for a weekly class? No worries. Here's a one-session workshop for a quick fix of writing, sharing, and collective inspiration. Participants are invited to submit up to 10 double-spaced pages for verbal feedback, or bring a shorter piece to read aloud at the meeting. All genres and styles of prose welcome (except porn!). Participants swap appreciation and tips on everything from the vagaries of the creative process to the evils of adverbs. To pre-register (required), contact the instructor: jonibethcole@gmail.com or 802-295-5526.
Where Poems Come From
Saturday, April 21
10:00a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Instructor: Julia Shipley
$50
For teens and adults of any level, the focus of this class is to provide a rope bridge over the abyss of “I don't know how to write poetry” into “Oh, would you look at that!” through creating drafts of many kinds of poems. Instead of merely hoping for inspiration to strike, we’ll play with new ways to kindle ideas using five different writing exercises. This is a generative workshop, hence giving and receiving and extensive feedback will take a back seat to the act of generation. Whether you've just published your ninth volume of poetry or never written a poem at all, join us for a fun romp through words, ideas, images, sounds and surprises. Bring: curiosity, notebook, pen and a bag lunch. To pre-register (required), contact the instructor at writingonthefarm.com or 802-586-7733.
Julia Shipley is a writer, teacher and caretaker of the Writer’s Retreat, a farmhouse studio rental for creative types. Her chapbook, Herd, won the Sheltering Pines Press Award and her poems have appeared in Bloodroot, flyway, Hunger Mountain, Poetry East, and The Salon among others.
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