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Breaking In as an Older Writer with Adam Sleper

Aug 12, 2025 10:00AM—11:30AM

Write On, Door County 4210 Juddville Rd. Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost $0.00

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Quality writing is quality writing, no matter your age. While sudden successes do happen, the reality for most writers is tht the path to publication may take years, or even decades. What are the obstacles you might face as an older writer? How do you define success as a writer? How will you know what…

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Socrates’ Cafe

Aug 14, 2025 9:00AM—12:00PM

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd, Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost Free

The unexamined life is not worth living Socrates’ Cafe uses the Socratic method to examine life’s big questions. It is collaborative, dialectic, non-partisan, and egalitarian. What this means is we use open conversations, open doors, big listening, and a lot of empathy to tease out the nuance in timeless and contemporary issues. No reading is…

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What Can We Learn About Being Human from Life Online

Aug 14, 2025 10:30AM—12:00PM

Miller Art Museum 107 S. 4th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Cost $0.00

 For much of history, humans have grappled with questions of meaning and belonging within institutions like churches and civic groups. Today, more and more people are leaving religious and other communal institutions and moving their search for connection and significance to digital space. Especially after years of social distancing and online learning, the work of…

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Art/Speaks at Peninsula School of Art

Aug 15, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Peninsula School of Art, 3900 County Road F, Fish Creek

Cost Free

Write On, Door County presents Art/Speaks, a free writing lab encouraging people to write in response to the images on exhibit. Led by local poets Carrie and Peter Sherrill, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. Sessions are offered throughout the year at various museums and galleries…

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The Basics of Screenwriting with Adam Sleper

Aug 16, 2025 10:00AM—11:30AM

Write On, Door County 4210 Juddville Rd. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Cost $30.00

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In this session, Adam Sleper will cover the basics of screenwriting including narrative, character, scene-building, and more. Adam will discuss the anatomy of a scene, structure, and character development. Participants will leave with a list of mostly free resources for beginning screenwriters. Adam Sleper is a professional writer originally from Omaha. Adam earned a B.A.…

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The Readers’ Cafe: Romance Novel Month

Aug 17, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost Free

Think of Readers’ Cafe as the most informal book group you’ve ever attended! There’s no need stay up late the night before trying to finish a book you don’t really care that much for. Instead, come prepared to talk about a book you loved — it could be one you read recently or one you…

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Discover Your Stories Within: An Introspective Workshop with Jan Cosmos and Jesse Coffman-Riewe

Aug 17, 2025 9:00AM—1:00PM

Write On, Door County 4210 Juddville Rd. Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost $0.00

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Jesse Coffman-Riewe and Jan Cosmos met during a Write On, Door County retreat and have since collaborated on a film together, The Cave. Join Jesse and Jan for a lively journey into your intuitive mind. Together, participants and teaching artists will collaborate to deconstruct a short film about Encounter, Transformation, and the Flaring Forth of…

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Memoir Monday

Aug 18, 2025 10:00AM—11:00AM

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost Free

Memoir Mondays are free one-hour creative writing sessions designed for seniors, but open to all, who want to share memories to leave as a legacy for family and friends. Do you have stories you want to share but you aren’t sure how to get started? These sessions are perfect for you! Volunteers will provide writing…

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Art/Speaks at Miller Art Museum

Aug 22, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Miller Art Museum, 107 S. 4th Ave., Sturgeon Bay

Cost Free

Write On, Door County presents Art/Speaks, a free writing lab encouraging people to write in response to the images on exhibit. Led by local poets Carrie and Peter Sherrill, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. Sessions are offered throughout the year at various museums and galleries…

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What’s Your Story?: Prose Open Mic

Aug 24, 2025 2:00PM—4:00PM

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost Free

Tony Smith and Kathleen Harris host an open mic afternoon for writers of prose. Writers of fiction, essays, memoir, and other forms of prose are welcome to share their work. Each reader will have a strict ten-minute time limit. Hosts recommend that you practice your piece before showing up to know you are within time.…

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