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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
RegisterQuality 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…
View MoreSocrates’ 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…
View MoreWhat 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…
View MoreArt/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…
View MoreThe 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
RegisterIn 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.…
View MoreThe 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…
View MoreDiscover 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
RegisterJesse 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…
View MoreMemoir 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…
View MoreArt/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…
View MoreWhat’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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