Adult Classes & Workshops In-Person

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A Room Called “Remember” with Michael Brecke

Jun 09, 2025 9:00AM—12:00PM

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

Cost $150.00

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Telling stories is something that we all do. Storytelling is a wonderful way to think about who you are, what you have done, and what is next for you in your life. Think of it as an organized reflection on your life. Prompts and presentations will stimulate memories and, together, we will write and tell…

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A Room Called “Remember” with Michael Brecke

Jun 11, 2025 9:00AM—12:00PM

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

Cost 150.00

Telling stories is something that we all do. Storytelling is a wonderful way to think about who you are, what you have done, and what is next for you in your life. Think of it as an organized reflection on your life. Prompts and presentations will stimulate memories and, together, we will write and tell…

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A Room Called “Remember” with Michael Brecke

Jun 13, 2025 9:00AM—12:00PM

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

Cost 150.00

Telling stories is something that we all do. Storytelling is a wonderful way to think about who you are, what you have done, and what is next for you in your life. Think of it as an organized reflection on your life. Prompts and presentations will stimulate memories and, together, we will write and tell…

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Writing the Small: Micro-Essays as a Path to Poetry with Sara Dovre Wudali

Jun 25, 2025 10:00AM—12:00PM

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

Cost $40.00

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“Baby shoes for sale. Never worn.” — anonymous, apocryphally attributed to Ernest Hemingway In this generative workshop, participants will draw inspiration from micro-flash essay and micro-fiction examples such as 100-Word Love Stories, Tiny Truths, and prose poems to write their own creative nonfiction micros. Together we’ll discuss the work that micro essays do–looking at use…

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Writing Your Spiritual Memoir 2025: A Weekend Intensive with Paul Brophy and Melissa Resch

Jun 27, 2025 9:00AM—Jun 28, 2025 5:00PM

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

Cost $275.00

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Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth by joining this writing intensive dedicated to crafting one’s own spiritual memoir. Writing Your Spiritual Memoir is an unparalleled opportunity to delve deeply and unearth the profound experiences that shaped you and your spiritual beliefs, then weave them into a compelling written narrative. Our facilitators…

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Writing the Seasons with Bo Mackison

Jul 08, 2025 8:30AM—12:30PM

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

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At the beginning of each season, we'll gather as a small group to play with words, take photographs, create mandalas, and write poetry or mini-essays. Take one session or register for all four! These seasonal workshops are suitable for beginners through advanced writers. All are welcome! WORDS: We'll take advantage of the many spaces found…

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Fiction Intensive with Kathleen Rooney

Jul 14, 2025 9:00AM—Jul 18, 2025 12:00PM

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

Cost $350.00

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“I always keep two books in my pocket, one to read and one to write in,” said Robert Louis Stevenson in 1887. In this five-day generative fiction workshop, we will explore how that simple two-part strategy holds true for writers in the 21st century. Through a pattern of in-class readings, discussions, prompts, and sharing, we…

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Writing the Quest: A Nonfiction Intensive with Rachel Jamison Webster

Jul 14, 2025 1:00PM—Jul 18, 2025 4:00PM

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

Cost $350.00

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In one of his “Letters to a Young Poet,” the writer Rainer Maria Rilke wrote, “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves . . . Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”…

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Erasure Poetry Workshop with Anna Leahy

Jul 22, 2025 1:00PM—2:30PM

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

Cost $30.00

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We’ll begin by looking at examples of different types of erasure poetry, including the work of Jen Bervin, who erases by lightening or sewing over text, and Sonja Johanson, who uses seeds, petals, and spices to cover text. We’ll discuss the relationship among erasure poetry, found poetry, and concepts like copyright, redaction, censorship, ignorance, and…

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Raising the Dead: Writing Historical Fiction with Rachel Hall

Jul 24, 2025 1:00PM—3:00PM

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

Cost $40.00

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Discover writing fiction that explores history, which might mean traditional historical fiction but might also include alternate histories or a story set in a place of historical importance. We’ll consider the ways that history can inspire and inform our fiction. Old photographs, letters, and other ephemera along with writing prompts will give participants several nuggets…

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Past | Archive

Embracing Your Lived Experiences in Fiction with Sally Collins

May 13, 2025 1:00PM—2:30PM

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

Songwriting for the Soul with Terry Murphy

May 12, 2025 6:00PM—May 15, 2025 9:00PM

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

2025 WRITING ON THE DOOR CONFERENCE: Writing the World: Saturday Only

May 10, 2025 9:00AM—5:00PM

Landmark Resort 4929 Landmark Dr. Egg Harbor, WI 54209

2025 WRITING ON THE DOOR CONFERENCE: Writing the World: FRIDAY ONLY

May 09, 2025 9:00AM—5:00PM

Landmark Resort 4929 Landmark Dr. Egg Harbor, WI 54209

Writing About Illness with Jumi Bello

Apr 29, 2025 10:00AM—12:00PM

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

Junk Journaling with Bonnie Gunelius

Apr 24, 2025 4:00PM—6:00PM

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