Adult Classes & Workshops In-Person

Current & Upcoming

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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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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Place Is . . . with Ira Sukrungruang

Aug 05, 2025 1:00PM—2:30PM

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

Cost $30.00

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Every story exists somewhere, and that somewhere, especially in memoir writing, plays a vital part in how we view ourselves and the people in our lives. The writing of a place needs to move beyond the descriptive qualities of setting, that place is about people, class, and history. Writing about place creates layers of narrative…

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Introduction to Humor Writing with Richie Zaborowske

Aug 07, 2025 6:00PM—8:00PM

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

Cost $40.00

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Learn the art of writing humor articles in this fun and interactive workshop. Using examples from McSweeney’s and The New Yorker, Richie will show you how to develop a premise, create jokes, deploy satire, and more. Participants will have a chance to write their own titles and workshop ideas while sharing a few laughs. Class meets in-person, Thursday,…

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Tips for Writing a Self-Published Children’s Book with Ann Heyse

Aug 09, 2025 9:00AM—10:30AM

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

Cost $30.00

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Best-selling author Ann Heyse offers advice from her own experience of self-publishing her successful children’s books. She’ll discuss the many steps of the process including writing and editing, working with an illustrator, preparing a book for print, and getting the book onto store shelves. The session is designed for anyone curious about what’s involved in…

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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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Past | Archive

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

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

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

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