Write On returns to the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ (AWP) annual conference. Meet Executive Director Al DeGenova and Founding and Artistic Director Jerod Santek in the bookfair at Booth 710. Find out about our writers’ residency programs; fellowship opportunities; writers’ retreats; conferences and workshops and much more!

Write On is pleased to present a free workshop focused on writing characters as part of the Door County Reads 2025 programming. Who was your favorite character in TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea? How can you create characters as identifiable as the ones in his novel? Discover tips and strategies for writing characters…

Congratulations on writing a first draft of your novel! This class provides helpful approaches to evaluate and revise your manuscript with a focus on plot and character development. We’ll consider how to deepen the character arc by analyzing the protagonist’s needs, desires, wounds, and the internal and external conflicts that deter or promote growth and…

For centuries, travel has been inspiring writers – from Ernest Hemingway to Jane Austen to Elizabeth Strout. What can we learn from our travels to motivate and enhance our creative writing? How do we capture and translate observed details and experiences in writing that is compelling, authentic, and new? In this workshop, we will discuss…

 Join us at the Landmark Resort in Egg Harbor for the 2024 Writing On The Door conference: Your Writing Life. How can you make writing a regular part of your life? If you are working full-time, raising kids, taking care of elderly parents, how can you find time to write? If you have been writing…

Quality fiction combines the fine art of storytelling with the craft of good writing. In this course, we’ll explore both of these essential elements and show how you can apply them to your own work. You’ll learn new ways to think about your novel–either the one in progress or the one you want to write–and…

Do you use Scrivener, the "go-to app for writers of all kinds?" Have you looked at it but not been brave enough to try it? Holly Erskine and Patsy Stierna will share what they've learned so far on their Scrivener writing journey. If you're already a Scrivener user, we'd love to hear tips that you want to share about how…

We don’t need to wait for “special” experiences in order to write poems. Beautiful, resonant poetry can—and so often does—spring from our everyday lives: the objects we live with and love, the more-than-human beings we encounter in our backyards or neighborhoods. In this class, we’ll explore poems, and poem-making, based in the ordinary and daily.…

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…

Join us for our annual celebration of writers and readers on beautiful Washington Island. This year’s theme is Come This Far. Presenters include Wisconsin Poet Laureate Nicholas Gulig, graphic memoirist Kelcey Ervick, and novelists Leif Enger, Maggie Ginsberg, and Julie Schumacher. Thursday, September 19: Free Community Creative Lab, noon – 3 pm Friday, September 20:…