Utlize collaborative and hybrid writing to enhance your skill and audience with artists Tina Jenkins Bell and Janice Tuck Lively. Collaborative writing occurs when two or more writers create one seamless piece of fiction, nonfiction, or other type of writing. Though written by multiple authors, this writing reads with one voice. Hybrid writing is a…

All writing projects require research, but how much is necessary to prove to a reader that your story or argument is credible and trustworthy? Many writers don’t know where to start. They get bogged down in the details, which often stops them from finishing their project. Join author Lynda Drews as she talks about the…

Whether writing a poems, an essay, a short story, or a novel, every writer knows that the opening is all-important. It engages the reader, sets the tone, and launches the story, essay, or poem in a particular direction. In The First Five Pages, Noah Lukeman argues that readers make up their minds about a book within…

I have been privileged to have women in my life who have inspired me, taught me, and empowered me. Too often, I have not clearly remembered them or written about their role in my development as a human being. This class will center around the memories each of us has about those women who have…

I have been privileged to have women in my life who have inspired me, taught me, and empowered me. Too often, I have not clearly remembered them or written about their role in my development as a human being. This class will center around the memories each of us has about those women who have…

I have been privileged to have women in my life who have inspired me, taught me, and empowered me. Too often, I have not clearly remembered them or written about their role in my development as a human being. This class will center around the memories each of us has about those women who have…

We’re all familiar with the fabled stories of sudden success in publishing: debut writers “hitting the jackpot” with large advances, movie rights, and multi-book deals. The reality for most writers, of course, is much more complicated. For many, the path from finished manuscript to publication may take years–or even decades. When writing and wanting to…

Join author Joanne Nelson as she walks you through the publication process as she lives it. Over seven months as her publishing company, Vine Leaves Press, prepares her book, My Neglected Gods, for publication, Joanne will talk about the process step by step. This month, Joanne and author Roz Morris will discuss how to get endorsements, how to…

This four-week class is a generative workshop with the target of writing poems of no more than 14 lines. We will consider what formal elements might heighten the impact of free verse and will look at what makes a poem memorable: first lines, last lines, music, meaning. Class meets in person Tuesdays, 6 – 8…

Let’s take a tip from Mary Oliver and bring our pens and notebooks on a nature walk! We will share some nature poetry (bring a favorite poem along with you!) and take a walk through the natural beauty of Write On’s property. We’ll then do some writing and have a discussion on the subject of…