Do you want your writing to be a priority in 2019? Are you working on a memoir or novel? If so, the Storyteller's Cottage collaborative workshop will provide you with the necessary guidance, structure, and writer’s tools.
In this 6-week workshop, you’ll learn how to draw upon your life experiences to write a memoir or to craft fiction from your imagination. You’ll tackle your writing from all angles—as a reader, writer, editor, and with your eye toward publication. You’ll learn strategies to execute your ideas which will save you time as a writer and serve your story. You’ll study the craft of writing from weekly mentor texts (nonfiction and fiction).
Under the guidance of a working editor, you’ll learn how to shape your writing to captivate readers and sustain their interest. We’ll delve into the ever-changing book publishing landscape and the many print and online magazines which could serve as homes for your writing or launch your memoir or novel. Writers of all levels are welcome. Not a cookie-cutter workshop. No writer's cone of silence. No stale handouts. You'll write at least a chapter a week. These six weeks will transform your writing!
Writer and editor C was named a 2018 finalist for the Frank McCourt Memoir Prize and has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. Her writing has been published in the New York Times, Literary Itinerary, Memoir Magazine, Inkling Magazine, Brain Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers and Brain Teen: The Magazine for Thinking Parents. Her writing excellence has been noted by Proximity Magazine and The Southampton Review. She's been featured in The Hartford Courant and has spoken on writing panels at colleges and universities. She's edited books published by Penguin Random House, New World Library, and Lone Pine Publishing. She earned her M.A.L.S. from Wesleyan University and received her undergraduate degree from The University of Connecticut. She’s studied writing at such institutions as Harvard University, Yale University, and Mount Holyoke College.
Six session workshop. Thursdays from 6-8 pm. Dates: 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/21 (no workshop 2/14). Call 860-877-6099 to register. This workshop sold out in the fall!
C. is also leading another workshop in 2019, Six Months to Your Manuscript, an advanced workshop for writers who want to complete their entire manuscripts in 2019. Applications are ongoing. The workshop meets from 6-9 pm on three Wednesday evenings a month from January 9th - June 12th. The application fee is waived until December 18th. For more information on the manuscript workshop, including the different paths you can pursue and pricing, contact c@storytellerscottage.com or call 860-877-6099.