Spring Writing Workshops at Write Yourself Free 252 Post Road East, Westport, CT 06880 203-556-4614, email: tishpatrick@gmail.com
Creative Writing, Writing for Teens & Children, Screenwriting and Poetry. Please check our website for our Special Seminars
Seminars in Narrative with Patrick McCord, PhD, Workshop Leader and creator of The Write Yourself Free(SM) Method.
With Patrick McCord, PhD Intermediate to Advanced Bring 4-pages each week. $395
Tuesdays Adv. 9:30am – 12:00pm May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9 & 16
Wednesdays 10am-12:30pm May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17
Thursdays 10am-12:30pm May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18
Thursdays 1:30-4:00pm May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18
EVENING
Tuesdays 7:15pm-9:30pm May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9 & 16
Wednesdays Intro/Interm. 7:15pm-9:30pm May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17
Introduction to Narrative Writing with Charles Stafford
Introduction to Narrative: A Writer's Practice with Charles Stafford
Wednesdays 10:00am-12:15pm 6 classes/$340 May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17
with Charles L. Stafford
6 workshops/$340
Tuesday Mornings 9:30am-11:45am May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9 & 16
with Annette Basalyga who won third place in The Comstock Review Poetry Contest for 1945 - So When I Opened the Life Magazine
$315 Tuesdays 7:15-9:30pm May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9 & 16
Whether you read poetry, or are beginning to write poetry, this is a workshop of discovery. You'll find instant access to people, places and emotions that only the language of poetry can deliver. Our experience, memory, and imagination are all it takes to understand poetry and to make poems happen.
Writing for Children & Teens with Victoria Sherrow
Victoria Sherrow is the author of 14 picture books, including two from Harper and over 80 books for kids and teens.
An 6 Week Session $315 Fridays 10:00am-12:00pm May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26
Patrick’s Writing for the Screen
Saturdays, 11am-1pm May 2, 9, 16, & 23 $265
Points of discussion include: the essential neurological structure of story; mirror neurons; flow and play states; the difference between drafting and revising; conceptual blending with your creative nervous system; perception and emotion; physical alignment and moral loyalty; the essential stakes; Areas of Concern; essentials of writing practice.