Pioneer Valley Writers' Workshop
A Literary Arts Center for Writers: Workshops, Editing Services, Community
Whether you have found it difficult to write over the past months of the pandemic or you want to make a fresh start in the new year, this class will foster the habit of writing daily. In this asynchronous class, writers will receive a daily writing prompt each weekday suitable for all genres, and two prompts to carry you over the weekend. Some prompts will be sensory or experiential, while others will invite you to delve into your memories and your imagination. These prompts are designed to inspire generative exploration in words, to get you writing freely and to encourage you to listen inwardly. A daily writing practice will allow you to tap into your creativity, reconnecting you to that inner wellspring and to yourself. This class is about process, not product, but you will be invited to post your daily writing for others in the class to read and comment on appreciatively. In addition, you are encouraged to submit two of your weekly pieces for supportive instructor feedback (on Wednesdays and on Saturdays), via our shared Google Classroom. All levels & genres. Limited to 10 writers.
LIZ BEDELL's recently completed novel, The Space Between, was shortlisted in the 2019 William Faulkner William Wisdom Competition, Novel-in-Progress category. She is a co-editor of Embody, a weekly feature column at The Maine Review. She holds an MFA Fiction and Translation from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and an MA in English from Middlebury College.
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"Can't say enough about PVWW, Joy, and her amazing team of teachers! Writing is very much about the ability to sit in your seat for hours and put pen to paper, but coming to PVWW helps you build a community around your writing, breathe new life into your efforts, and get out of your own head a bit. And beyond that, I've learned lots of practical, nuts-and-bolts techniques that have vastly improved my work."
- Emily Everett, Managing Editor at The Common |
"PVWW is the most effective writing platform/service/group I've tried in the local area. The variety offered when it comes to events is a great mix-up between workshops, free writing sessions, and one-day classes, which specifically focus on particular areas of writing/craft. Each time I go to one of these events, I feel not only reenergized, but capable of carrying out the various techniques and tools that are shared."
- Meg Granger, reader for The Masters Review |
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