Community Writing: Generative Gathering

Class Description

ABOUT COMMUNITY WRITING SPECIAL WRITING INTENTION GATHERING FOR THE NEW YEAR, on January 5! Community Writing is for writers of any background, level of experience, and/or genre who are interested in a casual, motivational, drop-in friendly generative gathering, either to generate new work, get back into the creative flow, work on a project in the supportive company of others, meet fellow writers, or simply to make more time for writing. Community Writing gatherings are led by PVWW Founder Joy Baglio and each session features a Writing Prompt / Exercise - applicable across genres - to help get the words flowing, though you are always free to bring in-progress writing projects and use the writing time however you're most inspired. We spend approximately the first hour quietly writing together and the last 30 minutes meeting each other, sharing, and discussing our work and various craft / process questions that arise. Because this is a drop-in friendly event, the size of the gathering changes every time, though it's usually a larger group than our regular weekly workshops (though we break into smaller breakout rooms to share and discuss). Please also note that Community Writing is generative in nature and does not offer craft instruction or feedback on writers' work, outside of opportunities to share work in a casual, supportive environment. If you are interested in instruction, feedback, or a smaller group of writers that meets weekly, we suggest you visit our Classes page on our website! ABOUT THE FACILITATOR / HOST JOY BAGLIO founded Pioneer Valley Writers' Workshop in 2016 and has hosted Community Writing and many other readings, events, and workshops since then. Joy has moderated panels and presented at numerous conferences, including panels as AWP and Grub Street's Muse & The Marketplace. Her short fiction has appeared widely, in such journals as Tin House, American Short Fiction, The Iowa Review, TriQuarterly, Conjunctions, The Missouri Review, The Fairy Tale Review, and elsewhere. She's the recipient of fellowships, scholarships, and grants from Yaddo, Ragdale, The Elizabeth George Foundation, Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers' Conferences, The Kerouac Project, Vermont Studio Center, The Speculative Literature Foundation, among others. Find her online at www.JoyBaglio.com and on Twitter @JoyBaglio

Cancellation Policy

If you withdraw from a workshop ten days or more before the start of the class: You'll receive full credit toward another workshop OR a full refund (minus the payment processing service charge of 10%). If you withdraw from a workshop nine days before the start of the class up until 48 hours before: You'll receive a refund minus 20%. If you withdraw from a workshop less than 48 hours before the start of a class or after the class has begun: We are not able to offer you credit toward another class or a refund. In the case of medical emergency, please contact us directly and this will be handled on a case-by-case basis. If you are absent on the day of your workshop or miss it for any reason, we are unable to offer any kind of refund or credit. However, if we have to cancel a class you have paid for, you will receive a full refund, without the service charge deducted, or if you choose, credit in the amount of your payment to be used for any future PVWW class. Anyone who does

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