Community Writing: Generative Gathering

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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

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