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Write Around Portland: Prompt Online Workshop with Author Neil Aitken | 10 Saturdays, Mar 13 – May 15
March 13, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$300“Sign up, show up and your heart and world will thank you. I’ve known that I love writing and ‘must do it more,’ but now I know it is essential to living the life I want.”
—Sara, past Prompt participant
Join author and poet Neil Aitken this spring for a 10-week generative writing workshop designed to inspire the writing life! Starts March 13th—10 Saturdays from 10am to 12pm.
“These are spaces of learning, wonder and courage—I love being a part of these creative workshops where writers new and seasoned are discovering the joy of writing together.”
—Neil Aitken, Write Around Portland facilitator
Based on the acclaimed Write Around Portland model, this dynamic workshop incorporates our favorite writing exercises, including freewriting; work with writing elements; strength-building feedback and early-draft revision. The workshop caps off with a community broadside.
WHEN: 10 Saturdays, Mar 13 – May 15, 2021, from 10am to 12pm
WHERE: Online via Zoom in the comfort of your own home or any location with a tech device with microphone & camera capabilities and Internet access.
HOW: Pre-registration is required. Register through our website: https://writearound.org/
COST: $300. (Payment plan is available. Contact info@writearound.org if interested.)
Proceeds go directly toward supporting Write Around Portland’s free community writing workshops held in partnership with hospitals, treatment centers, homeless shelters, prisons, low-income housing buildings, schools and other social service agencies. Learn more at https://writearound.org/.
WANT TO TRY OUT OUR WORKSHOPS FIRST?
Twice-Weekly Online Writing Workshops:
• Wednesdays from 4 to 5:30 pm
• Thursdays from 11 am to 12:30 pm
Weekly registration opens Mondays at noon. https://writearound.org/