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Just Write

Five Thursday Sessions

10 – 12 EST 

Dates: 11/13 – 12/18 (OFF 11/27)

 

“Tell about the quality of light coming in through your window. Jump in and write. Don’t worry if it is night and your curtains are closed or you would rather write about the light up north—just write. Go for ten minutes, fifteen, a half hour.” -Natalie Goldberg

 

This prompt workshop is for writers who want to get started but don’t know how, writers in the midst of a project looking to generate new pages, or people who just want to write! (A writer is someone who writes). If you are searching for an “idea” or a “topic” to write about, you will discover many during our timed freewriting sessions. You’ll write to stories, poems, novels, images, film excerpts, plays, and more! Writers always have the option to share their freewrites but are never required. Craft lessons will be woven through positive feedback provided during each meeting. Discover the writer within you during these inspired weeks!

 

In this class, you can expect:·

  • A warm, supportive environment.
  • Weekly follow-up emails with additional stories and essays, as well as more prompts to play with in between workshops.
  • Guidance about the writer’s life – including thoughts on how to get unstuck, and how to silence the critic

Thursdays

10:00 am EST - 12:00 pm EST
November 13, 2025 - December 18, 2025

Westport Writers’ Workshop Headquarters

25 Sylvan Road South, Unit J
Westport, 06880 United States

Meet the Instructor

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Liz Matthews

Liz Matthews is a writer and editor who received her M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts (2008) and M.A. in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Liz began her professional career in publishing, both at a literary agency and as an Editorial Assistant at Random House before teaching middle and high school English at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in Quality Women’s Fiction, Town & Country, Literary Mama, Brain Child, Mothers Always Write, The Rumpus, and Big Fiction Little Truths among other places.Liz teaches Introductory & Intermediate Fiction, Flash Fiction, and Creative Writing at Westport Writers' Workshop.

$320.00

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