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Our blog is where we publish our writers’ work, introduce new instructors, and share our thoughts on the writing process. Be sure to check out our newest online creative writing workshops, in person workshops and one time workshops.

Pitch & Publish Conference FAQs

1. I attended the event last year, will there be different agents taking pitches this year? Yes! We have a slate of new agents taking pitches and sitting on our Ask the Agent panel. ​ 2. What time will agents be taking pitches? There are two time blocks for pitching to agents, 10:30 – 12:30 and 1:30 – 4:00, but be prepared for an all day event. 3. Will I

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March 7, 2023

Five Questions with New Instructor, Kate Senecal

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I started writing stories when I was very young, maybe seven or eight, and when I was ten I wrote a play that I performed for my neighborhood with my friends. I gave up writing for a while afterward, but remained an avid reader, thinking instead I would pursue drawing as a career. I wanted to be an illustrator.

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March 6, 2023

Five Questions with New Instructor, Martha Petersen

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I’ve been fascinated with words and stories as long as I can remember. When I was very young, maybe six or seven, i remember telling my father I wanted to be a writer. For my next birthday, he bought a typewriter for me, which I used to write stories. 2.) What do you love most about the writing process?

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February 24, 2023

Announcing the Jessica Speart Foundation Award

Last year we lost our very special instructor and friend Jessica Speart. Along with her successful career as a bestselling author, Jessica was trained at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, which led to many acting roles, most notably on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, where she played the recurring role of Angela Foster. Jessica was also an avid travel and wrote for magazines about wildlife endangered by

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February 20, 2023

Five Questions with Matt Ember

1. When did you know you wanted to get into film & television? High school. Seriously. I used to come home from practice (wrestling) and watch MASH reruns. 2. What do you love most about the process of writing a script? Making something up, your way. Basically writing something you would like to watch. 3. What are the top most important tips for students writing a screenplay? Think first. Study

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February 12, 2023

Five Questions with Elise Chidley

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I wrote (and stitched together) my first ‘book’ when I was about eight. It was a story about a pride of lions. My dad found it and asked, ‘Who made this? It’s quite good!.’ I’ve been writing stories ever since. 2.) What do you love most about the writing process? I love those moments when you write as if

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January 24, 2023

Five Questions With Westport Poet Laureate, Jessica McEntee

This past June, Westport’s inaugural Poet Laureate and friend of Westport Writers, Diane Lowman, officially passed the torch to our very own, Jessica McEntee. We recently sat down with Jessie to hear about her first six months in this honory role and what her plans are for the future: 1.) What was your earliest experience with reading or writing poetry? Poetry wasn’t something I considered “my terrain.” Instead, I always

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November 21, 2022

Five Questions with SUSAN SHAPIRO BARASH

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I knew I wanted to be a writer when I was six years old and decided to write a family newspaper and sell it to each family member. I chose the college (Sarah Lawrence) I attended based on their writing program and I had already had a few accolades in high school. From the start I loved to write

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August 31, 2022

Executive Director Pat Dunn Invites You to Join Us for a Fabulous Fall!

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August 24, 2022

Five Questions and Five Writing Prompts with Gerry Albarelli

1. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I was pretty young— maybe ten years old. I didn’t necessarily say to myself or to anyone else that I wanted to be a writer, but it was at around that time that I began acting on an impulse to write down and retell certain family stories They were usually set in a factory city like Bridgeport, Connecticut and

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August 22, 2022

WRITE ABOUT YOUR LIFE WITH CHRISTINE PAKALA

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August 18, 2022

“Introduction to Oral History for Writers” with Gerry Albarelli.

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August 12, 2022

Meet author Barbara Josselson & hear about her workshop “Start Your Historical Novel.”

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August 9, 2022

Meet Westport Writers’ Workshop instructor & copyeditor extraordinaire Nancee Adams

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August 1, 2022

“I’m inspired by my students every week.” Meet Libby Waterford

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July 28, 2022

Congratulations to WWW Instructor, Doug Moser, on the publication of his story “Disco Sally.”

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June 8, 2022

We hold in our thoughts and hearts…

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May 26, 2022

Keep Your Pen Moving: On the Importance of Writing to Prompts

“If you write every day, the next day ideas have bubbled up from someplace that you had no idea was there.” -Walter Mosley How do we write every day? Like eating healthy, meditating, and exercising, finding time to put words on the page can also sometimes be elusive. Many writers have said to me, “I take these workshops so that I will write.” Whether it’s working towards a deadline of

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March 28, 2022

Coaching, Editing & Mentoring, Oh My!

Editing While we pride ourselves on our wonderful and plentiful workshops here at Westport Writers’ Workshop, some writers come to us looking to work with an instructor one-on-one. Our goal is to help writers reach their goals at all stages of the writing process, and we offer a variety of services, including: Coaching If you’re not in the middle or the end of a project, but rather either just starting

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February 2, 2022

Five Questions with Nicole

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I’ve known vaguely that I wanted to be a writer about as long as my memories go back, but it wasn’t until middle school, when I started getting into reading science fiction and fantasy novels, that I really understood the way storytelling could transport a reader to new worlds and offer a means of escape from the troubles of

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December 13, 2021

Five Questions with Soon Wiley

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I started writing before I knew I wanted to be a writer. I was studying abroad in Germany as a college student when I started my first short story. Something about the cold gray weather was conducive to staying holed up in my apartment and writing. At some point I realized I was dedicating more time to my fiction

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December 10, 2021

Five Questions with Kate Montgomery

1. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? As a child, I’d entertain myself for hours drawing pictures of people and making up stories to go with them. I’ve basically been storyboarding little movies for as long as I can remember. I always loved improv too, and would often act out scenes as I dreamt them up. So visual storytelling and improv have long been favorite pastimes.

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December 7, 2021

How Do I Know Which Workshop To Take?

We get this question a lot, which is completely understandable! When I first stumbled upon this wonderful organization, I had the same question. We understand that we have a lot to offer, but our menu can be overwhelming. To help guide you towards the best decision, here are a few questions to start with: 1. What do I want to write? If you know the answer to the question above,

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September 23, 2021

Five Questions About Our Mentoring Program

How is the mentoring program different from editing and coaching? The mentoring program includes the best elements of a semester of an MFA program. Besides one-on-one instructor time, mentoring includes reading assignments of other works of fiction that exemplify the style and results the writer seeks. Mentoring also includes handouts and suggested reference works to read (and acquire for your library) on the art and craft of writing, based on

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August 11, 2021

Five Questions with Shanna Melton

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I’ve been creative writing since I learned how to write. My mother kept so many of my stories and pictures from a very young age and has them to this day. I had my first poem published when I was thirteen-years-old. My grandmother found a poem that I forgot at her home and entered it to be published in

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August 10, 2021

Five Questions with Patricia Dunn

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I was ten and my teacher picked my holiday poem for the P.S. 71 yearbook. To create something people wanted to read and share with others felt amazing. I think that started my addiction to needing an audience for my work. 2.) What do you love most about the writing process? When I’m deeply in a story and engaged

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August 2, 2021

Wisdom of the Ages: Knowing and Growing Your Characters’ Knowledge

One of the joys of writing is when we become so immersed in creating the world of our story that we forget we’re working. But we can’t afford to check out on how much our characters know about themselves and the world around them. Let’s consider the things characters know. To some extent, they know themselves and their motivations, what’s happening around them, and the other characters in the piece.

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August 2, 2021

Five Questions with Adele Annesi

1. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I was eight and journaling and writing bad poetry. I didn’t think then about “being a writer”; I just was one. 2. What do you love most about the writing process? For me, fleshing out ideas and revising my work are the most frustrating and correspondingly rewarding aspects of writing. 3. What do you love most about teaching writing?

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July 26, 2021

Meet Our Summer Intern, Meryl!

My name is Meryl Kaduboski and I am a rising junior at Wake Forest University. I am working toward a double major in mathematical statistics and psychology. My love of math developed at a young age and my interest in psychology came later. I am involved in a number of activities on campus including a virtual tutoring program, sorority, service fraternity, and the Wake Forest concert choir. I am excited

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June 8, 2021

Five Questions with Lelah Baker-Rabe

1. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? Like a lot of writers, I’ve been writing since I was a kid. I came up with my first pen name around age nine–Luanna Claypoole, which would have made a pretty great historical romance author name, I always thought. But I didn’t seriously decide to write fiction that other people might eventually read until I graduated college and realized

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May 27, 2021
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