Westport Writers' Workshop - BLOG

Our blog is home to thoughts from our instructors, staff, and guest bloggers on everything from favorite books to how to navigate the publishing process. While you are here, be sure to check out our current programming. Every Genre. Every Level.

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

Westport Writers' Workshop

Mar 28, 20222 min read

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...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Feb 2, 20222 min read

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...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Dec 13, 20212 min read

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,...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Dec 10, 20211 min read

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...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Dec 7, 20212 min read

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...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Sep 23, 20212 min read

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...

Five Questions About Our Mentoring Program

Westport Writers' Workshop

Aug 11, 20212 min read

Five Questions About Our Mentoring Program

1.) How is the mentoring program different from editing and coaching ? The mentoring program includes the best elements of a semester of...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Aug 10, 20212 min read

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...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Aug 2, 20212 min read

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...

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

Westport Writers' Workshop

Aug 2, 20213 min read

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...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Jul 26, 20211 min read

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...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Jun 8, 20212 min read

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...

Westport Writers' Workshop

May 27, 20212 min read

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...

Five Questions with Amanda Parrish Morgan

Westport Writers' Workshop

May 24, 20212 min read

Five Questions with Amanda Parrish Morgan

**Take our Personal Essay workshop with Amanda this Summer! 1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I wanted to be a writer from...

Westport Writers' Workshop

May 11, 20212 min read

Why Workshops?

"The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you will write." -ANNIE DILLARD I'm a...

Westport Writers' Workshop

May 10, 20211 min read

Five Questions with Christine Kalafus

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? It never occurred to me. I wanted to be a gymnast like Nadia Comaneci, then a prima...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Mar 30, 20211 min read

Five Questions with Ellyn Gelman

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I think I have always wanted to be a writer, but I didn't have the courage until I took...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Mar 25, 20212 min read

Five Questions with Mike Belanger

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I wish I could point to a moment: Back in high school, furiously reading...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Mar 24, 20212 min read

Five Questions with Alana Sanko

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I am one of those people who knew very young. It was always my dream, going back to...

Westport Writers' Workshop

Mar 17, 20212 min read

Five Questions with Valerie Bolling

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I've always been a writer. I never really thought much about it; it’s just one of those...