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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.

Five Questions with Amanda Parrish Morgan

1. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I wanted to be a writer from a really young age. Before I could read or write I used to dictate books to my parents (my first was “Poopy Ducky”) and by third grade was putting “writer” in response to those “what do you want to be when you grow up” questions. 2. What do you love most about

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May 24, 2021

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 horrible saleswoman. Just ask my husband. Years ago, we were living in the garden apartment of a brownstone in Brooklyn where people hosted stoop sales every weekend. Eager to get in on the action, I displayed the flotsam from our apartment and sat on

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May 11, 2021

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 ballerina like Gelsey Kirkland. By college, I wanted to be an interior designer who looked like Cybill Shepherd in Moonlighting, but spoke to her clients like Candice Bergen in Murphy Brown. I was always writing. I never thought of it as a

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May 10, 2021

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 a free writing class at the Weston library taught by Marcelle Soviero. After that class I enrolled in Marcelle’s memoir class at Westport Writers Workshop. After two years at WWW I went back to school and graduated with an MFA

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March 30, 2021

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 Slaughterhouse-Five or Catch-22, some classic of the American canon that just made me need to write. Or maybe college, needing to document my first bitter taste of heartbreak on a blank page. Unfortunately, my focus remained on drums until well into my twenties. My shift

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March 25, 2021

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 elementary school, when I wrote a few creative writing pieces in class and turned one into a sequel. A couple of supportive teachers played their part in planting it in my head too. But I also lived for reruns of “I

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March 24, 2021

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 qualities at the core of who I am. I decided to explore becoming a published author at the beginning of 2017. 2.) What do you love most about the writing process? Believe it or not, I love revision. Revision reminds me of

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March 17, 2021

Five Questions with Suzanne Farrell Smith

1) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I know exactly when. On Saturday, June 16, 2007, as an airport shuttle 2) What do you love most about the writing process? I love how a complete work hides everything that went into it: thoughts knocking around my head, early words scribbled on paper or caught by a voice memo, multiple drafts, new shapes and tones, innumerable revisions,

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March 16, 2021

Five Questions with Rahla Xenopoulos

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? As a high school dropout who suffered from severe dyslexia, I never dreamed of writing. It seemed lofty and way out of my grasp. In my late thirties a friend asked me to join her at a writing workshop. I tried explaining to her that I was a reader not a writer but she said, “just come along as

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March 11, 2021

Five Questions with Jessica McEntee

1. When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I can’t isolate a single ‘aha’ moment. I felt I was always going to be a writer. 2. What do you love most about the writing process? I love when my conscious brain shuts off and I’m able to access a mysterious subterranean place. Later, I look back at what I’ve written with surprise. 3. What do you love

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March 8, 2021

A Writing Prompt For Your Weekend

In a writing slump? Need a little nudge, a kiss of inspiration? Enjoy this prompt from our Advanced Fiction instructor from Chris Belden: Ashtray by Marcus Jackson Filling with my mother’s smolderings,this tawny, six-sided, three-pound glass dishhas sat forty years at the table’s center.During lapses in labor or happinessmy mother smoked Merit after Merit, her minda crowded parlor of plans, self-hate,and urgent glimpses of encounters long past.She split the skin atop

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March 5, 2021

The Happy Pandemic Hurricane Holiday

by Billie Magnuson Ever since the Hurricane struck Connecticut, I find myself observing how everything could be way worse and everything could be way better. Without power there is nobody to call and whine with, but… Unfortunately, the days are long. Fortunately, we have a dependable house to weather the weather in. Unfortunately, this house is pretty useless without electricity. Fortunately, we find a hand crank radio. Unfortunately, the radio

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February 24, 2021

On Book Towers and Reading as Writers

I recently came across an image like this one on Twitter with the caption “If you have a book tower, you’re probably a writer.” A few weeks later I watched Maria Semple interview Lauren Groff about her reading and writing habits. When Maria asked Lauren if she read more than one book at a time, Lauren answered, “oh yes definitely.” Both of these online encounters made me feel a) less

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February 16, 2021

Break Writers Block With a Few Simple Steps

When writers say they can’t write, they usually mean they’re afraid to write or they just don’t want to. The reasons vary. We may not know where or how to begin a new project. Or our project may have a particular problem, or a lot of problems, we don’t know how to tackle. We may not know what to say or how to say it. Sometimes we’re just not in

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December 30, 2020

Five Questions with Joanna Simmons

1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? When I was 7 I saw the movie, Home Alone in the movie theater. I was completely transported by the experience, and from then on I wanted to tell stories. 2.) What do you love most about the writing process? I love the surprises! I never know where ideas will come from, or when a piece will suddenly open

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December 30, 2020

Highlights from our Holiday Panel

Cut corners. Order in food. Brush the crumbs under the carpet. -Christine Pakkala We gathered last night for a wonderful panel on how to write during these busy times. In reality, it became clear that life is ALWAYS busy, right? There are always other things on our to-do list, tasks we could prioritize to avoid writing. So how do avoid getting stuck in the rut of not writing? Especially when

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December 30, 2020
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