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:
If you’re not in the middle or the end of a project, but rather either just starting out or stuck at a certain point in your writing, you might choose to hire one of our instructors as a coach. In this scenario, you will meet either in person or remotely on an hour-by-hour basis and we will help you troubleshoot, and provide guidance and additional resources tailored to your particular needs.
Finally, if you interested in really honing in on the craft of writing, our Mentoring program is an excellent option. This innovative, one-on-one program combines personalized instruction in the craft and art of writing with inspiration toward your project and overall writing goals. Based on the mentoring segment of the MFA in creative writing, the program provides support for your project and you as a writer from a writing professional who understands writing in your area of interest, publishing and the writing life. We currently offer mentoring programs:
If you’re interested in any of the services mentioned above, reach out to us here, and we can point you in the right direction, set up a consult with one of our instructors, and get you started! If it’s workshops you want, we provide those too for community and accountability! Click here to learn more.
By Liz Matthews Have you ever perused our website and noticed the initials “MS” next to some of our workshoptitles, and wondered what does that stand for? We are proud to offer workshops for writers of alllevels and all genres throughout the year. In many of our introductory workshops, our
Janae is a New York Times bestselling author who received her M.F.A. in Writing for Children from The New School (2010). Earlier in her professional career, she got an inside look at the publishing world while spending seven years working for Simon & Schuster. In 2020, she published her debut
