Hybrid
In Person
Online
With 7 Wednesdays, 10:00-12:00 (1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, off, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12)
“I don’t wait to be struck by lightning and don’t need certain slants of light in order to write.” – Toni Morrison
Do you want to write but don’t know where to start? Do you have an idea but no time to develop it? Writing begets writing and this workshop will get the juices flowing. You’ll write to prompts and learn techniques to develop these freewrites into stories or essays. Using contemporary readings, you’ll explore different genres and discover the motivation to continue. Discover the writer within you during these inspired six weeks!
In this class, you can expect:·
WHERE:
IN PERSON at 25 Sylvan Road South, Suite J, Westport, CT 06880
or ONLINE via ZOOM (link will be sent the week of first class)
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.
