with Liz Matthews
 
"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:·
A warm, supportive environment.
Craft notes woven through positive feedback.
Weekly follow-up emails with additional stories and essays, as well as more prompts to play with in between workshops.
Guidance about the writer’s life – including thoughts on how to get unstuck, and how to silence the critic.
 
 
 

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)
TIME:
5 Wednesdays
10am to 12noon
DATES:
Nov. 13, 20, off, Dec. 4, 11, 18
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LIMITED TO 7 STUDENTS
 
 
 
About the Instructor...
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. She's the co-organizer with Julie Sarkissian of the Westport Writers' Workshop Pitch & Publish Conference.