Join us to learn about the physical and emotional benefits of expressive writing. This practice is gaining acceptance as a therapeutic tool in a variety of settings, including veterans’ centers, prisons, hospitals, and residential treatment facilities for substance use addictions. Participants will get to experience some of these benefits themselves…
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Join story development editor Lynn Auld Schwartz to discover how flash fiction and flash memoir (6 -1,000 words) result in big impact writing. When crafted well, these little gems can take a reader’s breath away, exposing unexpected truths and insights. Many literary magazines look for quality work in this genre,…
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Join us to learn about the physical and emotional benefits of expressive writing. This practice is gaining acceptance as a therapeutic tool in a variety of settings, including veterans’ centers, prisons, hospitals, and residential treatment facilities for substance use addictions. Participants will get to experience some of these benefits themselves…
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Join seasoned mystery author Flo McCahon as she presents The History of Mysteries. Starting with the writings of Maryland author Edgar Allan Poe, Flo will guide participants through the development of the genre to the present day. In addition to examining the craft of mysteries, she will also highlight Maryland’s…
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Join story development editor Lynn Auld Schwartz to discover how flash fiction and flash memoir (6 -1,000 words) result in big impact writing. When crafted well, these little gems can take a reader’s breath away, exposing unexpected truths and insights. Many literary magazines look for quality work in this genre,…
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Join seasoned mystery author Flo McCahon as she presents The History of Mysteries. Starting with the writings of Maryland author Edgar Allan Poe, Flo will guide participants through the development of the genre to the present day. In addition to examining the craft of mysteries, she will also highlight Maryland’s…
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Words, Words, Words: We are all wordsmiths. Whether we’re writing fiction, nonfiction or poetry, we strive to find just the right word. In this workshop, we will look at the etymology, sound, meanings, and associations of a number of words using excerpts from multiple genres. Then we will look at…
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Words, Words, Words: We are all wordsmiths. Whether we’re writing fiction, nonfiction or poetry, we strive to find just the right word. In this workshop, we will look at the etymology, sound, meanings, and associations of a number of words using excerpts from multiple genres. Then we will look at…
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Original Meeting Date: August 18, 2021 At the heart of a novel are essential questions, emotions, and relationships that a writer may be drawn to – consciously or unconsciously – to explore over the course of more than one story. The writer’s territory is a place you have to draw…
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At the heart of a novel are essential questions, emotions, and relationships that a writer may be drawn to – consciously or unconsciously – to explore over the course of more than one story. The writer’s territory is a place you have to draw your own map for. Award-winning author…
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