WRITING WORKSHOPS
EN AND INK CLUB
Thursday, February 21—April 11, 7-9:00 p.m.
Please join us for the Sitting Room "Pen and Ink Club", a writing group for new and experienced writers. All genres are welcome: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, drama. The emphasis will be on the collaborative nature of writing, learning from reading published writers and from reading each other’s work. We will meet for 8 weeks with a concluding open reading tba. The "Pen and Ink Club" is FREE and open to all. Please contact Sheila Bare (salbare@yahoo.com; 707-537-6835) for more information and to reserve your seat.
DAN COSHNEAR WRITES:
I am planning another 4-week workshop at The Sitting Room, dates and times as follows: Saturdays 9:30-12:30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20 & 4/27. For those unfamiliar with the workshop, we devote the first hour to discussion of some assigned reading (either fiction or memoir) and often we have a brief writing exercise. The remaining two hours are given to workshop/critique of your work and the work of classmates. Typically, we discuss four pieces of writing (again, fiction or memoir/personal essay) per class. Each participant in workshop will have two opportunities to submit writing for the group’s discussion (and sometimes more dependent upon numbers in the group, length of submissions, etc.) cost of the workshop is 120 bucks, a fraction of which goes to the Sitting Room. You can pay in parts or in a lump, as you prefer. No one is turned away for inability to pay.
If you would like to enroll, or if you have questions, please contact Dan Coshnear at coshn@sonic.net.
SUMMER WORKSHOP WITH SHARON BARD
Sharon Bard returns to the Sitting Room this summer for another writing and body awareness workshop. Through group discussion, gentle movement and writing we’ll explore how discrete body systems work in harmony to create enlivened, healthy organisms. We’ll then expand this awareness to the macrocosm, using it as metaphor for observing the role of diversity and cooperation to insure wellness of our communities and planet. Date to be announced a bit later…stay tuned.
Thursday, February 21—April 11, 7-9:00 p.m.
Please join us for the Sitting Room "Pen and Ink Club", a writing group for new and experienced writers. All genres are welcome: poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, drama. The emphasis will be on the collaborative nature of writing, learning from reading published writers and from reading each other’s work. We will meet for 8 weeks with a concluding open reading tba. The "Pen and Ink Club" is FREE and open to all. Please contact Sheila Bare (salbare@yahoo.com; 707-537-6835) for more information and to reserve your seat.
DAN COSHNEAR WRITES:
I am planning another 4-week workshop at The Sitting Room, dates and times as follows: Saturdays 9:30-12:30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20 & 4/27. For those unfamiliar with the workshop, we devote the first hour to discussion of some assigned reading (either fiction or memoir) and often we have a brief writing exercise. The remaining two hours are given to workshop/critique of your work and the work of classmates. Typically, we discuss four pieces of writing (again, fiction or memoir/personal essay) per class. Each participant in workshop will have two opportunities to submit writing for the group’s discussion (and sometimes more dependent upon numbers in the group, length of submissions, etc.) cost of the workshop is 120 bucks, a fraction of which goes to the Sitting Room. You can pay in parts or in a lump, as you prefer. No one is turned away for inability to pay.
If you would like to enroll, or if you have questions, please contact Dan Coshnear at coshn@sonic.net.
SUMMER WORKSHOP WITH SHARON BARD
Sharon Bard returns to the Sitting Room this summer for another writing and body awareness workshop. Through group discussion, gentle movement and writing we’ll explore how discrete body systems work in harmony to create enlivened, healthy organisms. We’ll then expand this awareness to the macrocosm, using it as metaphor for observing the role of diversity and cooperation to insure wellness of our communities and planet. Date to be announced a bit later…stay tuned.
TERRY EHRET WORKSHOPS ON POETRY: SOLD OUT BUT SEND HER YOUR EMAIL FOR FUTURE WORKSHOPS
Spring 2019 Sitting Room Poetry Workshops with Terry Ehret Contemporary American Women Poets Mondays, 9AM to noon February 25, March 4, ll, 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15
OR
Fridays, 9AM to noon, February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22, April 5, 12, 19
(Please note there will be no class on March 29)
$250 for 8 week session, plus $25 donation to the Sitting Room
This is the third in a series of reading and writing workshops focusing on the work of contemporary American Women poets. This workshop will give those who enjoy reading and writing poetry a chance to gather with like-minded folk to explore in depth poetic craft and form, and to take from this inspiration for our own writing.
For the first four weeks, we will focus on Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, Mary Oliver, and Joy Harjo, devoting a class to each poet. Each of these classes will also include a writing exercise geared to the poems we are studying. During the second four weeks, participants will bring copies of their own poems for conversation and supportive critique.
The workshop is open to all writers, prose and poetry, beginning and experienced, male and female, young and old. Seating is limited to 12 participants on a first-come, first-serve basis; however, I will reserve two seats for those who are new to my Sitting Room workshops.
To reserve a space or find out more about these workshops, e-mail
tehret99@comcast.net.
$50 deposit required to hold your space. Send deposit check to
Terry Ehret, 924 Sunnyslope Road, Petaluma, CA 94952.
OR
Fridays, 9AM to noon, February 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22, April 5, 12, 19
(Please note there will be no class on March 29)
$250 for 8 week session, plus $25 donation to the Sitting Room
This is the third in a series of reading and writing workshops focusing on the work of contemporary American Women poets. This workshop will give those who enjoy reading and writing poetry a chance to gather with like-minded folk to explore in depth poetic craft and form, and to take from this inspiration for our own writing.
For the first four weeks, we will focus on Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, Mary Oliver, and Joy Harjo, devoting a class to each poet. Each of these classes will also include a writing exercise geared to the poems we are studying. During the second four weeks, participants will bring copies of their own poems for conversation and supportive critique.
The workshop is open to all writers, prose and poetry, beginning and experienced, male and female, young and old. Seating is limited to 12 participants on a first-come, first-serve basis; however, I will reserve two seats for those who are new to my Sitting Room workshops.
To reserve a space or find out more about these workshops, e-mail
tehret99@comcast.net.
$50 deposit required to hold your space. Send deposit check to
Terry Ehret, 924 Sunnyslope Road, Petaluma, CA 94952.
DO YOU WANT TO TEACH A WORKSHOP?
Qualified instructors are welcome to schedule one-time or repeated workshops on writing and other creative endeavors. If you wish to submit a proposal, please e-mail Karen Petersen.
We suggest a minimal donation of 10% of the workshop fee to cover upkeep. You may also charge an additional fee for your services and provided supplies. Or, you can do this as a volunteer and encourage donations to the Sitting Room.
We suggest a minimal donation of 10% of the workshop fee to cover upkeep. You may also charge an additional fee for your services and provided supplies. Or, you can do this as a volunteer and encourage donations to the Sitting Room.