Writing Workshop
There is going to be a workshop hosted by the Lifelong Learning Institute at the Winter Park Public Library titled “Creative Writing: An Introduction.” It’s currently scheduled for Thursday, June 8, 6:30-8:30 PM at the Winter Park Public Library Community Room (460 E. New England Ave.). The class will use the Amherst Writers and Artists method, with Jamie Morris (AWA-certified writing workshop leader) running the show.
If you’re like me, you just said, “What the heck is the Amherst Writers and Artists method?” I never even heard of it at writing conferences. I took a quick peek at their website and here is the direct explanation:
“Following each confidential writing period in an AWA method workshop, each participant is encouraged, but not required, to read his or her work aloud to the group. The group responds supportively to the work, gently guided by a trained workshop leader. All work is treated as fiction to minimize the personal vulnerability of the writer. The lack of critical response to brand new work enables participants to expose aspects of their creative minds that may have been inaccessible, leading the writer to his or her truest voice, and fostering the power to use it.”
So there you go. If you’re the shy/insecure type, this sounds like a darn good place to start out.
(I love that bit about “aspects of their creative minds that may have been inaccessible.” I’m going to pull that one out on an editor the next time I’m close to a deadline–”I WOULD have filed the story today, but that particular part of my creative mind was inaccessible.” It sounds mysterious, artist-like, and much better than, “I blew you off to go to the beach.” But I digress…)
The class is free to Lifelong Learning Institute members and $10 for nonmembers. It’s limited to 12 participants, so if you want to give this a shot, you’d better get right on it. You do have to pre-register. Call (407) 623-3279, download a registration form, or pick one up at any Winter Park Library Circulation Desk.
The registration form is available here.
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