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Writing Workshops for Adults

New! Mini Workshops

Sat 30

Mini 1: Start Late, Finish Early: How to hook your reader and pick up the pace

March 30 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Host: Brian Wood
Apr 06

Mini 2: Writing Exercises

April 6 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Host: Joel Lesses
Apr 13

Mini 3: “Conversation is But Carving”: Writing Dialogue

April 13 @ 11:00 am
Host: J. Mulrooney
Apr 20

Mini 4: Overcome Writer's Block—Break through the resistance, overwhelm, and inner criticism that keep you from writing

April 20 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Host: Alex Sanchez

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Creative Nonfiction
Apr 01

Exploring the Healing Power of Personal Writing

April 1 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Host: Karen vanMeenen
Apr 11

Awakening: Writing Your Spiritual Memoir

April 11 @ 11:15 am - 1:15 pm
Host: Leah Ruekberg
Apr 23

From Crib to College: Capturing Memories of Childhood & Parenting

April 23 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Host: Christine Green
May 09

Dealing with Time in Memoir

May 9 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Host: Gail Hosking

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Fiction
Sat 30

Master Class with Omar El Akkad

March 30 @ 10:00 am
Host: Omar El Akkad
Apr 03

Crafting Compelling Characters

April 3 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Host: David Seaburn
Apr 06

Characters by Chapter

April 6 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Host: Javi Mason
Apr 13

Children’s Books Part I: Writing

April 13 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Host: Will Hubbell

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Readings
Thu 21

Stories ROC!

March 21 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Host: Writers & Books
(585) 473-2590
Fri 22

Trailer Trash: July Westhale Reading

March 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Sat 23

Dystopias on Film: Blade Runner Double Feature

March 23 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Host: Writers & Books
(585) 473-2590
Apr 18

Stories ROC!

April 18 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Host: Writers & Books
(585) 473-2590

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Poetry
Sat 23

Disrupted Narratives: Telling a Story Slant

March 23 @ 10:00 am
Host: July Westhale
May 14

Beginning Poetry

May 14 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Host: Joel Lesses
Jun 06

Writing Poetry in the style of Frank O’Hara

June 6 @ 6:30 pm
Host: Gail Hosking
Jul 22

Poetry Camp

July 22 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Host: Writers & Books
(585) 473-2590

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Publishing and Professional Writing
Apr 02

Blogging 101

April 2 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Host: Jane Sutter
May 07

Social Media for Writers

May 7 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Host: Jane Sutter
Jun 04

Blogging 201

June 4 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Host: Jane Sutter
Jun 22

Marketing Your Book

June 22 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Host: Amy Collins

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Gell
May 04

Writing the Self and Nature through the Work of Emily Dickinson

May 4 @ 10:00 am
Hosts: Karen vanMeenen and Patricia Roth Schwartz
at Writers & Books
Jul 20

Gell Intensive

July 20 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Host: Writers & Books
(585) 473-2590

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Creative Writing
Apr 02

Time to Write

April 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Host: Wendy Low
Apr 03

Writing Women

April 3 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Host: Sharon Knapp
Apr 18

Living to Tell, Telling to Live: Two Literary Exercises

April 18 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Host: Gail Hosking
Apr 29

Fiction Meets Nonfiction; Verse Meets Prose

April 29 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Host: Marna Rossi
Apr 30

How to Write Funny

April 30 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Host: Scott Seifritz
May 04

Writing the Self and Nature through the Work of Emily Dickinson

May 4 @ 10:00 am
Hosts: Karen vanMeenen and Patricia Roth Schwartz

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