The Gloucester Writers Center is a place for working writers in a working town
Join us at the Maud/Olson Library for a celebration of Walt Whitman's 200th birthday! Wine, dine, and revel on the deck with us at the M/OL, as we celebrate the man and his work on the eve of his 200th birthday. His poetry will be available in the library to read, discuss, and enjoy. All […]
The Gloucester Writers Center and Cape Ann Plein Air invite you to share you plein air writing. Join us at Beauport Hotel for an open-mic reading on Wednesday, October 9 at 7:00. Below is a list of locations painters participating in Cape Ann Plein Air often paint from, as well as some prompts for these […]
Click on down and join us for our first social distance event Join us @ www.facebook.com/GloucesterWritersCenter/ for Let the People Pick the President Jesse Wegman is a member of the New York Times editorial board, where he has written about the Supreme Court and legal affairs since 2013. Our interviewer is GWC Advisory Board member, lawyer […]
Storytelling Guru Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons offers four workshops 10am - 11:30 the following Saturdays (Take one for $35 or $25 for two or more) Saturday, Oct 10th - What? vs. Why? Generative workshop that explores WHAT the story is about, but more importantly, WHY it needs to be told? Saturday, Oct 24th - Story Starters Hook readers […]
The Art of Visual Storytelling w/ Anne Rearick October 10, 17 & 24th $175 for workshop - Class maximum 10 This workshop will guide and support participants in honing their storytelling skills through photography. Stories may be personal and explore family and community or address larger societal issues like the Black Lives Matter movement or […]
Our second screenwriting workshop with film producer and writer Peter Almond Starts 7pm EST. Class starts on October 20th and runs four consecutive Tuesdays. Workshop is limited to eight - $150 To save your space email Eileen@Gloucesterwriters.org These 90-minute workshops will consider basic screenplay writing issues involving premise, structure, character and […]
Storytelling Guru Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons offers three more workshops 10:00am - 11:30 (Take one for $35 or $25 for two or more) Saturday, Nov 7th - Story Starters Hook readers with varied techniques to start a story. Saturday, Nov 21st - Aha! Moments Moments of joy, pain, or change that send the story in a new direction. Saturday, Dec 5th […]
The Art of Visual Storytelling w/ Anne Rearick Oct. 31 - Nov. 7 & 14 1-3 pm $175 for workshop - Class maximum 10 This workshop will guide and support participants in honing their storytelling skills through photography. Stories may be personal and explore family and community or address larger societal issues like the Black […]
NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH is an annual internet based creative writing project that takes place during November. This year Gloucester School Teacher, Heidi Wakeman is volunteering with the GWC to facilitate the program. Heidi says, "I've always wanted to write a novel and what better time then now! " Every Monday in November from 7pm to 8:30 the […]