• Mug Up: Reading Like A Writer.

    GWC 126 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

    Ann McArdle What makes a good story good? We’ll use Francine Prose’s book, Reading Like a Writer, as a jumping off point for our discussion of close reading, what we can learn from the books and stories we read and love. Great if you’ve read Prose’s book. Also fine if you haven’t. Give some thought […]

  • Elements of Story.

    GWC 126 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

    Elements of Story: 6 sessions Ann McArdle A workshop-style class with writing, reading, and discussion focusing on different elements that make a strong story: character development, sense of place, plot and overall structure, language and word choice and whatever else come up in your work. We'll look at fiction and non-fiction examples in short form […]

  • Mug Up: Haibun.

    GWC 126 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

    Martha Morgan A haibun links brief, imagistic and poetic prose with one or more haiku. ...these English-language haibun involved concrete stories (small events) where the everyday becomes remarkable. Typically, modern haibun are like short stories ending with one haiku. Please register below.  To register and pay at the door, please choose the Register Only ticket. […]

  • Mug Up: The Art of Exercising: Stephen Jonas’s Exercises for Ear.

    GWC 126 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

     Joseph Torra Boston poet Stephen Jonas wrote a seminal book of poetry titled Exercises for Ear.  “They are a practice on the poet’s keyboard” Gerrit Lansing has written—“short” and “pithy.” We will consider some of Jonas’s etudes and his approaches to writing about the world around him. Then you will write your own practices, or […]

  • Veterans Writing Workshop Fall 2013

    Gloucester Office of Veterans Services 12 Emerson Avenue, Gloucester, MA, United States

    A workshop that meets for six weeks on Friday from November 1 until December 6 from 10 A.M. to 12:00 PM

  • Mug Up: Public Relations 101 POSTPONED

    GWC 126 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

    This class has been postponed.  If you are interested in more information corning this class, please email Amanda Cook at orangeamanda@yahoo.com.   Ariane Doud Learn how to write and distribute a press release, gain an understanding of social media basics, and how to work with the press to gain attention for your work. Bonus points […]

  • Writing a 10-Minute Play Workshop

    GWC 126 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

    Everyone has a story to tell. The 10-minute play format has all the elements of drama – plot, characters, dialogue & conflict. Learn how to put those elements into a short piece written specifically for the stage, for actors, and for an audience. Over the 4-week class, participants will create a 10-minute play for a […]

  • Mug Up: Investigation and Imagination.

    GWC 126 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA, United States

    James Cook and Dave Rich. How do writers use research to stimulate imagination? In this Mug Up we’ll explore the relationship between investigation and creation. We’ll look at some of the ways that writers like Charles Olson, Eduardo Galeano, Kristen Prevallet, Ed Sanders, and Ernesto Cardenal have made inventive use of documentary investigations. Bring some […]

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