Open Mic at the GWC
Bring Your Words. Get Heard.
The Gloucester Writers Center is a place for working writers in a working town
Bring Your Words. Get Heard.
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 […]
Donation: $10 - kids $5 (No one excluded for lack of funds) CRAZY MOON was originally inspired by a Writer's Center playwriting class and when Joe Ann Hart took the plunge and produced a masterful play Keno at the RNCC (among other excellent works) that later was selected in a Boston Playwright's Theater festival. Directing her play for that festival sparked the origins of this […]
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 […]