The Writers' Barn

07/17/2015

Last chance! Share with others and sign up now for tomorrow morning's unique caregiver support for Alzheimer's and related disorders. Saturday morning 10 am to noon (tomorrow!)
Visit our website www.windridgebooksofvt.com/writing-workshops and read on to learn more. Read one participant's impassioned call to action below:
" I was so excited when I found your workshop. My wife has Alzheimer's, and I have been her primary caregiver for 4 years. As they told me it would be, it is the hardest job I will ever do. I have always wanted to write about my thoughts and experiences but there never seems to be enough time and space, space in my head. I know that writing about it will help me heal. Because there SO much emotion, primarily sadness, I need a safe space, so when I saw that you offered a writing workshop on this very topic I signed up immediately. And then hired caregivers to fill in for me as I made my way to Vermont from Connecticut. "

Fostering the love of The Voices of Vermonters Join Us

06/26/2015

Last chance! Here is the most tasty fun a writer can find on a Monday night:Join author Shelagh Shapiro this Monday night from 6-8pm for Pizza, Plonk, and Writing Prompts. What Would Bacchus Do? She/he would sign up right now! online at www.windridgebooksofvt.com/writing-workshops, or email [email protected], or call 922-7641.

05/29/2015

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05/04/2015

Second chances!
Two more opportunities to get your writing mojo going with spring workshops at the Writers’ Barn.
Finding Your Story: Memoir, Round 2, with author Angela Palm. May 13, 20, 27, and June 3, from 6-8pm. $100.
Back by popular demand! Previous students and newcomers are welcome to join Palm for four Wednesday evenings with new and generative exercises that shake up the memory in different ways and re-examine our interaction with the world around us, in addition, Palm will offer each participant one review of a full-length essay/chapter.
Moving the Manuscript Forward with author Shelagh Shapiro. Two Monday evenings, May 11 and 18 from 6-8pm. $100.
Manuscript stalled? Many workshops focus on the creative spark: that initial idea that gets us going. But what about when we’ve completed a draft, fiddled with it a little, or a lot, and then stalled? Join Shapiro in this short focused workshop geared to help writers move out of neutral and cross the finish line successfully.

03/30/2015

Authors, Does your voice quaver and quake when you stand up to speak? Learn how to make your audience hang on your every word with spoken word poet Lizzy Fox. Sign up fast; it's this Thursday at six!

03/20/2015

Join us for Healing Art & Writing with Patricia Fontaine tomorrow (10 a.m. - 12 p.m.) at The Writers' Barn. Participants explore art and writing that reduce stress. Using simple exercises, attendees write, draw, and share stories that carry us through the challenges of healing. Suggested donation of $20. RSVP to Lin, [email protected].

03/16/2015

Second chance! Poetry class for beginner poets with Malisa Garlieb has been postponed by one week. Classes will now begin Wednesday 3/18/2015. Sign up today here:

Writing Workshops

03/12/2015

Here's some excellent advice for writers of any age: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-middle-of-things-advice-for-young-writers?mbid=social_facebook

As you age, you’ll notice that time is the weirdest thing in the world, that surprises are relentless, and that getting older is not a stroll but an ambush.

03/09/2015

Happy Monday, writers! Get a jump start on spring writing with these two offerings:

Finding Your Story: Writing Memoir with Graywolf Nonfiction Prize winner Angela Palm (begins tonight, 3/9. six Mondays, $150)

Meaning to Moment Ratio: Beginner's Poetry with poet and educator Malisa Garlieb (begins Wednesday, 3/11, six Wednesdays, $150)

Email Lin Stone at [email protected] to enroll.