"Why Write? To Better Understand the World
and
the People Who Live in It" - Brian Turner, Iraq Veteran and
Poet
Veterans Writing Workshop, Fall 2015, Starts Oct.
1.
The Inner Voice and the Outer World
The Veterans Writing Workshop helps people get started or move forward on
their own writing projects. Veterans from all wars and disaster relief, and
family members are invited to participate. The workshop takes place at the
Veterans Center, 12 Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, on Thursdays from 10 - 12 p.m.
beginning October 1 and ending November 12. Class size is limited to 12
writers.
From Week to Week
Writing is the goal. This
workshop fosters a regular writing practice in a comfortable atmosphere with a
spirit of openness and receptivity. The creative process is different for
everyone and like a river, it changes. You will have the opportunity to share
your work and enjoy the writing of others. Writers will receive individual
attention through weekly written comments and personal conferences. Brief
excerpts from relevant readings in prose and poetry will be shared.
The workshop should strengthen
your confidence as a writer, and as a critical thinker and editor of your own
work. Past participants in the workshop have recognized progress in their
writing and take pride in seeing the work of the mind unfold on the page.
Dorothy Shubow
Nelson, M.A. English, workshop facilitator and teacher, offers guidance
and direction. Formerly Senior Lecturer in English at UMass Boston, she has
taught writing and literature for over 25 years. Her poems, reviews and other
writings have appeared in various publications. Her book of poems, The Dream of
the Sea, was published in 2008. She participates annually with the Joiner
Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences and serves as an Advisor
to the Gloucester Writers Center.
"Somewhere along here I first
became conscious of the feeling...
that comes when you first notice your life
turning into a story."
- from A River Runs Through It by Norman
Maclean.
Register with Lucia Amero at the
Gloucester Office of Veterans Services 12 Emerson Avenue. Call
978-281-9740. This workshop is supported by the Gloucester
Office of Veterans Services and the Gloucester Writers Center. There is no
charge for this workshop.
For more information contact:
Dorothy.Nelson@umb.edu
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