An Invitation to Write
“An Invitation to Write” is a course geared toward emerging writers to help them process who they want to be as writers and come up with a sustainable writing routine. This course defines an emerging writer as any person who is called to write but doesn’t yet identify as a writer. The course will use short lessons, freewriting prompts, and sample works from Yellow Arrow writers to inspire emerging writers to take their place in their literary communities. By the end of this course, you will have created an artist statement, identified writing genres of interest, created a plan for a writing routine, and been given access to resources for writing workshops to continue your writing journey.
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Establishing Your Writing Identity
In this lesson, you’ll learn about writing style and create a writer’s bio.
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Finding Your Genre
In this lesson, you’ll learn about the many genres and sub-genres of writing there are to explore.
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Get Started Writing
We all have to start somewhere. This lesson will offer you some clear steps towards beginning a writing practice that works for you.
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Chapter 3
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Workshops & Events
Looking to learn more? Or join a live workshop space with other writers?
In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. We will continue to study and gain inspiration from women poets. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Participants will have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions.
When: 11:00 am-1:30 pm EST
January 3, February 7, March 14, April 4, May 2, June 6
$35/session or $185 for all 6 sessions (Jan-June)
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 6 sessions. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.
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