We practice the Amherst Writers and Artists framework (AWA). Our workshop facilitators provide prompts, everyone writes for a set amount of time, and then we share our new words aloud. Following the set of guidelines provided by AWA, we respond to each piece, telling what we like, what's strong, and what we remember.
We offer two different styles of online workshops: live videoconference workshops in our Online Studio and Self-Paced workshops that focus on honing your craft. Our Online Studio workshops occur in real time, with facilitators leading prompt-driven writing sessions and writers giving each other live feedback using Zoom, a free videoconferencing tool. We limit these workshops to no more than nine participants so they feel as if we're gathering in our own PDX Writers Studio. Each online workshop is an opportunity for writers to share thoughtful words and inspiring ideas with people from around the globe--without having to leave their writing desks!
Retreats allow you to step out of your daily life--work, the roses that need pruning, laundry, family responsibilities. You'll be inspired with prompts and have time to work on your own. Don't worry about stopping work to attend to your belly: we'll take care of that for you. A wonderful community of writers always gathers at our retreats. Won't you join in? I was gathering images all of my life, storing them away, and forgetting them. Somehow I had to send myself back, with words as catalysts, to open the memories out and see what they had to offer.
Saturday morning writing workshops are held in our Online Studio on every Saturday of the month from 10am to noon PST. Come experience what it's like to write with PDX Writers. Or if you've already fallen in love with us, please join us again! Wake up, grab your notebook, turn on your laptop, and head to our Online Studio for the chance to write with creative people from all over the world. Using Zoom videoconferencing, we'll write to creative prompts and offer one another feedback. What a great way to kick off the weekend!
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