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Rekindle Your Craft: A Prompt-Driven Writing Night
Is your writing stuck? Do you find yourself wishing to get just a bit unstuck in your material or in your writing habits? Then please come to the Village Works, on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, for a productive writing night. First you will work from simple but fertile prompts and spend time writing. If you are up to it, you can share results with the group. This event is open to all writers of every genre. Expect to leave…
Find out more »Rekindle Your Craft: A Prompt-Driven Writing Night
Dear writers, Has the cold weather been getting you down? Did the holiday season tire you out ? Is your writing stuck underneath the covers unwilling venture out? Let us help you then! Join us for a productive night of writing using prompts to motivate some creativity. We work from one-word prompts, write for 20 minutes and share our writing with the group if we want to. The idea is to relax, get any kind of writing done, and to…
Find out more »January Writing Marathon at The Village Works
Writing is easier in good company, whether you're plugging away at a book, a blog, coding project, business plan, resume, or letter to the editor—or to your elected official! Join us for a night of not checking facebook. Meet some neighbors and writers while you're at it! We'll have The Village Works's snacks, coffee, and productivity-optimized workspace to help us shine. Bring a friend and caffeinate with us for your letter-writing campaign or come alone and finish your memoir in…
Find out more »Rekindle Your Craft: A Prompt-Writing Night
Is your writing stuck? Join us for a productive writing night. We work from simple but fertile prompts and spend most of our time writing. If you are up to it, you can share with the group. Open to all writers and every genre. We promise you will leave with good material to mine for new and existing projects. We're graciously hosted by one of the most spectacular coworking spaces in Boston: The Village Works. http://thevillageworks.com Yes... - We serve light…
Find out more »Rekindle Your Craft & Writing Marathon
Is your writing stuck? Join DAPHNE STRASSMANN for a productive writing night, working with simple but fertile prompts and spend most of your time writing. If you are up to it, you can share with the group. Open to all writers and every genre. She promises you will leave with good material to mine for new and existing projects. This event is being graciously hosted by one of the most spectacular coworking spaces in Boston: The Village Works. http://thevillageworks.com For June 6th's prompt-writing night…
Find out more »Writing Marathon at The Village Works
Everybody has some writing that they've been avoiding. Slay the beast! Whether you're plugging away at a book, a blog, your resume, or a letter to your elected officials, sometimes writing is easier in good company. Join us for a night of not checking Instagram, and meet some neighbors while you're at it. We'll have The Village Works's snacks, coffee, and productivity-optimized workspace to help us knock it out. And if your writing is stuck and need a bit of…
Find out more »Rekindle Your Craft: A Prompt-Writing Night
Is your writing stuck? Join us for a productive writing night. We work from simple, but fertile prompts, and spend most of our time writing. If you are up to it, you can share with the group. We are open to all writers and every genre. We promise you will leave with good material to mine for new and existing projects. Just show up. You don't need to bring anything other than your writing tools. We serve light refreshments but don't be…
Find out more »Rekindle Your Craft (and a writing marathon)
Dear writer friends, I don’t know about you, but as much as I love stuffing and stuffing my face, the whole Thanksgiving holiday stresses me out (but we can talk about that at another time). In the meantime though, grab your laptop and your paper and your cute notebooks and join me for our monthly prompt-writing night. Come for some inspired hands-on writing time. This time our schedule will be different than our usual spot so we can have you…
Find out more »Writing Marathon at The Village Works
Everybody has writing that they've been avoiding. Slay the beast! Whether you're plugging away at a book, a business plan, lines of code, your resume, or a letter to your elected officials, writing is easier in good company. Join us for a night of not checking Instagram—and meet some neighbors while you're at it. We'll have The Village Works's snacks, coffee, and productivity-optimized workspace to help us knock it out. And if your creative writing is stuck and needs a…
Find out more »Rekindle Your Craft
Fire up those stagnant creative writing projects and join us for Rekindle Your Craft, a prompt-inspired writing night. We work from one-word prompts, and sometimes images, and then go off and write for a set amount of time. Then, we gather back to see what the prompt did for us. You can share your work or your process if you want. Bring your dinner or feast on our decadent snacks. We'd love to see you, so come to write with…
Find out more »Rekindle Your Craft: A Prompt-Writing Night
Fire up those stagnant creative writing projects and join us for Rekindle Your Craft, a prompt-inspired writing night. We work from one-word prompts and sometimes images, and then write for a set amount of time. Then, we gather back to see what the prompt did for us. You can share your work or your process if you want, but we won't make you do it! Bring your dinner or feast on our decadent snacks. We'd love to see you, so…
Find out more »Rekindle Your Craft: A Prompt-Writing Night
Fire up those stagnant creative writing projects and join us for Rekindle Your Craft, a prompt-inspired writing night. We work from one-word prompts and sometimes images, and then write for a set amount of time. Then, we gather back to see what the prompt did for us. You can share your work or your process if you want, but we won't make you do it! Bring your dinner or feast on our decadent snacks. We'd love to see you, so…
Find out more »Rekindle Your Craft: A Prompt-Writing Night at The Village Works
Fire up those stagnant creative writing projects and join us for Rekindle Your Craft, a prompt-inspired writing night. We work from one-word prompts and sometimes images, and then write for a set amount of time. Then, we gather back to see what the prompt did for us. You can share your work or your process if you want, but we won't make you do it! Bring your dinner or feast on our decadent snacks. We'd love to see you, so…
Find out more »Rekindle Your Craft: A Prompt-Writing Night at The Village Works
Fire up those stagnant creative writing projects and join us for Rekindle Your Craft, a prompt-inspired writing night. We work from one-word prompts and sometimes images, and write for a set amount of time. Then, we gather back to see what the prompt did for us. You can share your work or your process if you want, but we won't make you do it! Bring your dinner or feast on our decadent snacks. We'd love to see you, so come…
Find out more »End of Year Writing Marathon at The Village Works
End of Year Writing Marathon at The Village Works The end of the year is approaching. Is the end of your writing project in sight? And is your digital self in optimal shape? Whether you’re plugging away at the last chapter of your book, your job applications and graduate school essays, or a stack of holiday cards, you’ll have an easier time writing if you’re in good company. And a dedicated time and place are essential to fighting off procrastination when…
Find out more »Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.