The Writer's Rock

How much time do you spend thinking about what you're going to write, instead of writing it? What would it mean to write without thinking at all? Join us for a one-day class of experiments in auto-writing, blind contours, and the relationship between conscious intent and the writing process. Click the link to learn more! https://bookwhen.com/classes18#focus=ev-snc4-20201026190000

Looking for feedback on a work-in-progress? Our Writing Room Workshops provide weekly time to write, and the chance to be read and receive high-level feedback from your instructor. Follow the link to learn more! https://bookwhen.com/thewritersrock/e/ev-suwc-20201020103000

It's a common problem: You tell yourself, "Today! I'll write today!" And then it's pushed off until tomorrow, next week, or never. It's hard to make the time, which is why our Writing Room Workshops make the time for you. Specifically, ninety minutes once a week. Ninety minutes where all you have to do is write, share, get feedback, and build community. No homework and no excuses, just you, your peers, and your work. Interested? Intrigued? Click the link to learn more, and s...ign up today! https://bookwhen.com/thewritersrock/e/ev-suwc-20201020103000 See more

Instructor Spotlight: Amy Dupcak! "I’m obsessed with editing; I feel deeply unsettled if a word isn’t right or if I’ve left some new writing in a particularly rough state, and I will edit lines in my head while I’m trying to sleep. For me, line-editing never really ends, but luckily I find it rewarding, and I also love editing the works of other writers." To read more about Amy, her writing, and her classes at The Writer's Rock, follow the link below!... https://www.thewritersrock.com//instructor-spotlight-amy-d

Only TWO DAYS LEFT to submit to the very first issue of The Writer's Rock Quarterly! You need not be a Writer's Rock student to submit, and there's no fee, so send us your writing on the theme "Shelter City." We can't wait to read it!

Submissions are now open for the first issue of The Writer's Rock Quarterly, a journal of new writing, which will be published online and in hard copy later this spring! Issue #1: Shelter City Inspired by current events, our first issue seeks writing on the theme of shelter and the home / city. Feel free to submit pieces that respond to this theme either literally, figuratively, or metaphysically. Shelter City is open to all genresfiction, memoir, poetry, playwriting, grap...hic narrative, or whatever else floats your boat. (It’s even okay if your shelter is a boat!) Submission deadline: April 30 Click through the link for more info and to submit (there's no fee)!

If you've ever been curious about taking a writing workshop with us, we're now offering a la carte options! These are hourlong weekly bites of the many genres we work in, each for only $35. Check out the full roster and give it a taste!

We're having fun and getting creative with Zoom! Spotlight on Virtual Write-Ins, our new drop-in series of structured writing space with unique prompts and feedback. The next one is Friday at 10am EST. Check out our website for more info, and come join us!

If you haven't explored our online offerings this spring, be sure to check 'em out right here! Especially in these uncertain times, let's keep finding ways to get together and write.

Our boy is all grown up...

"After what felt like too little time to me, but just the right amount to her, she reached over and wiped a tear from my cheek, squeezed my hand and said 'let’s... not cry.' It was the last time my mother dried my tears. The last moment my mother mothered me." Thank you, Michelle Canarick at The Ties That Bind, for sharing this post on our TODAY #ParentingTeam!

Join us for our student semester showcase Monday, November 12th from 6-8pm. More info: https://www.thewritersrock.com/student-readings

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