Write Saturdays are full-day (6 hour) writing workshops.  Write Saturdays are led according to the same guidelines  as Wallkill Valley Writers Weekly Workshop series. The full day provides writers extended writing and response time.

Extended time allows writers to explore subject matter and content deeply, to move beyond first thoughts.  We strive to find within ourselves the dreaming place described by Pat Schneider, Writing Alone and with Others,  where the unconsious is engaged and writing is without effort.

Write Saturdays do not include manuscript critiques.

Registration Fee:  $100 with a $35 non-refundable deposit.  Balance due of $45 (discount registration), if paid by registration deadline -- March 19.  $65 balance due after registraion deadline.  Interested in registering email Kate Hymes, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Financial assistance is available upon request.

Writers bring their own lunch or contirbute a dish to a pot-luck meal.  Writers are requested to bring slippers for indoor wear.

Information on location, directions, etc provided upon receipt of deposit or full registration fee.

You or your organization is invited to host a Write Saturday.  CContact Kate Hymes, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

New Web Site - Launch Scheduled for January 28

WVW will launch a new web site soon.  The new site will support WVW writers as a community.  I am very excited by the possibilities for more writing, comments and exchanges among writers.  A writer is someone who writes and the more often we do the better we become.

Come visit us in the new year to see how we are growing.

We meet together for three hours. During that time, there are two writing, reading and response periods with a break for refreshments.

Workshop meetings begin with a free-write so that we transition from the busy-ness of daily life and open ourselves to the flow of words.

We write in response to prompts provided by the workshop leader. Each writer is invited to read newly composed work. You may read or not as seems preferable. There is no pressure. We listen deeply to one another and respond by indicating what we remember, what stays with us. We do not critique brand new writing.

Through reading, listening deeply and responding honestly, we create a community of writers who learn from one another. Writing in the company of male and female writers of all genres, levels of experience, ages, racial and ethnic backgrounds, socio-economic status,  sexual orientations, and belief or non-belief systems creates an experience that enriches and deepens our understanding of human nature.  As a result, we grow as writers.

Winter 2010 Weekly Schedule and Registration Information