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, like all wVw workshops, invite writers at all levels of experience.  In wVw workshop, we explore memory and imagination, create fresh and surprising material, and grow and value our unique voices and stories.

Write Saturdays do not include manuscript critiques.

Individuals and groups are invited to host Write Saturdays.

Host a Write Saturday: 

1. provide a suitable location for 6 - 8 writers to meet and write comfortably
2. provide a continental breakfast and afternoon snack
3. provide facilities for writers to eat individual lunches or share in a communal "pot luck" lunch
4. assist in marketing Write Saturday to friends and fellow-writers

Write Saturdays can be structured to focus on a particular theme or writing genre, if requested. Kate Hymes will travel outside the immediate New Paltz area to lead Write Saturdays, or other full day writing events or multi-day writing retreats, for individuals or groups upon request.