BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.getlocalhop.com//localhop-calendar//EN URL:https://api.getlocalhop.com/calendar?instance=tskmUS3BE1&series=false BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-tskmUS3BE1@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260404T195258Z DTSTART:20230215T000000Z DTEND:20230215T013000Z SUMMARY:Community Writing Workshop with Grace Bialecki LOCATION:Gardiner Library\, 133 Farmer's Turnpike Gardiner\, New York 1252 5 Gardiner\, NY 12525 DESCRIPTION:

Gardiner Library's community writing workshop will encourag e participants to start writing creatively and learn how to develop a writ ing practice. We will explore different avenues for inspiration via readin g and discussion of outside texts\, writing prompts\, and reading our work aloud. By emphasizing open exchange and exploration\, the workshop will l eave its attendees with tools to develop their writing in the genre and fo rm of their choice. \;

We will read and discuss Close R ange by Annie Proulx for our February meeting.
March - Ameri can Journal compiled by Tracy K Smith
April - When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen
May - Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
June - Proxies: Essays Near Knowing by Brian Blanchfield
July - Letters to a Young Poet : A New Translation and Commentary by Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy)

The goal of the course is to encourage artistic exploration and writing in any form\, so the classroom environment will be welcoming\, supportive\, and consistently respectful. While giving feedback\, the focus will be on what the author is aiming to achieve\, as well as the work&rsquo\;s positive elements and potential. At no point will anyone be discouraged from writing or pursuing a specific s ubject or creative style. \;

Meets the second Tuesday of ev ery month.

Registration requested for each monthly workshop. Wa lk-ins are welcome.

Grace Bialecki is a writer\, literary coach \, and workshop facilitator. Her work has appeared in various publications including Catapult and Epiphany Magazine where she was a monthly columnis t. Bialecki is the co-founder of the storytelling series Thirst\, and the author of the novel Purple Gold (ANTIBOOKCLUB).

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