Events & Calendars Winter Creative Writing Residency

Interterm is writing time! Join us for a two-week independent residency in creative writing. Modeled on writers and artists colonies like MacDowell, Yaddo, and the Provincetown Fine Arts Workshop, this program offers you the opportunity to devote sustained, undistracted attention to your fiction, poetry, dramatic writing or creative nonfiction in a supportive environment. We'll begin with a meeting in which we'll explore the writing process for insights on starting, developing and realizing a creative project. We will then convene every morning -- the heart of the program -- for three hours of writing (eight sessions total). Each session will start with a brief meeting at Frost Cafe to warm up our writing muscles, set goals and review progress, then we'll write independently (together or alone, as suits each writer) until noon. Participants are welcome to work either on new or existing projects. For participants seeking guidance, instruction or feedback on their work, we'll also offer up to four one-on-one mentoring sessions with program leaders. At the end of the program, we'll come together for a community reading, during which we'll share work produced during the residency.

Facilitators: Roy Andrews and Emily Merriman, writing associates

Initial Workshop: Tuesday Jan. 10, 1-3 p.m. (Converse 207)
Writing Sessions (7): Wednesday-Friday (Jan. 10-13) and Tuesday-Friday (Jan. 17-20), 9 a.m.-noon in Frost Library
Final Community Reading: Friday, January 20, 3:30-5:30 p.m., location T.B.D.
Optional mentoring sessions by appointment.