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Creating a rigorous, compassionate and inclusive environment to learn the art of reading and writing from accomplished authors.

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Writing By Writers@writingxwriters
25 Oct 2022
Help us celebrate our 10th Anniversary by accepting The 10x10 Challenge to provide 100 new fellowships to writers whose stories need to be heard.
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#writingprompt Think of an object, tool, or method that you currently use that might be considered old-fashioned. Write a piece that reflects on why you continue to use this method.
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#writingprompt Write a story that moves backward in time
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#writingprompts Write about a ritual that’s a part of your or your characters everyday life, or one that you/they performed regularly during a past life phase.
#writingprompt: Write a short story in which your character becomes the talk of the town.
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Cassandra Lane@casslanewrites
10 Nov 2022
Our #bookstore at this week’s @writingxwriters Manuscript Bootcamp retreat #stonecreekvillage in #Kennolyn. Lovely to be here!
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Cassandra Lane@casslanewrites
11 Nov 2022
Never seen you with so much clothes on, a friend said to me — the girl who bares shoulders, legs, feet most of the year long. 😂 Reading my ghost story by a camp fire @WritingxWriters in the Santa Cruz Mountains on a frigid (to me) November night. 🥶 Photo by Pam Houston. 🌟
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Cassandra Lane@casslanewrites
13 Nov 2022
My @WritingxWriters students just finished workshopping their FULL book manuscripts, y’all — and kicked butt! So proud of the nurturing relentless pushing, pushing. Weave and cut, weave and cut! Brava, Leah, Jody, Anna, Patricia & Shelley!!
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#writingprompt: Find a draft of an unfinished story/essay or one you’re uncertain about or unsatisfied with, and try starting from a different place
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#writingprompt Write a scene that takes place amidst the hustle and bustle of a meal in a noisy restaurant.
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Cynthia Newberry Martin@catchingdays
28 Oct 2022
Today's panel @writingxwriters Tomales Bay Workshop: "Handling Narrative Time" with Charles Baxter, Karen Russell, and Peter Ho Davies. #writewxw #time #writing Lucky us!
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#writingprompt: Insert a train whistle into something you're working on.
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28 Oct 2022
"For me, at least, art is the result of my having allowed myself to stray from any marked path and to become lost." @CPhillipsPoet considers silence and living in language. lithub.com/carl-phillips-on-…

Carl Phillips on the Value of Silence for Writers

The following is an excerpt from My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing by Carl Phillips and appeared in Lit Hub’s The Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. I woke early—…

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Karen Russell closes out our fabulous night of readings with a signature story from her Orange World collection.
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Peter Ho Davies kicks off our night of readings at the Tomales Bay Workshop.
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Cynthia Newberry Martin@catchingdays
27 Oct 2022
Our fearless @writingxwriters leaders @pam_houston and Karen Nelson. Congratulations on #10years of fun. #writewxw
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Cynthia Newberry Martin@catchingdays
27 Oct 2022
Next up, fellowship readings @writingxwriters Tomales Bay Workshop #writewxw #10years #wordsmatter
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Cynthia Newberry Martin@catchingdays
27 Oct 2022
Fleetwood Mac's album Tusk / my therapist / approach and retreat, approach and retreat -- part of the 5 Things About Writing panel with @CPhillipsPoet @melissafebos @pam_houston. Wish you were here! @writingxwriters #writewxw #writing
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