Summer in Tuscany Writing Retreat
Join us overseas in July 2013 for our Summer in Tuscany writing retreat in Cortona, Italy. This writing retreat will take place July 15-22, 2013 at a beautifully renovated farm house at the foot of the town, and will feature Amherst Writers and Artists-style workshops. Mornings and some afternoons will be devoted to workshops and the rest of the time will be left free for either solitary writing or...
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Cary Tennis Writing Workshop in Amsterdam
Join Cary at the Treehouse, the event space of the American Book Center (ABC) in Amsterdam the weekend of July 27/28 for two mornings of Amherst Writers and Artists-style writing workshops. Over the years, many of our friends living in Europe have requested that Cary take his workshop to the continent. The American Book Center (ABC) is the largest English-language bookstore on the European continent and...
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Finishing School: We get together and complete stuff!
Writers often need help clarifying goals, setting them, and breaking writing projects up into doable chunks. In February, March and April of 2013 we have held month-long programs of from 6 to 8 people where each person sets a goal, maps out time on a calendar to work on it, pairs up with a creative buddy and checks in with that buddy at the start and finish of each work session. This creates accountability...
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January Writing Retreat on the Northern California Coast
Join Cary Tennis January 17 through January 20 for 4 days of creative writing workshops at his annual writing retreat at Marconi Conference Center on beautiful Tomales Bay, just 90 minutes north of San Francisco. Spend four days writing, thinking, talking and dreaming in an inspiring and serene setting. The writer needs solitude and the writer needs community. Cary’s writing retreats offer both....
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Spring Writing Retreat in Chester, Connecticut
At long last, Cary Tennis is bringing his creative writing retreat to the East Coast! Join Cary May 16-19, 2014 at the Guest House Conference Center in the historic New England town of Chester in the Connecticut River Valley. Spend four days writing, thinking, talking and dreaming in an inspiring setting adjacent to a state forest and two lakes—just two hours away from both New York and Boston. The...
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Writing Workshops with Cary Tennis
The Amherst Writers and Artists workshop method can help you write freely and easily and have fun doing it. I was a successful writer for many years before finding a new joy and fluidity through this simple, ingenious and humane practice founded by poet and memoirist Pat Schneider. Seriously, it changed my life. Give it a try.–Cary Tennis Drop in on one Writing Workshop (call 415 308-5685 first) $50...
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Online Writing Workshops
In these online writing workshops, we write together in real time, following the Amherst Writers and Artists method, just like in a face-to-face workshop — except that people are gathered together from all over the globe. WebEx videoconferencing is easy and intuitive. We forget we’re on the Internet and concentrate on the amazing process of writing together using the Amherst Writers and...
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Upcoming Events
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July 15, 2013 (All Day)
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July 27, 2013 9:30 amAmsterdam
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July 28, 2013 9:30 amAmsterdam
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January 17, 2014 3:00 pmMarshall
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May 16, 2014 3:00 pmChester
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So grandeur is vital and without it you shrivel up so last night we ate potluck after the concluding workshop and then OK this morning after weird dreams OK I take my walk the fact being that ever since I was a kid...
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