The LAVA Center at 324 Main St. is hosting WRITE NOV, a full month of programs geared toward and featuring local writers, for its second year.
LAVA Center hosts will be on site every day in November offering writing prompts and occasional mini-workshops. Beginners, emerging writers and professionals are all welcome.
The mini-workshops, to include a moderated writing exercise and brief sharing followed by two hours of quiet writing time, are as follows:
■Sunday, Nov. 5, noon to 1 p.m. — “Pieces of Three.” Hear three phrases and fit them into a work-in-progress or create something new they suggest. Led by Jan Maher.
■Sunday, Nov. 12, noon to 1 p.m. — Exercises/prompts based on Natalie Goldberg’s “Writing Down the Bones.” Led by Jovonna Van Pelt.
■Sunday, Nov. 19, noon to 1 p.m. — “Interview Questions.” Writers will consider what they would you like to ask the character they are writing about — or perhaps themselves. Led by Jan Maher.
■Sunday, Nov. 26, noon to 1 p.m. — Ekphrastic inspiration will be explained and sampled from familiar works and/or The LAVA Center’s art show. Led by Jovonna Van Pelt.
Those who write during November — whether they write at The LAVA Center or elsewhere — are then invited to share their work during a WRITE NOV open mic session on Friday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m.
from the Greenfield Recorder Notebook
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