Fighting For Freedom Symposium

Meets on the third Saturday of the month through May 16
10 a.m. to noon in the Parlor
Led by Cynthia Sample and Carol Roehrig

Join with other writers of all types to give yourself this writing workshop, a two-hour empty space for exploring, plowing through, or opening yourself up. Most experience words and ideas that flit through our consciousness, but never make it to the page we fantasize and cannot find time to actually produce. Writers will initially be offered a simply prompt to get the juices flowing should that need be present. One and a half hours of (caffeinated) silence will ensue for writers to pursue their own projects or try something new. The last half hour will offer a space for sharing (or not) our sentences with others. Please note: all writing is welcome; fiction, non-fiction, essays, family history, and memoirs.

For more information or to make suggestions, please contact Cynthia Sample at 214-766-3907 or [email protected]

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