WILD WOMEN'S WRITING WORKSHOPS AT INQUIRING MINDS
THE SUMMER IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS ARE FULL!
Please email FYVworkshops@gmail.com to be put on the waitlist or be notified of upcoming workshops.
"There's no greater burden than bearing an untold story inside you." - Maya Angelou
Find your voice, free your story in a dynamic community of supportive women.
Empowering, in-person, one-day workshops for beginning to advanced writers.
The 6-week series will return in the Fall.
Space is limited. Register today as spaces go quickly!
For questions, please email FYVworkshops@gmail.com
Do you have a story that's yearning to come out, but you're not sure how to translate it to the page? Are you craving support and encouragement from other writers on the same journey? Do you need a safe space to explore challenges, imposter syndrome, or difficult material without getting shut down or dismissed? How do we create an inspiring story versus info or trauma dumping? How do we effectively translate stories of transformation?
Whether you're writing memoir, fiction, essays, or poetry, studies show that writing from our experience can be healing and transformative. And when women come together in a creative space, we can change the collective narrative, empowering ourselves and each other.
Women in all stages of the writing process are welcome.
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL. Please email me at FYVworkshops@gmail.com to be notified of upcoming workshops or to get on the waitlist for the August 15th workshop. If a spot opens up, I'll reach out to those on the waitlist.
Saturday, August 15, 2026
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Inquiring Minds Bookstore & Cafe
200 Main Street, Saugerties, NY
2nd Floor (requires a one-floor walk-up)
- Learn to establish your core message through character transformation
- Practice writing & revising descriptive and effective narratives
- Explore the theme, arc, and direction for your story
- Share optional, supportive feedback
- Meet a community of local writers
Each workshop includes readings that reflect effective craft, interactive lessons, prompts to encourage deep craft exploration, group discussion, writing time, revision guidance, optional sharing of work, and supportive feedback.
These workshops are different from the writing groups and workshops you may have attended in the past. They're designed to be inclusive and empowering, led by someone who knows what it feels like to not quite fit in, who was transformed by finding her voice and using it to empower herself and others who'd been conditioned to stay silent. The readings and writing prompts are carefully designed to encourage you to go deep, elevate your craft, and break through the barriers holding you back from fulfilling your creative destiny.
$125 Community Sponsors - Choose this rate if you can help make our community more inclusive for women facing financial challenges.
$95 Standard Rate - Choose this rate to help maintain our community.
$75 Sliding Scale - Choose this rate if the full rate is prohibitive. We're here to support you!
*Rates reflect the cost of each workshop.
With M. Maeve Eagan, coauthor of the groundbreaking memoir, Behind Blue Curtains, which sparked the Anabaptist MeToo Movement. Ghostwriter of books, blogs, and high-profile impact statements, Maeve is also a trauma-informed memoir coach and editor, and hosts writing workshops to help people find their voices and free their stories.
