WILD WOMEN'S WRITING WORKSHOPS AT INQUIRING MINDS
One-day Intensive Workshops! Saturday, July 18 and Saturday, August 15, 2026
"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.
Register for one or both below!
Saturday, July 18, 2026
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Inquiring Minds Bookstore & Cafe
200 Main Street, Saugerties, NY
2nd Floor (requires a one-floor walk-up)
- Write and revise a compelling opening scene, chapter, essay, or poem
- Explore the core message that sets the tone for your story
- Learn how to hook readers from your first page
- Share optional, supportive feedback
- Meet a community of local writers
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)
- Write and revise compelling scenes, narratives, or poetry
- Learn the craft of writing that compels readers to keep reading
- Practice writing gorgeous, descriptive, concise, and effective narratives
- Share optional, supportive feedback
- Meet a community of local writers
Each workshop includes readings that reflect effective craft goals, interactive craft lessons, prompts to encourage deep craft exploration, group discussion, writing time, revision guidance, and 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.
