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Why the Writers Workshop Project?

The Writers Workshop Project offers writers a place to

Learn Craft
Stay Focused
Receive Professional Feedback & Guidance
Meet Professionals
Save Money
And more

The low workshop fee is affordable by most writers and helps create a professional environment. The fee also pays for materials and teaching time. All writing levels are welcome.
The limit of no more than 10 participants keeps a [...]

The Louisville Writers Workshop Project: Typical Agenda

A typical LWWP evening consists of:

Introductions/Contact Info
About the LWWP
Craft Presentation, i.e.

“Vivid, Visceral Writing”
“Useful Literary Tenses”
“Styles of Dialogue”
“Humor writing techniques”

Workshop Method
Pre-Workshop Reviewing
Workshop
Final Words

The Louisville Writers Workshop Project: Sample Presentations on Craft

Here are excerpts from some craft presentations given at Louisville Writers Workshop Project meetings
Topic on Craft: Vivid Language
Goal: To learn to use all six, yes six, senses as well as stronger verbs and nouns
Visceral writing—writing that powerfully involves the readers’ senses—is important to fiction and poetry, and it takes revision to get it right. First [...]