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Maximum of 11 regular members. In October each year, regular members nominate and then vote on books to be read for the following year and each member presents and leads one book during the year. We read both fiction and non-fiction.

A well-organized writing group write on varying life experiences. We meet once a week to inspire and encourage creativity. Weekly assignments receive positive feedback and mutual support. Improving our work is our objective. Producing polished work is our goal. This is NOT a drop-in class. 

An opportunity for writers to meet, discuss and critique each others' work-in-progress.

In this small, supportive group we will share our life stories. Each week, you’ll write a two-page autobiographical story based on a theme that evokes insight and self-discovery. Together, we’ll read our week’s writings and give each other encouraging feedback. We’ll also do writing exercises to spark our memories. As we connect, we’ll expand our perspective and find new meaning in our lives.

Arlene is a certified instructor of the Birren Center for Autobiographical Studies.

Whether recycling events from your life into short stories , writing a fiction novel or a children’s story you must learn to play around with your imagination and tell a story that is compelling and intriguing. “EXPLORING YOUR IMAGINATION” is the theme of the next 8 weeks of “Write From the Heart”. We will explore all the fundamentals of fiction and memoir: characters, action, specific time and place etc. Sometimes when examining memorable moments w e realize that nothing really happened. What we really remember are the emotions, the sights, or perhaps the atmosphere. Ask yourself “What if?” Forget about what really happened. Think of all the things that might have happened. In both fiction and non-fiction stories something must always happen. This is where you need “explore your imagination”.