Write With Bob

An AWA Affiliate writing workshop in Chicago



Write With Bob



Bob hosts writing workshops in Chicago based on the methods of Amherst Writers & Artists, an international community committed to the belief that a writer is someone who writes and every writer has a unique voice.


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"When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy lives."



PAT SCHNEIDER, AWA FOUNDER





WHAT MAKES AWA WRITING WORKSHOPS DIFFERENT?



Amherst Writers & Artists writing workshops are for anyone who's ever wanted to write with a group, whether you've published a novel or are just starting out. If you write, then you're a writer.


The AWA maintains that everyone has a unique creative voice, that writing as an art form belongs to all people, and that craft can be learned without damaging the writer's voice or artistic self-worth.
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The workshop leader is a fellow writer



The workshop leader is not a teacher. The workshop leader is not a therapist. The workshop leader exists to run the workshop according to established AWA methods, making sure everyone is treated with value and respect.



The writing stays in the workshop



All writing that happens in the workshop is treated as art and story. We don't talk about the workshop writing outside the designated workshop time without the writer's express permission. In these ways the writer is free to take risks.



We're here to talk about the writing



Our focus is on the writing, not the writer. No suggestion or criticism is directed toward just-written work. We respond to fresh writing by answering the questions, What's strong? What stays with you? What works in this writing?



"Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. ... A writer is someone who writes."



PAT SCHNEIDER, AWA FOUNDER



TELL ME SOMETHING I CAN'T FORGET



AWA workshop leaders often work with writers in a variety of settings, including prisons, support groups, children's programs and adult education programs.

The award-winning short documentary "Tell Me Something I Can't Forget" is a portrait of AWA founder Pat Schneider's work with women in public housing in Chicopee, Massachusetts, available at PatSchneider.com. The DVD also includes two hours of material for writers working at all levels.


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Write With Bob



Bob Miller is an AWA Affiliate, certified to lead workshops in the AWA method as described in Writing Alone & With Others by Pat Schneider, Oxford University Press. Find his fiction and poetry online in places like Necessary Fiction, New Flash Fiction Review and Peregrine.

bob [at] writewithbob [dot] com

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