A WCC workshop is unlike any other. It inspires and reflects an individual’s authentic voice back to them. We discover magnificent writing not by focusing on technique but by illuminating the innate strength of authentic voice and empowering it to grow.
In a WCC workshop, you can expect to:
WCC bases its work on the Amherst Writers and Artists Method (AWA), founded by Pat Schneider.
We called him Dr. Love, the man about the streets, always a smile on his scarred face, his comedic side of life, did not hide his addiction. “Crack was my wife I married her; alimony was steep,” he wrote. Writing helped him stop paying the price. He wrote his last words in our workshop, a happy memory of his long-lost daughter. He died a short time later but said that day, as participants listened and gave positive feedback, he was a happy writer.
Facilitator, Toronto Friendship Centre
Writers are solitary creatures, right? Not so fast! Working in community with other writers gets you to pay attention to what readers are hearing, instead of what you assumed you had said. Reading aloud to others brings caring feedback—and sometimes surprises—that will shape your rewriting in ways you may never manage alone.
JL Allderdice, Writer