Beyond the Ship's Log Writing Workshop
June 9, 2018 10am-5pm
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Chronicling a sea voyage has always been part of what happens on board a boat and these written narratives are the basis for much of our understanding of maritime related history. Modern day adventurers and sailors continue this tradition with personal journals, blogs, essays or the dream of writing a book of one's own about adventures on the water. For many the question is how to go about it in a way that captures the spirit, not just the day-to-day details, of a voyage.
This day-long workshop will equip each participant with tips and techniques for writing about your impressions and thoughts along the way and a framework for transforming those notes into a lasting memoir of your adventure.
Participants will use either personal past experiences or, weather permitting, a 90-minute trip aboard the gundalow Piscataqua as the basis for the workshop exercises.
Times: Saturday June 9, 2018 from 10am-5pm. This workshop will take place aboard the Gundalow Piscataqua and in the Tyco Visitor Center at Strawbery Banke Museum.
Cost: $130 for museum members and $145 for non-members.
Space is limited. Register fro this workshop
Register for this workshop
Chronicling a sea voyage has always been part of what happens on board a boat and these written narratives are the basis for much of our understanding of maritime related history. Modern day adventurers and sailors continue this tradition with personal journals, blogs, essays or the dream of writing a book of one's own about adventures on the water. For many the question is how to go about it in a way that captures the spirit, not just the day-to-day details, of a voyage.
This day-long workshop will equip each participant with tips and techniques for writing about your impressions and thoughts along the way and a framework for transforming those notes into a lasting memoir of your adventure.
Participants will use either personal past experiences or, weather permitting, a 90-minute trip aboard the gundalow Piscataqua as the basis for the workshop exercises.
Times: Saturday June 9, 2018 from 10am-5pm. This workshop will take place aboard the Gundalow Piscataqua and in the Tyco Visitor Center at Strawbery Banke Museum.
Cost: $130 for museum members and $145 for non-members.
Space is limited. Register fro this workshop
About Sarah Anderson
Workshop instructor Sarah Anderson is a published poet and a high school English teacher. She holds a BA in English from Skidmore College and a Masters of Fine Arts from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers, where she studied poetry. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in various journals, including Hamilton Stone Review, The Oakland Review, Off the Coast, The Café Review, and December Magazine, and she was a recently a finalist in contest run by The Pinch Journal.
Anderson has 14 years of teaching experience, both at private and public high schools. In addition to teaching teenagers, Sarah has run writing workshops for both adults and children. Before teaching, Sarah worked as a freelance writer, newspaper reporter, fact-checker, and an assistant to a literary agent. With her husband, she currently owns and operates The Word Barn in Exeter, NH, a gathering space for literary and musical events.
Workshop instructor Sarah Anderson is a published poet and a high school English teacher. She holds a BA in English from Skidmore College and a Masters of Fine Arts from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers, where she studied poetry. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in various journals, including Hamilton Stone Review, The Oakland Review, Off the Coast, The Café Review, and December Magazine, and she was a recently a finalist in contest run by The Pinch Journal.
Anderson has 14 years of teaching experience, both at private and public high schools. In addition to teaching teenagers, Sarah has run writing workshops for both adults and children. Before teaching, Sarah worked as a freelance writer, newspaper reporter, fact-checker, and an assistant to a literary agent. With her husband, she currently owns and operates The Word Barn in Exeter, NH, a gathering space for literary and musical events.