Get Some Writing Done | Omega Institute | Rhinebeck, New York

Put pen to paper—or fingers to keyboard—in this writing workshop with master memoirist Beverly Donofrio and novelist/memoirist Kaylie Jones.

Donofrio and Jones believe that writing heals. Writing exercises are designed to stimulate memories, which you will learn to craft into compelling stories. It’s in the revising, in the application of craft—scene writing, using specificity and reflection, moving around in time—that we reach deeper meaning, insight and understanding, compassion for ourselves and others, and ultimately transformation.

Whether you are embarking on a novel, writing essays, or a book-length memoir, our time-tested prompts will help you overcome roadblocks that in the past have prohibited your forward momentum, and will help you organize your structure.

Through our in-class writing prompts, overnight assignments, and sharing your work, you will not only learn craft but also develop camaraderie and have fun. You may even find that what made you rage and cry now makes you laugh.

Throughout the workshop we engage in an ongoing discussion of the writing life and how to sustain it after we return home.