The Elizabeth Ayres Center
for Creative Writing
offers online writing classes and
creative writing retreats that help aspiring writers grow to their full
potential. We welcome all who desire to express themselves
through the written word, no matter how little experience they have.
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"This above all –
ask yourself in the stillest hour of your night: must
I write? Delve into yourself for a deep answer. And if this should be
affirmative, if you may meet this earnest question with a strong and
simple "I must," then build your life according to
this necessity..." (Ranier Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet)
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For
23 years, the Center has established for writers
the conditions necessary for the creative spirit to flourish. These
include nurturing instruction and supportive community.
Our
online writing courses and East Coast retreats for writers provide
everyone -- especially those who want to learn how to write – with
nurturing instruction and supportive community.
Stop dreaming about creative writing and start writing creatively with
one of our ONLINE WRITING CLASSES or CREATIVE WRITING RETREATS.
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To the person
who asked him, "How do I know if I'm really a writer?" T.S. Eliot
replied, "Stop writing." The implication is obvious. If you can stop
writing, by all means do, but if you can't, it's time to step up to the
plate. (Elizabeth Ayres)
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If
you want learn how to write...
fiction
or nonfiction, poetry or screenplays, a memoir, a novel -- or something
that doesn't even have a form yet -- we give you a safe space where
your creative spirit will flourish.
If you're
tired of conventional writing workshops, with their criticisms
and ego trips....
If you want an experienced teacher
who understands the
writing process and will guide you through every stage of it....
If
you're ready for genuine community with fellow writers....
you
belong in one of our ONLINE WRITING CLASSES or CREATIVE WRITING RETREATS.
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There is a
vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you
into action, and because there is only one of you in all Time, this
expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through
any other medium and be lost..." (Letter from Martha Graham to Agnes De
Mille)
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Feel free to contact
us by email or by phone (1-800-510-1049)
with any questions you may have. We do sometimes offer
other kinds of writing classes, and we hold writing workshops in New
York City and in Connecticut from time to time, so make sure you sign
up to be on our mailing list. That way, you'll always be informed about new
Center offerings, and once a month you'll receive new essays by
Elizabeth Ayres.
Check out Elizabeth's new
book and audio series.
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