Are you ready to meet with fellow writers?

Facilitated by Diane Saed, the Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council’s (HPAAC) writers’ group usually meets monthly, 1st Tuesdays, 6:30-8:15 p.m.

This month the meeting will be on Tuesday, January 7th, 6:30 p.m. at Hastings Arts Center.

Please bring any copies of work you want edited/comments/suggestions. Bring a “worked on” piece of writing that you started last session—-“What takes up space in your life?” or “How do you make space in your life?”

You need not be an experienced writer or a professional to attend. All are welcome.

Writers are encouraged to bring reading suggestions, share their writing, and discuss the issues or joys they have encountered while writing. Each class is structured into three segments:

• Sharing of what participants have read and recommend
• Writing from a prompt provided by Diane
• Sharing what they have written (only if participants wish to do so)
• Visiting authors are frequently invited to share their viewpoints on writing, and editing

HPAAC’s Writers have been meeting since 2011. We usually meet on the first Tuesday of each month. All interested parties are welcome. You do not have to be a writer; you do not have to be published, although some participants are published or in the process of publishing. You simply must enjoy the written word and the power that the written word can have, as well as the support and camaraderie of other writers.

Meetings are facilitated by Diane Saed, a former Hastings teacher. Diane is also on staff at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls, and Saint Mary’s Graduate School of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Each session is roughly divided into three parts:

• Introductions and a brief writing activity
• Discussion of the writing experience and sharing of the writing if willing to do so
• Discussion of what participants have been reading as well as upcoming literary events

These sessions are free.

Hastings Arts Center
4th Street East
Hastings MN 55033