Workshops
Creative Writing Workshops
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Laima VincÄ— has been teaching Creative Writing workshop at the University of Southern Maine since 1997 and now teaches Creative Writing online. In addition to teaching Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Memoir Writing, and Poetry Writing at the University of Southern Maine, Laima VincÄ— has taught Creative Writing workshops and seminars in Maine, Vermont, New York, Hong Kong, and Lithuania.
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If you would like to schedule a one-day group
Creative Writing workshop please contact
Laima Vince at Laimavince@gmail.com or here
Group size up to fifteen people.
This ensures that everyone in the group receives the instructor’s attention.
The Memory Map
Explore your inner world through the process of tapping into your unconscious, creating your
own unique “Memory Map,” and then crafting a memoir piece or personal essay around your
childhood world. We will work through several steps of the process of writing memoir:
freewriting, drawing, planning, writing, editing, workshop discussion.
Length of workshop: Five hours (inclusive of one-hour break for lunch and one on one consultation with the instructor).
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Crafting a Novel
Have you ever dreamed of writing a novel but did not know where to start? How do you organize
a plot structure? How do you craft characters? Write a character sketch? How do you generate
ideas? How do you conduct research for your novel? This workshop will address all these
aspects of planning a novel and will help you craft character and plot through writing exercises.
Length of workshop: Five hours (inclusive of one-hour break for lunch and one on one consultation with the instructor).
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Writing Therapy
Learn how to use the art, craft, and process of journal writing as a tool to work through anxiety,
stress, and personal issues. Learn how to write through your problems and emerge on the other
side with heightened insights and a deeper sense of being. This workshop will engage you in a
variety of writing exercises that you can adapt into your own personal writing toolbox.
Length of workshop: Five hours (inclusive of one-hour break for lunch and one on one consultation with the instructor).
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