Writing As Play -- A Creative Writing Workshop

Writing as Play with local Award-Winning author, T.J. Banks

You’ve got a story or two to tell, haven’t you? But you’re thinking that writing is such hard work….Well, what if I told you that it doesn’t have to be? That it can be just as much fun as those “let’s-pretend” games we all played as children? Because it can be, as this workshop will show you. So bring your story ideas and anything you’ve been working on. We’ll experiment with ways of jump-starting your stories, and we’ll work on how to get re-started when you hit those literary bumps in the road. And you’ll learn how to tap into your imagination and bring your stories -- both fiction and non-fiction -- to life.

Each workshop is $50 each, or $180 for all 4 sessions.

Optional: Join TJ on the second Friday of each month from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. for a Creative Writing Clinic. Fee is $12. Registration online or in person

About the Author:

T. J. Banks is the author of A Time for Shadows, Abys Among Us & Other Stories for the Feline-Inclined (winner of the 2020 Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallion for Non-fiction Books), Catsong (winner of the 2007 Merial Human-Animal Bond Award), Sketch People: Stories Along the Way, The Twice-Given Gift & Other Writings, Souleiado, and Houdini, a novel which the late writer and activist Cleveland Amory enthusiastically branded “a winner.”

   Banks has written for numerous anthologies, including Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Cats, The Widows’ Handbook, Their Mysterious Ways, and At Grandmother’s Table. Her poem “Moonlight” won the 2020 Cat Writers’ Association Muse Medallion for Poetry.  She has also received awards from ByLine and The Writing Self.   She has worked for The Associated Press and The Writer’s Digest School and taught writing workshops in both Connecticut and Massachusetts.

   Her latest book is Moonlight & Grace, which reviewer Ingrid King describes as “luminous and lyrical” and horror writer Tom Morganti calls “a fresh novel with a strong storyline.”