Note from the Director: This workshop was offered in 2020. Learn more about this year’s workshops.
New Year, New You:
A Pre-Getaway Writing Workshop
Writing workshop in New Jersey
Friday, January 17, 10:30am-1:30pm
Led by Peter E. Murphy
Jumpstart your Getaway weekend with this generative “all genre” workshop. Peter will begin with an inspiring craft discussion that will help you explore new ways to tell a story or write a poem. Then he will lead you through exercises designed to stretch your imagination to compose new work that will surprise and please you. The workshop will include guided goal-setting to help keep you on track in the months that follow.
While different genres have different demands, Peter has found that fiction writers, nonfiction writers and poets can learn much about their own craft by reading, discussing and experimenting with the craft of others. For example, playing with dialogue, setting and point of view can make a poem more surprising and meaningful. Paying attention to compression, rhythm and sound can make a work of prose stronger and more credible.
Join us for this motivating workshop to give your creative spirit a much needed boost.
** Add this workshop on when you register for one of our other weekend-long workshops to extend your Getaway. **
“Peter is simply one of the finest writing teachers I have ever encountered. His craft talks were inventive, astute and insightful. His imaginative prompts often inspired startlingly fresh and innovative writing. In short, Peter empowers his students to write, while offering instruction and feedback that allows them to make leaps and bounds in their writing.”
~ Patty, Doha, Qatar
Biography
Peter E. Murphy was born in Wales and grew up in New York City where he operated heavy equipment, managed a nightclub and drove a taxi. He is the author of eleven books and chapbooks including The Man Who Never Was, Mean Time and two books of writing prompts. More than a dozen excerpts of his memoir-in-progress, You Go To My Head, have been published as standalone pieces in journals, including “Looking for Thelma,” winner of the 2018 Wilt Nonfiction Chapbook Prize. The founder of Murphy Writing of Stockton University, Peter has received dozens of awards and fellowships and has led hundreds of workshops for writers and teachers. Read an interview with Peter and an excerpt from his memoir in The Lightning Key Review.
