Summer Writing Workshop Series at Pennsyl Pointe Retreat

A Beginners Writing Workshop for adults will be offered on August 10th, 2008 at the Pennsyl Pointe Writers’ Retreat. This is a five hour workshop for novice writers who would like to learn more about the fundamentals of story writing. The workshop focuses on basic elements of fiction to help new writers bring a story to life on the page. The workshop starts at noon and ends at 5 PM. The fee is $50 and includes refreshments. Writing activities take place in and around the Pennsyl Pointe retreat house which is located at 22 Shady Lane, Albrightsville, PA. The house is in a beautiful wooded area along the Mud Run Creek in Carbon County.

On August 16th, 2008, a Creative Writing Workshop for Children (aged 8-12) will be offered at Pennsyl Pointe. This is a four hour workshop, starting at 1 PM that cultivates kids’ creative writing skills. Activities focus on inventing original characters, creating story settings, and developing basic plots. The fee for the workshop is $40. Refreshments are provided.

Instruction for both workshops is provided by Colleen Davis, proprietor of Readletter Services, a successful freelance writing business operating since 2001. She holds a B.A. and M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania where she has taught summer writing workshops for the past three years. She is also the founder and facilitator of Liberties Scribblers, a Philadelphia-based creative writing group. For the past two years, the Scribblers have sponsored a seasonal series of story slams at the Standard Tap pub in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia.

Special assistance for the Children’s Workshop will be provided by Isabel Ramos who, in 2007, won 1st Prize from the Philadelphia Young Playwrights for her play Me Name-O Eduardo.