In Your Words: Reflections on 2012 AWW

This week, we bring you the reflections of two participants of the 2012 Antioch Writers Workshop.

On her blog, Rantings, Ramblings and Randomness, Lisa writes,

But what I think I loved most of all is the absolute sense of community – the encouragement, the understanding, and the acceptance that we were all writers and we were in this together. That is the beauty and the magic of the Antioch Writers’ Workshop." (more...)

 Saturday Seminar participant Marisa Becker reflects on her experience and some advice she took home with her on her blog,

I’ve fulfilled a teenage dream: I’ve attended the annual Antioch Writers’ Workshop – well, at least one day of it, but it was still a special occasion in my book." (more...)

Did you write about your experience at the 2012 Antioch Writers' Workshop on your blog? Send us an email to let us know, and we'll link to it on ours.

Also, don't forget to check out the Antioch Writers' Workshop Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat, October 5-7 at the Grailville Retreat Center in Loveland, Ohio.

In Your Words: Reflections on 2012 AWW

In this next installment of "In Your Words," we direct you to Wooster, Ohio's Daily Record for a column by Leslie Pearce-Keating, who writes,

I sat down in the auditorium, grabbed my new notebook, and took out a pen. I couldn't believe I was there again, at the Antioch Writer's Conference at Antioch Midwest in Yellow Springs. I'd had lunch with Melissa and Shuly, two dear friends from last year. Heide soon joined us, then Wendy, all friends from 2011. Behind me sat Mary Helen, whom I'd had class with at the Imagination Writer's Workshop in Cleveland before last year's Antioch. Seated in front was Lisa and Robin, other buddies from the writer's group some of us had formed. I'd been dreaming of being at Antioch since last July." (more...)

Did you write about your experience at the 2012 Antioch Writers' Workshop on your blog? Send us an email to let us know, and we'll link to it on ours.

Also, don't forget to check out the Antioch Writers' Workshop Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat, October 5-7 at the Grailville Retreat Center in Loveland, Ohio.

In Your Words: Reflections on 2012 AWW

Here's what some participants, faculty, and speakers are saying about the 27th annual Antioch Writers' Workshop:

On her blog, Laura Moe's Writing Blog, Laura Moe writes about her experience at the workshop and 2012 faculty member, Les Edgerton: 

We go to conferences to make connections with other like-minded souls. My friends and family don't mind that I write, but they don't care about the process. Only other writers understand suffering over the word, fretting over using ‘mysterious’ vs. ‘esoteric’ in a sentence or line."

On the tumblr, The Life of Antonia, Antonia-Grazia writes,

I don’t want to get up at six o’clock in the morning, but I am unbelievably jazzed to go back tomorrow and the days after and just sink into the ocean of awesomeness that is this seminar. And the great part about it, even though most writers are introverts, and there have to be at least a hundred people attending, we can all be extroverts together. You can sit down next to whoever, you don’t have to know their name, who cares, and just say, “What kind of stuff do you write?” Instantly you’re in.

Did you write about your experience at the 2012 Antioch Writers' Workshop on your blog? Send us an email to let us know, and we'll link to it on ours.

Also, don't forget to check out the Antioch Writers' Workshop Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat, October 5-7 at the Grailville Retreat Center in Loveland, Ohio.

In Your Words: Reflections on 2012 Antioch Writers' Workshop

It has been a month since the 27th Annual Antioch Writers' Workshop. Participants, Faculty, Speakers and Staff have written about their experiences online, and we will be bringing their take to you through our blog in a series of posts titled, "In Your Words: Reflections on 2012 AWW."

The first comes from 2012 faculty member, Les Edgerton. On his blog, Les Edgerton on Writing, Les Edgerton writes,

If you can only go to one writer’s conferences/workshops in your lifetime, this is the one I’d recommend. I’ve been to dozens and while they were all wonderful experiences, none were like this for just a pure enjoyable experience for everyone." (more...)

 Read Les Edgerton's detailed rundown of the week on his blog.

Did you write about your experience at the 2012 Antioch Writers' Workshop on your blog? Send us an email to let us know, and we'll link to it on ours.

Guest Post: Deborah Rocheleau

It's hard to explain the magic that happens during the Antioch Writers' Workshop, so we'll let AWW alumni do it! Our first guest post is from Deborah Rocheleau. 

I took a writing class at Sinclair Community College this spring, all online, so that I never met my professor. Until I signed up for the Antioch Writer's Workshop. When I began researching writing opportunities in my area, I found a surprising amount of overlap in the writing community. My teacher, Rebecca Morean, not only ran the scholarship contest I'd entered, but was on the board of the Antioch Writer's Workshop. At the conference, I met my teacher, but I also got to be a student along with her of the other speakers. Writers of all ages and experiences meet at the conference to learn from each other and offer their own advice and encouragement. For ongoing opportunities, participants can exchange contact information, learn about college writing programs and calls for submissions, follow blogs and Facebook pages, and join writers' groups all across Ohio. I now have a group of local writers I can go to for critique and support, as well as to provide my own feedback and encouragement. And the best part of the conference, the opportunity to network with other writers, is the part that doesn't end with the week.

Share your Antioch Writers' Workshop experience on our blog. Send a guest blog post submission to info@antiochwritersworkshop.com . Put the words, "Guest Blog Post" in the subject line.