If you like the idea of pursuing some writing of your own (like poetry, personal narrative, dialogues, performance monologue)….

If you like tromping around winter landscapes in snowshoes and cross country skis…

If you like cooking your own meals and living in a cabin for five days with your writing community…

then join us on the

Winter Wilderness Writing Workshop Field Experience.

Winter Writing Curriculum In this field experience, the learning is organized around writing, commuinity living and time spent in the winter wilderness.

Writing

Participate in writing activities, sometimes alone, sometimes in groups.

Write solo (sacred writing time).

Revise our work (individually, with writing groups & instructor).

Work toward the completion of individual Writing Portfolio.

  Read final and polished work to the group.

Community Living

Respect writing time and communal time and space.  .   

Cook and clean up meals and cabin.

Work together as a team to make decisions and explore safely—both while hiking and writing.

Hiking/Snowshoeing/Skiing

Read maps and use compasses while exploring.

Explore the landscape’s topography and winter ice and snow.

Take day-long hikes into the landscape.

Be prepared to enjoy the winter wilderness appropriately.

We work at SES the first two days of short course on the following:

Writing Activities—to generate beginnings of pieces and creating portfolio plans.

Winter Wear Preparation and Practice.

Packing & Meal Planning.

Five days up north are spent as follows:

Drive to Ely. Descriptive post cards. Move into cabin at Smitty's on Snowbank.

Each day includes cooking our own meals, group writing activities, individual writing time, and wilderness hiking/skiing/snowshoeing.

In 2004, we went to the author of Winter Sign, Jim Dale Huot-Vickery's place, Hocoka.

On our final day, each student will read work from his or her final portfolio.