Maine Writing Project

Writing Ourselves

with Monica Wood

On Saturday, April 4th, seventy teacher-consultants of the Maine Writing Project and Southern Maine Writing Project gathered at the Maple Hill Farm Bed & Breakfast Inn and Conference Center in Hallowell for an inspiring day of writing, sharing, and reconnecting. 

Organized by Heather Pullen, Maureen Montgomery, & Rich Kent and sponsored by MWP Professional Development, led by Kristen McCollum and Maureen Montgomery--and the many teacher-consultants (TCs) who present statewide--Writing Ourselves began with an intimate keynote by novelist and longtime writing project friend, Monica Wood. 

Following Monica's keynote, we got down to work in a fast-paced workshop that had TCs creating a personal toolkit for our own writing.  We left the morning session with pages of ideas and tired hands and brains. 

Lunch was a scrumptious buffet of gourmet veggie lasagna, chicken, a wowza salad, and a homemade custard. 

The afternoon kicked off with writing time and then small group discussions on fiction/nonfiction writing, finding time and space  for our writing, writing centers, technology and writing, poetry, and publishing. 

And we capped off the day with a social "hour" (Insert: 90 minutes) filled with conversation, great food & drink, and friends. 

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