Fleetwood Mac's album Tusk / my therapist / approach and retreat, approach and retreat -- part of the 5 Things About Writing panel with @CPhillipsPoet @melissafebos @pam_houston. Wish you were here! Writing By Writers #writewxw #writing

Next up, fellowship readings Writing By Writers Tomales Bay Workshop #writewxw #10years #wordsmatter

Our fearless Writing By Writers leaders @pam_houston and Karen Nelson. Congratulations on #10years of fun. #writewxw

Peter Ho Davies kicks off our night of readings at the Tomales Bay Workshop.

Karen Russell closes out our fabulous night of readings with a signature story from her Orange World collection.

"For me, at least, art is the result of my having allowed myself to stray from any marked path and to become lost." @CPhillipsPoet considers silence and living in language. lithub.com/carl-phillips-…

Today's panel Writing By Writers Tomales Bay Workshop: "Handling Narrative Time" with Charles Baxter, Karen Russell, and Peter Ho Davies. #writewxw #time #writing Lucky us!

#writingprompt: Insert a train whistle into something you're working on.

#writingprompt Write a scene that takes place amidst the hustle and bustle of a meal in a noisy restaurant.

Our #bookstore at this week’s Writing By Writers Manuscript Bootcamp retreat #stonecreekvillage in #Kennolyn. Lovely to be here!

Never seen you with so much clothes on, a friend said to me — the girl who bares shoulders, legs, feet most of the year long. 😂 Reading my ghost story by a camp fire @WritingxWriters in the Santa Cruz Mountains on a frigid (to me) November night. 🥶 Photo by Pam Houston. 🌟

#writingprompt: Find a draft of an unfinished story/essay or one you’re uncertain about or unsatisfied with, and try starting from a different place

My @WritingxWriters students just finished workshopping their FULL book manuscripts, y’all — and kicked butt! So proud of the nurturing + relentless pushing, pushing. Weave and cut, weave and cut! Brava, Leah, Jody, Anna, Patricia & Shelley!!

#writingprompt: Write a short story in which your character becomes the talk of the town.

#writingprompts Write about a ritual that’s a part of your or your characters everyday life, or one that you/they performed regularly during a past life phase.

#writingprompt Write a story that moves backward in time

#writingprompt Think of an object, tool, or method that you currently use that might be considered old-fashioned. Write a piece that reflects on why you continue to use this method.