Jumpstart: a writing workshop where creative sparks are used for jumping-off points to inspire writing.

We write for a variety of reasons: to narrate our personal stories, to tell a tall tale, to inform. In Jumpstart, it doesn't matter why you are writing. You are free to write whatever you want . .  . truth, significant events, fiction, poetry.

Our motto is Just Write.

Bring a notebook and a fast-moving pen. We will travel on a journey of exploration and deep writing through inspirational prompts.

 
 

We welcome and encourage all writers.
Jumpstart Writing Workshops

First time attendance is free. . . see if this is what you have in mind. $15 per workshop thereafter.

Mondays, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Copperfield's Bookstore, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma
June 3, 10, 17, 24
July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
August 5, 12, 19, 26

No Jumpstart Workshops in September

Tuesdays, 9:30 am to 11:30 am at Petaluma Community Center, 320 No. McDowell Blvd. Petaluma
4 weeks $60 ($65 non-Petaluma resident)

June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25
July 9, July 16, July 23, July 30
August 5, 12, 19, 26

No Jumpstart Workshops in September


  
   

You bring me to places I have not been in years. You help me to remember things I thought I had forgotten. You help me bring old memories back to life. You always get my brain working, a talent I thought I had lost. ~ Debbie, long-time Jumpstart participant

I've participated in Marlene's Jumpstart writing sessions and was amazed at what I was able to write. She is truly inspiring and supportive for the hesitant writer like myself. ~Pam


You can use Jumpstart prompts to explore your characters in deep and unexpected ways.  ~ Elizabeth, who has used prompts to elicit visceral feelings for her fictional characters.