Hi, I’m David Press, English instructor and writing fan boy. Some of you know me as either your English 101 teacher or film teacher, but my first love is writing fiction and comic books. I’ve been writing since I was 13 (and yes it used to be on typewriter, but I’m only 35 so I’m not that old.)
Writing is a release for me – cathartic, and enjoyable. I wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t fallen in love with writing early on, so I’m here to extend my hand to you all and invite you to take part in the Creative Writing Workshop Club in my office in Pickett 109. I’ll be holding an all-points meeting on Monday, Oct 5th at 10:10am to work out a schedule. I’m thinking it will be a bi-monthly or monthly meeting.
If you’re a poet, lyricist, writer of creative nonfiction or fiction then you’re probably familiar with workshop. It’s where writers get together, read stories, and offer feedback. As writers, we’re used to being alone and pouring a bit of ourselves onto a screen, notepad, napkin, or dirty windshield, but it’s necessary to involve others in the process of writing. That’s an incredibly brave thing to do. In order to become the best writer you can be it’s healthy for you to share what you write and bounce it off others. Writers become writers when they take readers into consideration, and having readers means showing your work to others. Workshop is a safe place for you to do this, and eventually bring your pieces to the Fiction Section of The Apollos, for which I’m the section editor.
If you’d like to be a part of this either email me at dpress@paulsmiths.edu or student assistant editor Daniela Larsson atdlarsson@s.paulsmiths.edu.