The Well Read Salon, with Trisha Day & Angela Rydell
“The writer puts the rain on the page and the reader makes it fall.” ~anonymous
Most successful authors are also avid readers who have discovered the only thing that compares with the pleasure to be found in reading is the pleasure to be found in expressing yourself in writing. This four-session salon will provide you with a chance to do both.
Combining a love of reading with a love of writing feeds your mind and your muse. It creates the right conditions for inspired writing, and for being well fed by the nourishment of the written word.
Well-read readers read for pure joy, a healthy mind, intellectual challenge, even creative development. It’s not what you read but how you read that matters—whether a bestselling detective novel or War and Peace.
Using examples from a wide variety of books, we’ll explore why reading and writing matter in an age of constant distraction and overstimulation. Program content will emphasize why we read and what books do for us, as well as how writers make that happen. We’ll not only discuss how reading deeply and fully can inform our own writing but how it can make us more well-rounded people.
Participants will be invited to share what they’ve gained from the books they’ve read whether for pleasure or as sources of information and inspiration. Each session will include opportunities to try out a variety of writing exercises based on the books being discussed. You’ll takeaway session handouts and book recommendations, and receive a replay of each meeting.
Trisha’s our guest instructor and Angela will be co-facilitator. Meets on Zoom four Thursday evenings, every other week, starting mid-February (Feb 20, March 6 & 20, and April 3, from 6-7:30pm–plus 15 minutes of wiggle room at the end of the session for potential spillover course content and conversation).
Fee: $225.00
To sign up, simply email Angela at angelarydell@gmail.com to let her know you’d like to join. She’ll send you registration info for payment via PayPal or check.