Writing Workshops

Writing with Woodside on Squam Lake

At Rockywold-Deephaven Camps, Holderness, New Hampshire

My unique generative workshop guides writers to oberve in nature, explore the past, and write new words.

I’ve set a date for the 2027 workshop. Join me from June 3-6, 2027. More information to come.

Writing with Woodside is a methods workshop for writers of all levels who wish to discover, hone, expand, or revise their ideas and work in a beautiful setting. Writers walk and observe in nature. They see a camp that operates and looks much as it did in the late 1800s. With my guidance, they draft new writing.

When I started offering retreats like this back in 2015, I could not find any workshop set on generating new words. This is the workshop I wanted when I was starting my career and could not find. The origins of Writing with Woodside were in a writing class I taught back in 2011 at a community arts center in Middletown, Connecticut. I’ve run more than a dozen workshops in Connecticut and New Hampshire: one-day, two-day, and three-day, since that time.

Fees are reasonable and include everything: workshop, lodging, and meals. We will have our own dock, and you have the option of renting a kayak or canoe on your own.

Full rate: $1650. Career-builder rate (5 years or fewer into your writing career): $1340. Student rate: $1235. Sign up here. 

Payment is expected at the time of signing up so that we can run a good workshop. Cancellation policy: Refunds available if cancellations occur before April 30. Cancellations between May 1-15: Writer will be responsible for 50% of the cost if the vacancy is not filled. Cancellations after May. 15: Writer will be responsible for the full cost if the vacancy is not filled. Email Chris: [email protected].