Catamount Arts

Thursday, August 20, 6-8pm

Catamount Arts Center

Instructor: Sonia Scherr

FREE - donations welcome

How can the work of others guide our own writing? In this workshop, led by 560 Railroad Community Artist Sonia Scherr, we will read aloud a short story with a strong sense of character and place — “Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck. We will discuss our responses to the story, then take a closer look at what we can learn from it about the craft of writing fiction. Finally, we will each choose a prompt inspired by “Chrysanthemums” to start work on an original piece, which we will have an opportunity to share with the group for feedback. This workshop is offered free of charge, thanks to generous support from an anonymous donor; donations are gratefully accepted to support future 560 Railroad Community Artists.  

Sonia Scherr writes fiction and nonfiction and enjoys creating opportunities for people to connect with their community through the arts. Now an educator at the nonprofit Egan Maritime Institute on Nantucket, she previously worked as community coordinator at central Vermont’s Cabot School to expand out\-of\-classroom learning. She has a background in journalism and communications and has published short stories in literary journals, including Gargoyle Magazine, Jabberwock Review, Blue Earth Review and poemmemoirstory. Having grown up in Norwich and lived in the Northeast Kingdom, she is excited to work with the St. Johnsbury community as a 560 Railroad Street Community Artist.