Non-Fiction | Forming a writing squad: How can DIY & low-residency MFAs build writing communities?

Posted on by A.E. Weisgerber

Kerr said of her new writing community, “What I appreciate most is the knowledge. This is not Writing 101; it’s a well-read, highly educated group of passionate writers.”

 

Source: Forming a writing squad: How can DIY & low-residency MFAs build writing communities? By Anne Elizabeth Weisgerber

A. E. Weisgerber is a teacher, editor, and hybrid writer from Orange, New Jersey. Awarded first place for features from the Society of Professional Journalists, she is a Reynolds Journalism Fellow, a 2018 Chesapeake Writer, and 2017’s Frost Place Scholar. Recent items in 3:AM, DIAGRAM, The Alaska Star, Yemassee, SmokeLong Quarterly, and Gravel Mag. Her flash fiction appears in many international anthologies. She is an Associate Series Editor for Wigleaf’s Top 50, and is currently writing her first novel about a terrible family that finally gets something right. @aeweisgerber anneweisgerber.com