Tampa Bay Area Writing Project
Nurturing a community of writers, young and old, novice and expert, students and teachers.
Ready for a cool summer writing experience? Please see below for applications for each of our youth writing camp sites: I.C.E. Trinity (June 7-18) Click Here for Application I.C.E. Corbett (Carollwood/North Tampa)(July 12-23) Click Here for Application I.C.E. Shorecrest(July 12-23)…
In case you missed last week's FFF session, below is a link to a video of Dr. Mike Sherry's lesson on writing dialogue. https://youtu.be/ZMmoSwHsHnA "You talkin' to me?" sherry.dialogue.fff21-03-25Download Tune in to the next live session in two weeks!
If you missed last week's Fumes for Friday session with Cathy Dyer (TBAWP class of 2009, 10th grade English and creative writing teacher at McKeel Academy of Technology) get ready! Her lesson, "Breaking Up is NOT Hard to Do," is…
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by Patricia Tuzzolinoinspired by TBAWP 2020’s Heritage Lunch A long standing expectation in my family is that all the women can cook the most magnificent foods and bake the most delicious desserts. My Nanny, who I am named after, could…
In case you missed our latest Fumes for Friday session on Thursday, 02-18-21, at 8:30pm, please check out the video below. Elvira Randall shared a beautiful lesson on writing nature field notes that was also a tribute to TBAWP legend…
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by Courtney Nickelinspired by TBAWP’s 2020 quickwrite A Younger Version of Myself: Money, numbers, offers, interest rates, mortgage payments, down payments. My head is spinning. This is a major purchase. Will they take our offer? Can we make…
by Emily Kentinspired by Mari Aviles’ mini-lesson I’m from open oceans and sunburns, from the smell of sunscreen as it smears across your skin,from the struggles against the hands that tried to reapply,and the subtle pride of a resulting heat and…
In a wonderful second session of our new "Fumes for Friday" series, we got behind the wheel with Eric Vona for a lesson on "Transformative Haikus" and fueled up for Friday and beyond! If you didn't catch the live version…
Read More Eric Vona at “Fumes For Friday”: Transformative Haikus
by Mike Sherryinspired by Emily Kent’s demo-lesson I know what it is to wear a maskOr masks, for there is more than one My father’s explosive angerMy mother’s entrapping innocenceBut mostly the ingratiating snake: Love me or I lash outLet me…
by Mari Aviles a humble imitation of Ted Kooser’s “Abandoned Farmhouse” He is an older man, says his receding hairline and wrinkles that rest in the corners of his eyes; A poor, older man, say the ill-fitting dentures, removed to eat and…
