Offerings

WordPlay Classes, Workshops & Retreats

Upcoming WordPlay offerings are listed chronologically below, in order of start date. To learn more about an offering, click its title.

A “Gift of Memoir” class celebrates their writing accomplishments.

WordPlay Offerings	Date(s)	Time	Location	Cost	Registration Information
COASTAL WRITING RETREAT (Writing — and More — as Renewal / Creating New Writing)	Friday, February 28th – Sunday, March 2nd, 2025	All weekend	The Sunset Inn, 9 North Shore Drive, Sunset Beach, NC 28468	$588.04 includes 2 nights’ lodging	Contact the Sunset Inn at 888.575.1001 or 910.575.1000 (if you would like to handpick your room, view your choices here first, then call). Because the Inn is holding rooms for you, our participants, they are blocked off as unavailable online.
HOW TO COOK UP A POEM Celebrate National Poetry Month with this lively, instructive workshop that will increase your expertise in poetry and prose. You’ll learn how to identify and use poetic “ingredients” in the areas of content, sound, and form, as well as how writing you love can inspire and instruct you. All levels welcome.	Saturday, April 12	2 – 4 p.m.	Charlotte Public Library-Matthews 230 Matthews Station St, Matthews, NC 28105	FREE!	Registration coming soon. Details here: https://cmlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/67670f5f8fc0a328001202a1
POETRY ROCKS!	Any day! Sign up whenever you’d like and you’ll start receiving your Poetry Rocks poetry tools the next weekday.	Any time!	Any place!	$45	To pay with PayPal or credit card: To pay with Venmo, find me here: @wordplaynow To pay via check or Zelle, or for more information, please email us at info@wordplaynow.com.
COASTAL WRITING RETREAT (Writing — and More — as Renewal / Creating New Writing)	Friday, November 21st – Sunday, November 23rd, 2025	All weekend	The Sunset Inn, 9 North Shore Drive, Sunset Beach, NC 28468	$611.26 includes 2 nights’ lodging	Contact the Sunset Inn at 888.575.1001 or 910.575.1000 (if you would like to handpick your room, view your choices here first, then call). Because the Inn is holding rooms for you, our participants, they are blocked off as unavailable online.
THE SEVEN ENERGIES OF WRITING: WRITING WITH HEART, MIND, BODY, AND SOUL: ONLINE CLASS	TBA	TBA	In the comfort of your own space via Zoom!	$220	To pay with PayPal or credit card: To pay with Venmo, find me here: @wordplaynow To pay via check, or Zelle, or for more information, please email us at info@wordplaynow.com.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION (Fulfilling Writing Dreams & Goals; Creating New Writing; Revising & Polishing Your Writing)	Tuesday morning, Wednesday morning, and Thursday evening classes, dependent on openings available. starting in September, 2021.	TBA	via Zoom	$435/ 12 sessions	Please email us at info@wordplaynow.com to check availability & start the registration process by filling out a short “Clarity Tool” to share your writing goals and where you are in the process. (Anywhere you are is a perfect place to begin.)