Feeling the urge to tell your story? Or any story? The Trailside Writers would love to have you join us. We meet every Friday from 10:15-11:45 am in the Michigan Room at Trailside Activity & Dining Center, 4700 Dublin Rd., to share what we have written and to hone our skills by reviewing techniques that we learned years ago in school or sharing information on styles we found interesting.

We are a diverse group with varied backgrounds who have a love of writing in common. We often have a suggested topic or a particular style to write for the week, but anyone who is already working on something of interest to them is welcome to bring and share with the group. Any critique is done in a constructive and positive manner, but most often we find sharing our stories to be a time of support and building of friendships while we learn.

Some of the time together is spent sharing words that can give our vocabulary depth and/or covering questions on punctuation or rules of good writing. Sometimes we start our creative engines by doing “in-class “ free writing on a given topic. Everyone is encouraged to share, but it is not required. Our goal is to help you put ink to paper, whether handwritten or processed on a computer, for the fun of it or for more serious intent. You are welcome.