Free Classes for Aspiring Authors to be Held at Warner Library

Writers’ Forum is inviting fledgling authors to join its ranks on Saturday morning, December 13, 2014, at the Warner Library in Tarrytown.

“A unique thing about Writers’ Forum is that it is open and free to the public — anyone who wants to write can find a home with us,” said Lyn Halper, founder and coordinator of the new group.

In-coming members are taught the elements of fiction, creative non-fiction, memoir, and young-adult novel writing. At many meetings, passages from the work of the members are critiqued by the group. “It’s exciting to see manuscripts develop from barely sketched outlines to fully nuanced pieces,” said Halper.

She founded Writers’ Forum this summer after growing a similar group called Writers Gathering from four to 24 members at the Greenburgh Public Library in Elmsford over a period of two years.

Writers’ Forum meetings are held at the Warner Library on the second Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Similar classes are conducted at the Will Library in Yonkers on the first Tuesday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m. Members are welcome to attend either or both programs.

Halper’s work includes fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry; it has been published in leading literary journals including the Bellevue Literary Review, Fiction International, Karamu, Aries, and J. Journal: New Writings on Justice (published by John Jay College of Criminal Justice). She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Fiction International. Her plays have won contests and been produced and performed around the country.

For more information, email her at Lynhalper@aol.com.

Photo: Author Lyn Halper