A variety of experienced presenters share their insights on the craft and business of writing—and the heart of the creative process.
Your stories are important.
Whether you’re drawn to fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, poetry, or interested in being published, you’ll find guidance, inspiration, and practical tools to support you and your writing journey at Writers Forum workshops.
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Next Forum:
Wednesday June 17, 2026
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Pacific
A Change of Heart: A Writing Workshop with Susan Bono
Wednesday June 17, 2026
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Pacific Time
Free on Zoom
No registration required.
Zoom URL will be posted in early June.
Presenter: Susan Bono
Celebrating twenty years of Writers Forum workshops.
A Change of Heart: A Writing Workshop with Susan Bono
Our past shapes us, but it doesn’t have to define us.
In this 90‑minute Zoom workshop, we’ll explore how personal essay and memoir can help you approach and process unresolved events with compassion and insight.
Through guided prompts, reflective discussion, and storytelling tips, you’ll learn ways to shape personal experiences into narratives that strive for clarity, connection, and emotional release.
A safe, supportive space for writers of all levels.
Susan Bono is a teacher, freelance editor, and short-form memoirist who has facilitated writing workshops since 1993. From 1995-2015, she edited and published Tiny Lights: A Journal of Personal Narrative, in print and online.
She was on the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference board for more than a decade and edited their journal, the Noyo River Review.
She is the author of What Have We Here: Essays about Keeping House and Finding Home, a page-turner~!
Her personal essays have appeared online, on stage, in anthologies, newspapers, and on the radio.
Susan was the first Forum presenter in June 2006.
She returns June 2026 to share information about the craft of writing.
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The Write Spot Books
Inspiration to write in between Writers Forum workshops.
The Write Spot books, a seven-book series features writing that entertains as well as offering inspiration for writers.
All of the stories, vignettes, and poems in The Write Spot books include writing prompts. These books are like portable writing groups.
The Write Spot books are available from your local bookseller and as both print and ereaders from Amazon.