Classes & Events
with Plein-Air Prose
Upcoming Events
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Next event will be in January 2025. Check back in late December or sign up for the Plein-Air Posse newsletter to get priority notifications, important updates, and discounts for upcoming classes, retreats, and other community events.
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What Is Plein-Air Prose?
Plein-Air Prose is a Seattle-based outdoor writing community that hosts classes, workshops, retreats, and other writing events in and around the Seattle area. Writers (and editors) spend long hours alone, indoors, hunched over desks, and staring at computer screens. Plein-Air Prose was created to encourage writers to take a break from technology and tap into the many benefits of spending time in nature, breathing fresh air, moving the body, handwriting text, and interacting in-person with fellow creatives. All activities use nature combined with these other elements to nurture, inspire, rejuvenate, and facilitate creativity and productivity. We also provide resources and guidance to build and strengthen storytelling and self-editing skills, and for navigating the editing and publishing processes, to put writers on a successessful path toward achieving their writing goals.
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The name was borrowed from another creative outdoor art form, plein-air painting, or painting en plein air (French for "outdoors"), where artists set up easels and canvases at parks, beaches, and other natural environments and paint or draw the scenery in front of them. For writers, it's even easier - the only equipment needed is a notebook and pen or pencil!
Below is a list of upcoming and past events. If you're a writer in the Seattle area, come write in the woods with us! If you'd like to support Plein-Air Prose by making a donation, any amount is greatly appreciated! |
Upcoming Events
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The next event will be posted in late December. Be sure to sign up for the newsletter or join the private Facebook group to get priority notifications and updates for all future events!
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Past Events
Write-Out on the Edge
November 10, 2024
November 10, 2024
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For our last Write-Out of the year, we met inside a cozy, nature-inspired cafe lounge overlooking Puget Sound. With plenty of comfy seats, a fireplace, and the company of other local writers, this serene setting was the perfect place to spend a cold, rainy day with dedicated, focused time on our WIPs!
This Write-Out included:
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Write-Out on the Water Mini Retreat
October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
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A mini writing retreat that took us out of the woods and onto the water! On this Plein-Air Prose event writers were inspired and rejuvenated by spectacular maritime, mountain, and island scenery from a different perspective -- aboard a ferry across Puget Sound and along the waterfront of Bremerton, WA, with focused writing session on both land and sea.
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Write-Out in the Woods
Hike, September 22, 2024
Hike, September 22, 2024
A moderate hike through part of an extensive, diverse trail system in northwest Seattle. In between getting our hearts pumping with a vigorous workout, we stopped at various points for timed, focused writing sessions surrounded by the intriguing trees, lush plants, and active birds of this coastal forest along the Puget Sound.
Write-Out Walk, Sept. 15, 2024
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On this leisurley walk around a hidden little gem of nature in northeast Seattle, we stopped at various points for timed, focused writing sessions surrounded by trees, plants, water, and wildlife. We also had additional fun activities to further spark creativity and increase productivity!
To join us for future Write-Outs and other outdoor writing events, be sure to join the Facebook group or sign up for the mailing list! |
The Ecosystem of Story Workshop Series
Saturdays in September 2024
Saturdays in September 2024
Write-Out Wednesdays in August 2024
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The Plein-Air Prose Posse met at a different natural area in Seattle every Wednesday during the month of August for FREE "write-outs" to spend dedicated, focused time on our writing projects, outdoors, in the company of other local writers. We worked on a variety of projects: memoirs and other nonfiction, novels, and more!
To see photos from this event or to join us for the next time, become a member of the private Plein-Air Posse Facebook group or subscribe to the newsletter. Writers of any type are welcome! |
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First-Draft Focus Retreat, July 2024
For details and photos of this past event, join the Plein-Air Posse over on our Facebook group page.
