Join Be Well Be Here at GrubStreet’s Muse and the Marketplace conference in April 2021, now reframed as a virtual "Enhanced Writing Residency.” BWBH founder Lara Wilson will offer 30-minute individual writing support session to all participants signed up for the Manuscript Mart with agents and editors.

Register for the 2021 Muse to attend dozens of online literary events, access celebrated teacher in writing workshops, and Be part of a vibrant supportive writing community.

To register, visit GrubStreet’s Muse and the Marketplace website

Join Be Well Be Here at GrubStreet’s Muse and the Marketplace conference in April 2021, now reframed as a virtual "Enhanced Writing Residency.” BWBH founder Lara Wilson will offer 30-minute individual writing support session to all participants signed up for the Manuscript Mart with agents and editors.

Register for the 2021 Muse to attend dozens of online literary events, access celebrated teacher in writing workshops, and Be part of a vibrant supportive writing community.

To register, visit GrubStreet’s Muse and the Marketplace website

Join Be Well Be Here at GrubStreet’s Muse and the Marketplace conference in April 2021, now reframed as a virtual "Enhanced Writing Residency.” BWBH founder Lara Wilson will offer 30-minute individual writing support session to all participants signed up for the Manuscript Mart with agents and editors.

Register for the 2021 Muse to attend dozens of online literary events, access celebrated teacher in writing workshops, and Be part of a vibrant supportive writing community.

To register, visit GrubStreet’s Muse and the Marketplace website .

Join Be Well Be Here at GrubStreet’s Muse and the Marketplace conference in April 2021, now reframed as a virtual "Enhanced Writing Residency.” BWBH founder Lara Wilson will offer 30-minute individual writing support session to all participants signed up for the Manuscript Mart with agents and editors.

Register for the 2021 Muse to attend dozens of online literary events, access celebrated teacher in writing workshops, and Be part of a vibrant supportive writing community.

To register, visit GrubStreet’s Muse and the Marketplace website .

Get ready to WRITE CONCORD! Be Well Be Here, CCACE, the Concord Festival of Authors and the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library present a town-wide collaborative literary series of FREE writing workshops to build a connected community of local writers.

WRITE CONCORD! Writing Your Way Through                Saturday, February 27 at 10 - 11 am 

Ignite your writing life to cope during the Covid crisis! Join short story author and master fiction instructor, Lara Wilson of Be Well Be Here, to discuss your writing life and learn about the WRITE CONCORD series. Discover how virtual monthly conversations with the Concord Collaborative Writing Group can inspire creativity and support your literary endeavors. Try writing exercises that help generate new ideas and refine your work-in-progress. Gather online with other aspiring writers to feel encouraged, energize your prose and get ready to take the next step with your writing project. FREE and open to writers of all genres and levels.

Be part of these FREE monthly online meetings of the Concord Collaborative Writing Group in which we:

• share conversation about of literary life

• experiment with unique writing exercises

• discover practical tips that inspire creativity

• feel encouraged to keep writing!

This on-going writing group will provide supportive workshops and inspiring conversation about literary life that will culminate with the annual NaNoWriMo initiative at the CFPL, which encourages writing every day through the month of November.

Register for these FREE sessions through Concord-Carlisle Community and Adult Education (CCACE) and join the February 27th meeting of the Concord Collaborative Writing Group led by Lara Wilson, master fiction instructor and founder of Be Well Be Here

Stay tuned for future WRITE CONCORD meetings, which will take place on the last Saturday of each designated month at 10 - 11 a.m. 

Are you a fiction writer looking for guidance and encouragement? Try our mindful writing workshop in collaboration with Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Ed, The Art of Writing Fiction. Join master writing instructor, award-winning short story author and curator of the Concord Festival of Authors, Lara Wilson, MA, for this supportive fiction writing workshop. Together, we'll experiment with writing exercises that engage the observational mode, strengthen your writing process and hone your narrative. We'll also discuss elements of craft that sharpen self-expression and allow readers to meaningfully engage with your story. Bring a sample of your work to revise, and awaken new paths to storytelling with added confidence and creativity.

This course will take place on two Saturdays, November 7 and December 5 at 4:00 - 6:00 pm.

Register at CCACE (Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Education)

Are you a fiction writer looking for guidance and encouragement? Try our mindful writing workshop in collaboration with Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Ed, The Art of Writing Fiction. Join master writing instructor, award-winning short story author and curator of the Concord Festival of Authors, Lara Wilson, MA, for this supportive fiction writing workshop. Together, we'll experiment with writing exercises that engage the observational mode, strengthen your writing process and hone your narrative. We'll also discuss elements of craft that sharpen self-expression and allow readers to meaningfully engage with your story. Bring a sample of your work to revise, and awaken new paths to storytelling with added confidence and creativity.

This course will take place on two Saturdays, November 7 and December 5 at 4:00 - 6:00 pm.

Register at CCACE (Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Education)

Interested in reading, writing and the literary life? Join us at the online Concord Festival of Authors 2020! The 28th annual CFA, curated by Be Well Be Here founder Lara Wilson, features dozens of celebrated writers at over 25 virtual literary events on October 16 - 31, 2020.

Events on Saturday, October 24, sponsored by the Concord Free Public Library, include:

Breakfast with the Authors 9:00 - 10:30 am

This popular event, hosted by Dr. Suzanne Koven, features celebrated authors Adrienne Brodeur (Wild Game), Caroline Leavitt (With of Without You) and Marjan Kamali (The Stationery Shop)

Young Adult Writers 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Join the YA conversation with Jennifer De Leon (Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From), Susan Kaplan Carlton (In the Neighborhood of True), and Marcella Pixley (Trowbridge Road - longlisted for the National Book Award)

Children’s Authors 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Get comfy with your kids for an online discussion with children’s authors Rajani LaRocca (Midsummer’s Mayhem) and Susan Tan (Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire)

To register, visit ConcordFestivalofAuthors.org

Looking for support as you write your way through the corona crisis? Join master writing instructor and Be Well Be Here founder, Lara Wilson, MA, for this supportive, mindful Writing Workshop! Experiment with writing exercises that heighten the observational mode, clarify your writing process and help engage the flow state. Awaken new paths to storytelling and gain confidence as you celebrate your creativity. All levels welcome!                

SATURDAY, MAY 16 and MAY 23 at 4:00 – 5:30 pm

$45 - Early bird (before May 10)

$55 - After May 10                 

Looking for support as you write your way through the corona crisis? Join master writing instructor and Be Well Be Here founder, Lara Wilson, MA, for this supportive, mindful Writing Workshop! Experiment with writing exercises that heighten the observational mode, clarify your writing process and help engage the flow state. Awaken new paths to storytelling and gain confidence as you celebrate your creativity. All levels welcome!                

SATURDAY, MAY 16 and MAY 23 at 4:00 – 5:30 pm

$45 - Early bird (before May 10)

$55 - After May 10                 

Are feelings of uncertainty bogging down your creative process? This, too, is essential to the writer’s journey. Join Be Well Be Here founder, Lara Wilson, MA, GCMS to experiment with mindful writing exercises that help revitalize natural sources of creativity. In these sessions, we’ll try a variety of free-writing practices to awaken new paths to storytelling.

FREE and LIVE through Zoom - Register to receive the link                    

Are feelings of uncertainty bogging down your creative process? This, too, is essential to the writer’s journey. Join Be Well Be Here founder, Lara Wilson, MA, GCMS to experiment with mindful awareness practices that help revitalize natural sources of inspiration. In these sessions, we’ll use writing exercises to explore mindful aspects of creativity that help you engage the observational mode, seek novelty, cultivate compassion, relate authentically, and enter the flow state. Discover somatic techniques that calm a whirring mind, awaken new paths to storytelling and celebrate all phases of your writing process.

FREE and LIVE through Zoom - Register to receive the link                    

Sunday, April 26 and May 3 at 11:00 am – 12:00pm

Looking for a dedicated writing group that gives helpful feedback and real encouragement? Meet us at Be Well Be Here in January to launch our inaugural Be Well Writing Group. Get master-level feedback from writing instructor, Concord Festival of Authors curator and published author, Lara Wilson, M.A. Discover your path to a writing life that feels centered and focused by exploring:

• HOW to structure the Be Well Writing Group

• WHAT craft element will be introduced at each meeting

• WHO will be the published author to visit the group each month

• WHERE your writing life can open to new ways of working

• WHEN we will continue to meet during 2020

• WHY your story matters!

Join us in January 2020 to BE part of the team that co-creates this writing group and determines next steps on the journey to literary satisfaction.

$45 for each session. Space is limited - register today!

Runs Thursday, January 2, 16 & 30 at 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Looking for a dedicated writing group that gives helpful feedback and real encouragement? Meet us at Be Well Be Here in January to launch our inaugural Be Well Writing Group. Get master-level feedback from writing instructor, Concord Festival of Authors curator and published author, Lara Wilson, M.A. Discover your path to a writing life that feels centered and focused by exploring:

• HOW to structure the Be Well Writing Group

• WHAT craft element will be introduced at each meeting

• WHO will be the published author to visit the group each month

• WHERE your writing life can open to new ways of working

• WHEN we will continue to meet during 2020

• WHY your story matters!

Join us in January 2020 to BE part of the team that co-creates this writing group and determines next steps on the journey to literary satisfaction.

$45 for each session. Space is limited - register today!

Runs Thursday, January 2, 16 & 30 at 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Looking for a dedicated writing group that gives helpful feedback and real encouragement? Meet us at Be Well Be Here in January to launch our inaugural Be Well Writing Group. Get master-level feedback from writing instructor, Concord Festival of Authors curator and published author, Lara Wilson, M.A. Discover your path to a writing life that feels centered and focused by exploring:

• HOW to structure the Be Well Writing Group

• WHAT craft element will be introduced at each meeting

• WHO will be the published author to visit the group each month

• WHERE your writing life can open to new ways of working

• WHEN we will continue to meet during 2020

• WHY your story matters!

Join us in January 2020 to BE part of the team that co-creates this writing group and determines next steps on the journey to literary satisfaction.

$45 for each session. Space is limited - register today!

Runs Thursday, January 2, 16 & 30 at 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Spark a New Year of writing! This Winter Mini Writing Retreat celebrates your passion for prose and boosts your storytelling skills. We’ll explore mindful techniques that enhance creativity, streamline organizational skills, and inspire authentic self-expression. This is the season to share YOUR story! Taught by Be Well Be Here founder and Concord Festival of Authors curator, Lara Wilson, MA, former GrubStreet master fiction instructor. Space is limited. Registration required. $50

Looking for a quiet space to write feeling the support of other writers at work? Drop in on Sundays morning in November for Room to Write at Be Well Be Here. Spend an hour or two polishing your prose, ask an experienced writing teacher for help, and discover simple mindfulness techniques that break through blocks. Suggested donation: $20. All are welcome!

Runs Sunday, November 10, 17 & 24 at 10:00 - 12:00 am

Looking for a quiet space to write feeling the support of other writers at work? Drop in on Sundays morning in November for Room to Write at Be Well Be Here. Spend an hour or two polishing your prose, ask an experienced writing teacher for help, and discover simple mindfulness techniques that break through blocks. Suggested donation: $20. All are welcome!

Runs Sunday, November 10, 17 & 24 at 10:00 - 12:00 am

Finding Inspiration for Fiction Writing

Aspiring writers are often encouraged to write what we know, but many great works of fiction are set in times and places not known first-hand by their authors. How do we use our imaginations to take us into territory we’ve never charted before? Join us for the first Wednesday Writing Workshop on October 16 as part of the Concord Festival of Authors. In this discussion and guided writing session with award-winning fiction writer, Virginia Pye, we’ll explore unexpected sources of inspiration: anecdotes passed down in families, newspaper articles that resemble fictional plots, overheard snippets of conversation, old photographs, and more. We'll train ourselves to spot story ideas in our daily lives and in what we read and experience through art, movies, and even music. Using photos and other writing prompts, we’ll embark on imaginative journeys of our own.

Workshop held at non-profit Be Well Be Here, 91 Main Street, Suite 302, Concord. $15. Space is limited. Registration required at BeWellBeHere.org or by calling 978-203-2825.

This master writing workshop is designed for writers hoping to take their work to the next level. By mindfully examining the Big Picture elements of your story, we’ll hone in on ways to streamline narrative structure, deepen character development and refine plot progression. Author and Be Well Be Here founder, Lara Wilson, MA (GrubStreet instructor & former board member) offers mindful craft conversations that inspire and invigorate. Explore your path of possibility and feel encouraged to WRITE ON!

Runs three Sundays: June 23, July 28, August 25 at 9am - noon

$65 for each session, $180 for all three. Space is limited. Registration required.