Let's get inside the work, folks. Class functions as part of a collective, a sacred team all working to elevate the work. You can bring in the pages you're nervous about, not the ones that are polished. You will be an active participant in your own development as a writer by paying close attention to the obstacles your fellow writers come up against, because it may be a mirror for your work or you as a writer as well. 

You can begin the first class with a piece you're already writing or the idea of your project – Winter will help you clarify your writerly and emotional instincts so you can best serve your play and your characters. The point is to let your ego step aside and let you write your play in a way that's true to your vision, not anyone's vision for you. You will mine personal truths alongside what is compelling you about the world in which we live. You will answer the question what's drawing you to write this play and from there we will go in deep from the start. We'll get at the messy stuff, the chaos, and allow patterns and stories to emerge.