Writing
Writing Retreat
Our Writing Retreat is not exactly a class but is an opportunity to meet and write in company with other beginning and experienced writers. Here we tap into our mutual creative energy. After introductions, we collect ideas in response to a starter prompt, then each person begins to draft a story, poem, memoir, argument or whatever. In small groups we read these diverse pieces and give each other non-critical reader responses.
Bring your own writing materials, a sack lunch and beverages.
Bring your own writing materials, a sack lunch and beverages.
2025 COURSE SCHEDULE
ENR7017
Saturday, March 15 (sold out)
Saturday, April 26
(No class in May.)
Saturday, June 28
(No class in July.)
Saturday, August 23
Saturday, September 20
Saturday, October 18
Saturday, November 15
(No class in December.)
Class meets: Saturday, 9:30 am–2:30 pm
Cost: $16
Location: Windward CC
ENR7017
Saturday, March 15 (sold out)
Saturday, April 26
(No class in May.)
Saturday, June 28
(No class in July.)
Saturday, August 23
Saturday, September 20
Saturday, October 18
Saturday, November 15
(No class in December.)
Class meets: Saturday, 9:30 am–2:30 pm
Cost: $16
Location: Windward CC
This course is in high demand. Registration 3 weeks prior to class date recommended.
No walk-ins.
If you are having difficulty registering online please send in a check.
Check payments must be received 4 days prior to class date.
Make check payable to:
University of Hawaii
Mail check to:
Windward Community College - CCE, Hale Kuhina 102
45-720 Keaahala Rd
Kaneohe, HI 96744
Note class dates requesting.
New students please include your email and phone number.
For assistance: call 808-235-7433, email wccocet@hawaii.edu
No walk-ins.
If you are having difficulty registering online please send in a check.
Check payments must be received 4 days prior to class date.
Make check payable to:
University of Hawaii
Mail check to:
Windward Community College - CCE, Hale Kuhina 102
45-720 Keaahala Rd
Kaneohe, HI 96744
Note class dates requesting.
New students please include your email and phone number.
For assistance: call 808-235-7433, email wccocet@hawaii.edu
Lillian Cunningham taught English for many years at Windward Community College and is now retired from the classroom.
The Writing Retreats began in the mid-1980s as a result of a frustration shared with some others, who said they wanted to write, but often got distracted by things like dirty laundry, hungry children, or flagging inspiration. So we agreed to retreat from competing demands for a few hours to write together without distractions. The idea caught on.
The Writing Retreats began in the mid-1980s as a result of a frustration shared with some others, who said they wanted to write, but often got distracted by things like dirty laundry, hungry children, or flagging inspiration. So we agreed to retreat from competing demands for a few hours to write together without distractions. The idea caught on.