In-person events are ON HIATUS. See below for weekly email FreeWrites that you can join now. Also, see our Facebook page or weekly newsletter for FreeWrite prompts until we are able to meet face-to-face once again.
The Best of FreeWrites
The RBWG began with FreeWrites. Our first was held in the summer of 2005. We met once a month...then once a week...and quickly escalated to four times a week.
When COVID-19 hit, our FreeWrites were the first thing the membership scrambled to keep, with the Millville group taking the lead using Zoom sessions. The other FreeWrite groups quickly found their own ways to adapt; they have been ongoing, with barely a pause, since mid-March. And so we want to celebrate FreeWrites, those who lead them, and those who participate. Many of us have used these simple prompts to create poems and stories. In some cases, entire novels have arisen from a single FreeWrite prompt.
Each month we will feature one of our four FreeWrite groups with participants choosing a piece of writing generated during a FreeWrite that they have revised and edited. All writers have adhered to a strict 250-word count limit.
Click on the PDF links below to see each month's "The Best of FreeWrites." ​
July 2020 Lewes The Best of FreeWrites
June 2020 Millville The Best of FreeWrites
FreeWrite is the name given to an informal gathering of writers of ALL skill levels who meet to practice their writing in a friendly and nurturing atmosphere. The goal of the FreeWrites is to provide a place and an opportunity for people to have fun with their writing, to explore different genres, and to do this in the company of other writing enthusiasts. Each FreeWrite is facilitated by a Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild member who has experience in teaching, writing and/or leading such groups. Participants write prose, songs, poetry and fiction, work on novels during free writes, and start short stories. Writing Prompts are often (but not always) designed to focus on a particular aspect of writing: the use of sensory details, the necessity of strong verbs, the craft of writing dialogue.
Weekly Email FreeWrites
Our Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in-person FreeWrite leaders have started email versions of their groups.
Mondays 9 a.m.: Carl Frey and Joanne Sinsheimer
Wednesdays 6 p.m.: Tom Hoyer
Saturdays 9 a.m.: Sarah Barnett
The leader sends the prompts a few minutes before the start. Participants are asked to write for 5 minutes each for as many of the prompts as they wish to respond to (there are usually about 10 choices). The leader asks participants to send responses back to the group about 75 – 90 minutes after beginning.
​If you would like to join one of the groups, email Sarah Barnett to let her know which one. sbarnett99@comcast.net
On Hiatus In-Person Weekly FreeWrites
Mondays: Rehoboth Beach Library summer hours: 8–10 a.m., winter hours, 9–11 am (Joanne Sinsheimer, and Carl Frey leaders). Enter through back door of library.
Mondays: 3-5 p.m. Poetry FreeWrite Lewes Library (Gail Braune Comorat leader)
Wednesdays: 6-7:30 p.m., Lewes Library (Tom Hoyer, leader).
Fridays: 9-11 a.m. Giant Food, Millville, DE
Saturdays: Rehoboth Library summer hours, 8–10 a.m., winter hours, 9-11 a.m. (Sarah Barnett, Maribeth Fischer, leaders). Enter through back door of library.
Bring paper and pen or a laptop and join us as often as you can. FreeWrites! are open to anyone who is interested. No RSVP required.
I take myself by surprise. Writing at a FreeWrite! is like throwing a surprise party for yourself. You never know what is going to spill out on your computer screen. Is an evil twin lurking in the machinery? Or is it my fingers that somehow acquire access to long forgotten memories, buried dreams and nightmares? No matter how many times I ask myself, Where did that come from, No matter how many times I think I should have run out of surprises by now–something unexpected jumps out from where it's been lurking behind a load of unpacked boxes in the basement of my mind. I didn't know I knew that, I think."
​—Sarah Barnett
​Poetry FreeWrite
Mondays 3-5 p.m. On Hiatus
Lewes Public Library
You asked for it, we created it. Weekly FreeWrites for poetry. Whether you are a beginner, or a seasoned pro, join us in writing poetry, using prompts, in a friendly and nurturing atmosphere. Each session will be led by either Gail Braune Comorat or other accomplished poets.