This Week: Interview with a seasoned writer

Today I interviewed Ronald Steward Marshall, a writer currently in the seasoned writers workshop with write around portland. I have conducted interviews for my own personal interest before (on our collective "Trip Down South" blog we included an interview with a Paste Magazine representative), but I found this experience to be really rewarding. Ron isn't someone I would have known to seek out for myself, but since I'm volunteering at the office on Tuesdays, they asked me to conduct the interview. I learned more about the workshops and how they are run. Apparently participants can sign up for up to three workshops, and after that they are allowed to sign up for the "Seasoned Writers" workshops which I think are titled "write on."

Ron told me about what it's been like for him to be in these workshops. He explained that people start to open up and trust one another, and no matter what your differences are with people in the room (and there are always many differences, even just based on appearance), everyone comes with the same interest in mind and becomes equal for that reason. He said we are all the same, "we are all writers."

The interview will be posted soon on the front page of write around portlands website which is: writearound.org.