| ABOUT THE BCWW
NEW MEMBERS WITH A SERIOUS WRITING INTEREST ARE WELCOME. Since 1998, the independent, non-profit BCWW in historic Bucks County, PA, has advanced the power of the written word in fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. It does not work with poetry. The BCWW's only aim is to critique members' writing with the goal of publication.
There are no dues or membership fees.
We meet twice monthly on Tuesday evenings via Zoom.
The workshop may not be right for every aspiring writer, but if interested in becoming a member contact Don Swaim sharing your background and experience.
WORKSHOP NEWS
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BUCKS COUNTY'S FABULOUS
LITERARY HISTORY
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SPECIAL HARDCOVER EDITION
cover painting by Alan Fetterman
This special, five-year retrospective of Neshaminy includes some of its best and most significant contributions in history, art, memoir, poetry, and fiction. Contributors include H.A. Callum, Lee Bigelow Davis, Melissa D. Sullivan, Don Swaim, Constance Wrzesniewski, Tom Sparrow, Bob Cohen, Hayden Saunier, J. Kurt Spence, William J. Donahue, William O’Toole, Pat Achilles, Carl Reader, Natalie Zellat Dyen, Daniel Dorian, Jennifer Lin, Matilda Bray, Stuart Abramson, Alan Fetterman, and James A. Michener (with a never-before published essay). Profile studies include Dorothy Parker, Henry C. Mercer, Jean Toomer, Pearl S. Buck, Chuck Wendig, John Updike, artist Ben Soloway, and Lassie. In history, the Delaware Canal Story, Where Washington Slept, America's First Steamboat, Dorothy Parker 's House, the Naval Air Station That Led to Man in Space, and more. Buy HERE
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COVID-19 -- THE PANDEMIC PROJECT
By Members of the BCWW
Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, BCWW members began m,eeting via Zoom. The result is a unique story collection filled with humor, fiction, essays, poetry, and scathing satire.
Buy HERE
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BCWW IN THE NEWS
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OUR STYLEBOOK
A Free Read
HERE
VARIOUS BCWW STUFF
Latest Workshop News
BCWW Stylebook
Member Submissions
(members only)
Member Address List
(members only)
BCWW Archives
(Posted by date)
Photo Gallery
Instant Literary Quiz
Errata (back issues)
Stuart Cummings Ripley
Bucks Living Magazine
(2009 article about the BCWW)
BCWW SPECIAL
WRITING PROJECTS
2012: “Literary Haiku”
2009: “Ghosts”
2009: “Six Word Story”
2006: “Stuart C. Ripley
2005: “Raymond Carver
2004: “O. Henry
2003: “The Yellow Bus”
BOOK BEAT: THE PODCAST
Don Swaim's online audio interviews with the best-known writers
of three decades,
author updates, and more
click here
HOW TO READ A SCREENPLAY
with an addendum by
Daniel Dorian
click here
WRITING TIPS
BCWW Stylebook
How to Format
Eight-Point Checklist
Alan Shils on Writing
Tom Swifties
Elmore's Writing
Tips
First Five Pages
Screenplay Elements
SITES FOR WRITERS
Writers' Tool Box
EWAIATP: funny agent list
ABE Books: out of print books
Arts & Letters
Project Gutenberg
DISCLAIMERS
Opinions expressed on this site do not necessarily represent those of the editor, the BCWW, or its members.
Not associated with the former Writers Room of Bucks County, its successors, or any other organization.
The BCWW is not affiliated with church, school, library or any other entity. We are not religious. We are not educators. We are not political. We are writers!
For info email
Don Swaim
The BCWW Facebook Group is open only to past and present members.
SOME OF DON'S SITES
WCBS Appreciation Site
Book Beat: The Podcast
Wired for Books
Radio Days
Aspinwall HS Class of 55
Ambrose Bierce Site
Bucks County Writers Workshop
Errata
Steinbeck in Bucks Co
Pennsylvania Sunsets
Growing Up in WW 2
Don's Houses: Where I've Been
Fighting the Hun in WW I
Official Stuart Cummings Ripley Site
Swaim Name in History
The Swaim in America
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PC Magazine's BEST OF THE INTERNET cites Don Swaim's Wired for Books. 11/20/07 issue
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