The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Natalie Disney, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

Whether developing a novel idea from scratch or finetuning a manuscript for submission - this workshop will give you the tools to sharpen and shape your novel into an engaging story.

Join Boise City Writers-in-Residence Kim Cross and Dan Zancanella, along with Idaho Writer-in-Residence Mitch Wieland, for an evening of readings and conversation. Hear excerpts from their work and learn about their experiences as writers-in-residence during a lively panel discussion. Free admission, all ages welcome—plus drinks, pizza, and patio seating at Lost Grove!

I like collecting statements other writers have made about writing. Sometimes they inspire me, sometimes they make me rethink my practices, and sometimes they annoy me, but I almost always find them thought-provoking.

In this workshop we’ll look at a number of remarks made by various writers (often very famous ones) and consider how they might help us think about our own work.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Natalie Disney, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

I love revising because it’s when my usually terrible first drafts start to become something I can be proud of. In this workshop I’ll share (and we’ll try using) a few of the methods I employ to make revision seem not only possible but genuinely (kind of) enjoyable.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Natalie Disney, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

Very short stories (and sometimes essays)—often called flash fiction—are fun to write because you can finish a piece of writing that feels satisfyingly complete in a limited amount of time. In this workshop we’ll all write one or two brief pieces that will be ready (or almost ready) to share with the world by the time the workshop ends.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Natalie Disney, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

Books written for young readers often have characteristics all writers strive for: concision, clarity, immediacy, verve. For this workshop we’ll use several works written for children as models for writing.

(Note: This isn’t workshop about writing for children, but rather a workshop about how children’s books can help us think about all kinds of writing.)

At The Cabin, we believe that access to books—and the freedom to choose what we read—is essential to a healthy, informed, and empathetic community. Through the Read Freely Project, we partner with Rediscovered Books to share challenged books with readers across Idaho and champion the right to read freely.

Join us on June 23 for our 2026 Read Freely Kick-Off Event at The Cabin. Be among the first to see our newly renovated space, take a building tour, learn about volunteer opportunities, and help us unveil this year's Read Freely book selections. We'll also have family-friendly activities, raffle prizes, and opportunities to support the project as we work together to defend the freedom to read.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Natalie Disney, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Natalie Disney, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

There’s nothing quite like using words to create a world that didn’t exist before. In this workshop we’ll do some experiments with fiction writing that demonstrate how invented characters can quickly begin to take on a life of their own.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. This workshop will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Natalie Disney, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. This workshop will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Heidi Kraay, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

Places, real and imagined, often provide a starting point for fiction, poetry, essay, or memoir. In this workshop we’ll try writing a couple of (very) short pieces about places we’re familiar with and then explore how such writing can serve as a starting point for longer works.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Natalie Disney, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

Pitching and Getting Published offers a peak into the  business side of writing and how to share your work with editors and publications.

Guided by Kim, participants will learn strategies for identifying the right outlets for their work, crafting strong query letters and pitches, and navigating the submission process for both articles and books. The workshop will also cover how to tailor pitches to different audiences, the etiquette of working with editors, and tips for building resilience in the face of rejection. Writers will leave with practical tools and insights for turning polished pieces into published work.

Learn how principals of psychology apply to writing to make your creative works more credible, congruent, and alive.

Join The Cabin at Oldspeak on March 5 for a writing party. Come work on your next literary piece and get it ready for submission. Make friends, enjoy good drinks, and more.

Oldspeak is a 21+ venue.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Natalie Disney, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.

Story Structure is an interactive writing workshop that explores how the deliberate sequence of revelation—what writers reveal to the reader, and when—shapes a story’s impact.

Guided by Kim, participants will learn to see the architecture of a story and design a blueprint for one of their own. Together, the group will dissect a published story to identify the components of scene, summary, exposition, and reflection. Using the standard narrative arc as a starting point, Kim will also introduce alternative story structures and tools to experiment with sequencing to discover new possibilities for their stories.

The Cabin’s free and open writing workshop, held from 6:30 – 8:00 PM on the first and third Tuesday of each month. The 1st Tuesday of the month will take place in person at the Cabin and the 3rd Tuesday of the month will take place online via Zoom. It is hosted by writers Danny Stewart, Natalie Disney, and other guest writers who create unique prompts designed to inspire a supportive community of local writers.