{"id":12145,"date":"2026-02-19T14:49:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=12145"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:50:12","slug":"free-writing-workshop-stories-as-letters-scheduled-feb-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/19\/free-writing-workshop-stories-as-letters-scheduled-feb-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Free writing workshop, \u2018Stories as Letters,\u2019 scheduled Feb. 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-12146 size-fusion-200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/Justin-Eells-200x180.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Eels\" width=\"200\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/Justin-Eells-200x180.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/Justin-Eells-310x279.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/Justin-Eells.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Feb. 19, 2026&#8211;A Missouri Western State University instructor will present \u201cStories as Letters,\u201d a free writing workshop at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 in the Rolling Hills Library Upper Story, 1912 N. Belt Highway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justin Eells, developmental writing instructor, invites writers to step into the world of epistolary fiction and nonfiction to explore the art of storytelling through letters. Whether you are interested in character development, voice, or the unique intimacy that letters offer, this workshop is designed to ignite your creativity. All experience levels are welcome \u2013 from seasoned writers to beginners eager to start their writing journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eels joined the MoWest faculty in 2023. He has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and a Certificate in the Teaching of Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missouri Western State University is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. MoWest is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 19, 2026&#8211;A Missouri Western State University instructor will present \u201cStories as Letters,\u201d a free writing workshop at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 in the Rolling Hills Library Upper Story, 1912 N. Belt Highway. Justin Eells, developmental writing instructor, invites writers to step into the world of epistolary fiction and nonfiction to explore the art [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":12146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12147,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12145\/revisions\/12147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}