The first of three half-day creative writing workshops will be presented beginning Friday, March 16 at the Coupeville Library community room.

Writer and writing coach Molly Larson Cook will lead the workshops, which are sponsored by the Whidbey Island Arts Council in partnership with Cook’s Skylark Writing Studio. The workshops will benefit WIAC’s literary arts programs and raise scholarship funds for young writers.

Cost to attend the first workshop, entitled “What Would Steinbeck Do?” is $48, which includes all handout materials. Students should bring paper and pen or pencil. Upcoming workshops will include “Zen and the Art of Writing” in April and “Everything Else I know about Writing, I Learned in Jazz Clubs” in May.

The workshop is limited to 12 students and pre-registration and advance payment are required. Interested writers should contact Cook at 678-3042 or jazzcookie@frontier.com to register.