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August 2020
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Revision is a dirty word to some writers. But you needn’t fear the challenges of polishing a manuscript before submission and publication. This fast-paced, half-day class focuses on the ten most common mistakes and concerns, often overlooked by authors before they send their story out into the world. Everything you do to your manuscript after [...]
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In this workshop participants will read and share memoir, personal essay, satire, and humor writing while developing techniques in point of view, dialogue, language, scene creation, and more. Writers will produce a portfolio including revised work and annotated studies of master works by Maya Angelou, Colin Nissan, David Foster Wallace, and Zadie Smith, among others. [...]
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Poetry has been used as a powerful tool both to heal old trauma and to prevent post-traumatic stress syndrome. We will explore the science behind this — including an essay by the late psychoanalyst-playwright-poet Frederick Feirstein — while also putting these methods to use in writing new poems. Guided by an internationally published and anthologized [...]
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Lead with the future — not background. That’s the most important of eight journalism skills that will transform your writing. The others: write your readers’ language, be positive (to be both clear and upbeat), lay out logically, be consistent, be precise, be brief, and choose strong verbs. Highlights: communicate in a crisis, correct errors the [...]
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To capture a reader's attention and hold it, an author needs a great first sentence, paragraph...chapter. How do we provide the hook that will draw readers into our stories, no matter the genre? This fun workshop will reveal tried-and-true techniques for launching your novel, short story, or memoir that will make your story's opening irresistible. [...]
Find out moreSeptember 2020
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This workshop offers a practical 16-point plan that takes you from the mere germ of an idea all the way through the creative process, with an eye on getting a finished book into the hands of potential fans. Participants will discuss how to transform the nub of an idea into a book-length project, populated with [...]
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When writing a novel, we must know our primary characters inside and out. We need to understand their desires, motivations, and frustrations, their histories and their futures. This workshop will focus on the development of authentic characters. Participants will examine character as both autonomous and residing within the context of the other novelistic elements, and [...]
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If you have always wanted to write a novel but didn't know where to start, this workshop will help you understand the process of writing a novel so you can get started putting pen to paper. The workshop will focus on everything from generating ideas to developing characters to establishing point of view. Participants will [...]
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Improve your villanelle skills, or write your first one. Guided by an internationally published author of sonnets, villanelles, and other metrical poems, you’ll first read classic and contemporary villanelles to see why they work. Next, the class will write a group villanelle, and then, with or without shortcuts, you’ll write one of your own. You'll [...]
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Spend an afternoon sharing your stories, poems, and memoirs. This small-group coaching session will give you the opportunity to bring your voice– and self– to the words you’ve written. You’ll learn how to become a more genuine and effective communicator of your work, which will in turn fuel a more authentic writing process and outcome. [...]
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NOTE: Please wait to be accepted into this course before paying. Complete your novel and prepare for publication! Working with a published novelist, ten participants will experience the rigor and structure of an M.F.A. program as you workshop an entire novel-in-progress. Other benefits include: Consistent writing deadlines, studying aspects of craft, and being part of [...]
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You've worked long and hard on your writing, and now you want people to read it! Come to this class to find out how to get your work out in the world. Hear answers to questions like: Do I need an agent and how do you get one? What's a pitch and how do I [...]
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Have some poems that are almost there but seem to be missing that last touch? In this poetry workshop, we will discuss your poems and help them go from good to great. We'll also discuss what makes a poem memorable, what editors look for in a poetry submission, as well as strategies to get them [...]
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In this fun and interactive workshop we will focus on the basic structure and styles used in different forms of comedy writing. Working independently and collaboratively, each participant will create a unique humorous story or personal essay, a comedy sketch for the stage, and even a short original stand-up comedy routine. LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE: This [...]
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There is no one-size-fits-all strategy for story structure. Let’s discuss a plan that is right for you. We’ll brainstorm the strengths and weaknesses of your specific story’s destination and the journey along the way. Is there a rich narrative and character arc, a strong point of entry, appropriate placement of flashbacks, a transformative and resonant [...]
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This workshop will deconstruct and demystify the novel-writing process for struggling and/or aspiring writers. We'll go all the way from getting the nub of an idea to getting your book into the hands of expectant fans. Along the way you'll learn how to stay organized, write in the voice of the opposite sex, the art [...]
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Your poetry can benefit from understanding more about how the brain is “wired for poetry” (as Frederick Turner has said). This goes beyond the well-known use of metaphor to explain scientific concepts to the general public. Through writing exercises, close examination of time-honored and recent poems, workshopping of participant poems, and brief reading assignments, we [...]
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Transport your writing to a new dimension! In this three-week online crash course, we will take our writing off the page and into the material world by experimenting with visual art, photography, music composition, paper-craft zines, sculpture, and more. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have a fresh perspective of your writing, and maybe [...]
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Are you great with kids? Are you the relative who everyone is always asking for stories? Are you a visual artist who wants to try out a new kind of storytelling? Sounds like it's time to start writing your picture book! In this class we will study contemporary children's book authors to identify, analyze, and [...]
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Over the course of six weeks, we’ll discuss four key elements of poems: image, sound, form, and realization. Participants will produce a variety of poems and learn tips for maintaining the practice of writing. Participants will have the opportunity to workshop four poems and will receive personalized feedback on their work. NO SET MEETING TIME: [...]
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Making use of narrative structure when writing about true events brings your reader into your tale. The more you know about how fiction works and where those techniques can be applied to your factual material, the better able you are to create a nuanced story that keeps your reader's attention. In this six-week class, we'll [...]
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Writing poems is discovery on paper, and good poems surprise and delight the poet as much as anyone. In this workshop, designed for new friends of poetry, you will try on a variety of styles and forms on the way to finding your own poetic voice. We will read poems together and use them as [...]
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Ever want to learn some poems by heart? In this class we’ll memorize a short poem each week and recite/perform it for each other. We’ll discover what happens when we take poems into our bodies. What does consuming rhyme and rhythm have on our understanding of poetry and on our own poems? Class will include [...]
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In this 10-week class we will work to take our idea for a memoir into a plan and draft. We'll discuss: choosing events, creating a narrative, creating scenes, the overall message of your work, and how to make it a cohesive whole. There will be time each week for one or two participants to share [...]
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Can't find the time/energy/inspiration to get your novel written? This popular course, developed by the author of the book by the same name, will help you complete a rough draft in just eight weeks. Participants receive the encouraging guidance of professional writing coach Kathryn Johnson. Each author will commit to an aggressive writing schedule and [...]
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The goal in this ‘Guided Autobiography’ workshop is to capture your life experiences in six short pieces of autobiographical writing (true stories) for those who will survive you—or for yourself later in life. Knowing that you are writing not for publication but to set the record straight (in your own mind, if nothing else) may [...]
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You have a great idea for a story. Do you dive in and just begin writing, or start by drafting an outline? Are you a born planner or a writer who loves to discover stories organically (i.e., a pantser)? Understanding how to structure a well-conceived story around a main character and central conflict, while paying [...]
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This introductory workshop explores dialogue, the playwright’s primary tool for conveying a story that ultimately becomes a visual, aural, and emotional experience for an audience. We will look at various functions of dialogue and we will discuss how actors, designers, and directors use dialogue as a basis for transforming words on the page to life [...]
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This intermediate course is an author-focused MFA-style workshop. Everyone will workshop one full-length story or chapter. The instructor will also offer weekly prompts and assignments to build skills and inspire. Participants should expect outside readings, nuts-and-bolts advice, guest writers, friendly support, and advice on publishing. LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE: This workshop will be held via our [...]
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Write your life story as you lived it, one moment at a time. This interactive workshop teaches writers to distill a moment of change, conflict, contradiction, or mystery to its essence so that the impact on the writer resonates profoundly with the reader. We will examine inspiring published examples to learn exactly how the writer [...]
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This workshop provides participants with the tools for forming and submitting poetry chapbooks. Lessons will focus on identifying what makes a chapbook, exploring your voice in the chapbook medium, choosing and ordering poems within your chapbook, and research publishers. By the end of the four week course, participants should have the beginning of a chapbook [...]
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In this generative workshop, we'll write poems of our haunted-ness and hauntings, of people we've ghosted and the ones that haunt us, places we can't return to and the ones we can't leave, items we'll never get back and things that seem to multiply or re-appear no matter how many times we try to get [...]
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Writers of all genres will think and ‘write’ on their feet, using memory prompts to create a poem or micro-memoir to share. Get rid of the negativity blocking your creativity, while in a judgment-free zone, and say 'YES' to all possibilities! LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform, Zoom. [...]
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This workshop is for writers who have a good understanding of what a personal essay is, are open to exploring further the many forms a personal essay can take, and are already working seriously in the genre. The focus will be participants’ writing, supplemented with assigned readings. Participants will workshop two essays (or drafts of [...]
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Pretty much all fiction runs on mystery and suspense, often both. We read stories because we want to know what’s going to happen next. This workshop places a special emphasis on mystery and suspense created by compelling characters involved in believable action. To this end, participants will concentrate on character development, structure, pace, tension, plot, [...]
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How poets handle syntax—the arrangement of words in a sentence—is crucial to everything from establishing the voice of a poem to evoking a particular response from the reader. In this workshop, we will take a close look at how sentences are put together and how changing their structure can send a poem off in a [...]
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Begin, revise, or improve your novel for middle grade or teen audiences! Each week we will discuss one aspect of the craft of writing and give feedback to some participants. Participants can expect to have a nice chunk of pages read and workshopped by classmates and by the instructor. Additionally, each week every participant will [...]
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Keep the wellspring of inspiration flowing this fall. Each week will focus on poems about a new topic: we’ll write of memory, of presence, of grief, of protest, and of art, among other things. Our teachers will be great poems, our content will be our own. Each class will include discussion of inspiring poems, guided [...]
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Do you have the foundation you need to launch a successful editorial business? In this four-week workshop, participants will travel through the seven steps it takes to position themselves to launch their business. Topics include getting the right training, growing your network, choosing your business model, managing business finances, and maintaining your business once launched. [...]
Find out more$290.00 / $275.00 10 seats left
Increase your powers of expression and develop your habits as a writer using the unique freedom of the circadian journal. Under the gentle direction of a seasoned diarist, together with like-minded colleagues, you will honor the richness and complexity of your life story while bearing witness to these extraordinary times. LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE: This workshop [...]
Find out moreOctober 2020
$135.00 / $120.00 14 seats left
Learn how to write a picture book from a successful author of more than two dozen award-winning books for children. Each session will begin with a short discussion of an aspect of writing for children, including story openings and arcs, characterization, plot/pacing, rhythm/sound, and marketing. Suggested readings and prompts will inspire and guide writers in [...]
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Learn how to write screenplays and teleplays to start a career as a screenwriter. Classes will cover the fundamental screenplay format, act structure, characters, plot, dialogue, exposition, outlining, representation, marketing, and networking. At the end of the class, you will have the opportunity to complete an entire screenplay for a feature or short film, or [...]
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Whether you are an organized planner or a writer who flies by the seat of their pants, a novel still needs structure. In this four-week online workshop, participants will study the architecture of a novel and devise plans for plotting their novels. Required text: Plot and Structure by James Scott Bell and Hooked by Les [...]
Find out more$80.00 / $65.00 20 seats left
This class is intended to develop story telling methodologies from around the world such as Haiku and different languages. LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform, Zoom. The dates and times will remain the same. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. Shortly before the start date [...]
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Whether you are just embarking on writing a play of any length, or you have completed a draft and are ready to revise, a basic understanding of story principles and structure can be a beacon of light to help you find your way. In this workshop we will consider what questions to ask and when [...]
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Considering giving a reading or presentation, but find yourself terrified by the idea? As writers, we long to share our creativity and passion, yet are often thwarted by fear and uncertainty. Join speaking coach and therapist Jennifer Hamady to learn how to alleviate your apprehension and generate fantastic public deliveries. In this fun, interactive workshop, [...]
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Feeling stuck? Working playfully with words and images is a great way to discover a new poem, or to bring new life to an old draft trapped in revision mode. We will use prompts and creative exercises intended to break down the inner critic, and explore literary tools (line breaks, meter, rhyme) as means for [...]
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Most writers struggle with revision, but 90% of writing is revision—seriously. So figuring out how to advance a draft is essential if you want to improve your writing, much less publish it. No matter what genre you’re working in, join us to expand your ideas and practices of revision. Discover what may be missing, what [...]
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Agents say it all the time. What sells a manuscript? A standout voice. Acquire the tools you need for developing a compelling voice of your own through the study of entertaining published examples, a clear explanation and writing exercises designed to ignite your unique way of expressing yourself. You will enjoy a sense of excitement [...]
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Writing a novel takes commitment, but it doesn’t need to be daunting. Learn how to generate a handful of plots from which to choose, methods for effectively planning your story, and simple hacks for fine tuning your basic fiction skills. Participants will initiate a flexible writing plan that will keep their writing flowing. This is [...]
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Writing a book and getting it published is hard enough--however the work doesn’t end there. Both traditionally and self-published authors are expected to do their own promotion, and it can be hard to know which ones are most effective. With experience as an author and Assistant Director of Publicity and Marketing at a small press, [...]
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Want to submit your work to magazines but don't know how? In this workshop, we'll talk about what literary magazines are, what editors are looking for in submissions, have a “translation” exercise, tips on how to get the most out of a lit mag, and the secrets to writing a great cover letter to get [...]
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Test the waters in both poetry and fiction, and learn the essential tools for writing creative work. Each unit will focus on an element of craft, including writing exercises, workshops, and reading discussions. This is a great way to dip into creative writing and gain confidence on the page! NO SET MEETING TIME: This workshop [...]
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Working with childhood memories can be both intense as well as emotionally rewarding. In this workshop, participants will dive into their most powerful memories and learn how to translate them into a polished, musical poem. In addition to engaging in exercises designed to awaken vivid memories, this workshop will also center around how to craft [...]
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This workshop offers a practical 16-point plan that takes you from the mere germ of an idea all the way through the creative process, with an eye on getting a finished book into the hands of potential fans. Participants will discuss how to transform the nub of an idea into a book-length project, populated with [...]
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The global pandemic has completely altered the way businesses and individuals work, and this includes writers. Many find themselves with small pockets of time to write, in place of longer stretches to which they were previously accustomed. Through both exercises and strategizing (and a bit of cheerleading), this class will guide participants in working toward [...]
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This course is for individuals who want to tone up their writing muscles so they can go the distance. Classes begin with a short warm up exercise followed by a prompt for a longer piece. Participants will then focus on specifics like effective beginnings, creative prose, and strong conclusions. This workshop will focus on both [...]
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This workshop will deconstruct and demystify the novel-writing process for struggling and/or aspiring writers. We'll go all the way from getting the nub of an idea to getting your book into the hands of expectant fans. Along the way you'll learn how to stay organized, write in the voice of the opposite sex, the art [...]
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In this three-hour workshop, you will begin to shape a narrative around the motherhood stories you want to tell. Using a creative process that identifies key memories and themes, you will write stories about your experience with motherhood, whether that’s being a mother or being mothered. We will also address the ethical dilemmas that come [...]
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If you aspire to be a produced playwright, the ten-minute play could be your ticket to success. In this highly interactive course, we'll read aloud and analyze for technique some of the best ten-minute comedies and dramas of the past decade. Then, you'll apply those techniques to your own writing. Your work will be read [...]
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In this course we will study what constructs the world of the short story: pain, happiness, fear, love, desire, anger, and menace. You will write your characters, settings, and scenes with a focus on your organic voice and style. This workshop is for character-focused craft and storytellers. Our focus will be on narratives that grip [...]
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Personal essays are perhaps the genre that has the largest array of publication possibilities—literary journals, newspapers, magazines, alumni publications, and more all publish this form. That’s the good news! The challenge: finding the right publications for your story, along with submission guidelines, pay rates, and style preferences. In this workshop, you’ll learn where to find [...]
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At the core of every good tale is a character with whom the reader wants to spend time. Discover how to move beyond the superficial and cliché, crafting characters who invite the reader to explore the human condition. Illustrations and exercises will help to uncover your character's inner values (in memoir that character is you) [...]
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It's often said that without conflict there is no story. It also holds true that strengthening the conflict in any type of fiction will bump up the tension and turn limp, ordinary fiction into an extraordinary tale that will keep readers turning pages. Whether you choose to write literary fiction, mysteries, family sagas, thrillers, historical [...]
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Designed for those who are eager to grow and polish poems to begin to submit to journals, this workshop focuses on manageably building revision, like writing, into your life as a practice. We’ll start every session with a warm-up, workshop poems together, and discuss tips and strategies for revising and submitting work. By the end [...]
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When it comes to punctuating poems, opinions vary widely. Some poets are as careful and correct as T.S. Eliot, while others, like W.S. Merwin, have gotten rid of punctuation altogether. In this workshop we will discuss what traditional punctuation can achieve and whether syntax and line breaks can be used in its place. We will [...]
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In this class, we’ll lean in to our guilty pleasures to write poems of sleeping late, binging bad tv, reading popcorn novels, and sneaking the last brownie at midnight. Each week, we'll read poems by writers including Leah Umansky, Danez Smith, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Laura Foley, Marcus Wicker, Kevin Prufer, and Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, interspersed with [...]
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When writing a novel, we must know our primary characters inside and out. We need to understand their desires, motivations, and frustrations, their histories and their futures. This workshop will focus on the development of authentic characters. Participants will examine character as both autonomous and residing within the context of the other novelistic elements, and [...]
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If you have always wanted to write a novel but didn't know where to start, this workshop will help you understand the process of writing a novel so you can get started putting pen to paper. The workshop will focus on everything from generating ideas to developing characters to establishing point of view. Participants will [...]
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Do you have the instinct of a writer but your subject eludes you? Have you written many pieces but not the story you were born to tell? Does your subject feel too big, too vague, or perhaps too difficult to confront? Do you want to write about the past but fictionalize it? Using published examples, [...]
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Although we make no promises, what could be a better way to get through Halloween and Election Day than by learning how poetry has helped writers to heal trauma and prevent post-traumatic stress syndrome? Guided by an internationally published and anthologized author of metrical poems, you will explore the science behind this — including an [...]
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This intensive one-day workshop will offer all poets—whether they have yet to submit their first poem to a literary journal or are ready to present a publisher with a full-length manuscript—hands-on advice on how to achieve their publishing goals. Participants will learn how to place poems in print and online journals, why anthologies are such [...]
Find out moreNovember 2020
$135.00 / $120.00 15 seats left
This workshop is for participants who agree to write for at least 15 minutes a day for 15 days. You may write a poems, flash fiction, brief memoirs. Your writing won’t be judged. You will be encouraged each day by an email with prompts, instructions, and/or quotations or you may work on your own project [...]
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Capture your thoughts and memories through poems, visual art, and the space between. First, we will explore the work of visual poets, poetry comics, and the sketchbooks of contemporary artists to expand our boundaries and find inspiration. We will then delve into poetic, visual, and sensory exercises to navigate a variety of journaling prompts. By [...]
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You’ve written your book – now fight for it! In this workshop you’ll focus on book promotion through a collection of twenty marketing tips and ideas. If you think writing a book is exciting, wait until you feel the thrill of professionally promoting it! LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE: This workshop will be held via our online [...]
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In this workshop we will read and discuss memoirs, stories, essays, letters, and poetry written by and about women in the second half of life. Some of the readings will depict the experiences of older women, others will be reflections by those women on the phases of their lives as girls, young, and mature women. [...]
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Learn to deeply revise and polish your picture book manuscript before submitting to an agent or publisher. A widely published author and an acclaimed illustrator will lead discussions in pacing, page turns, storyboarding, and visually dramatic storytelling. During this hands-on workshop, writers will be editing their own manuscripts and enhancing their skills as picture book [...]
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Have you noticed a splash of magic or a hint of the surreal worming its way into your work? Join us for an introduction to science fiction, fantasy, and other ways of working with fantastical elements in fiction. This class does not center on warp drives or the clan structures of best-selling mythical empires. Instead, [...]
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You may think you don't have the time, energy, or inspiration to write because of your hectic lifestyle. Wrong! Learn what professional writers know about organizing their time, establishing a productive writing routine, and getting their stories written. The class will highlight methods that many writers use to complete their books in months instead of [...]
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Have you considered self-publishing but don’t know where to begin? In this two-week course you will learn the basics of self-publishing from start to finish. Week one will focus on the three paths to publishing, the basics of print on demand, and the hybrid publishing alternative. During week two you will learn funding options, book [...]
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This workshop offers a practical 16-point plan that takes you from the mere germ of an idea all the way through the creative process, with an eye on getting a finished book into the hands of potential fans. Participants will discuss how to transform the nub of an idea into a book-length project, populated with [...]
Find out more$115.00 / $100.00 15 seats left
This workshop will deconstruct and demystify the novel-writing process for struggling and/or aspiring writers. We'll go all the way from getting the nub of an idea to getting your book into the hands of expectant fans. Along the way you'll learn how to stay organized, write in the voice of the opposite sex, the art [...]
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Apply fiction-writing skills to your stories while also exploring the double perspective of memoir. Learn to relive an experience and also reflect on its meaning. Participants can expect to practice using character development, conflict, and dialogue as they write and share (voluntarily) stories that show the tension between the protagonist's situation then and their situation [...]
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The childhood friend that you don't talk to anymore. The college friend who betrayed you. The sister who held your hand when you miscarried. The ride-or-die squad that grew apart. Partners in crime. Companions in discovery. These are our friendships and frenemies, sisters and saviors. The women in our lives serve as teachers, each with [...]
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Do you have a memoir, novel, or chapbook trapped inside of you? Set it free with this course about the basic elements of creative writing. Every week, participants will read creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, and apply their reading to exercises designed to generate pieces that effectively utilize character, setting, and plot. Participants will leave [...]
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Revision is a dirty word to some writers. But you needn’t fear the challenges of polishing a manuscript before submission and publication. This fast-paced, half-day class focuses on the ten most common mistakes and concerns, often overlooked by authors before they send their story out into the world. Everything you do to your manuscript after [...]
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Improve your sonnet skills, or write your first one. Guided by an internationally published and anthologized author of sonnets, villanelles, and other metrical poems, you’ll first read classic and contemporary sonnets to see how and why they work. Then -- with or without shortcuts -- you’ll write one or more of your own. Next you'll [...]
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From idea to plan to draft. Have you ever had an idea for a work of nonfiction that stayed just that - an idea? In this five-week class we'll take your idea through the planning stage and into the writing stage. We'll discuss: research, theme, scenes, dialogue, events, and narrative. LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE: This workshop [...]
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Whether you are an organized planner or a writer who flies by the seat of their pants, a novel still needs structure. In this four-week online workshop, participants will study the architecture of a novel and devise plans for plotting their novels. Required text: Plot and Structure by James Scott Bell and Hooked by Les [...]
Find out more$80.00 / $65.00 15 seats left
You are the voice of your book, and that book is counting on you to be heard! Upping your virtual communication game is no longer an option. In this workshop we’ll focus on virtual meeting platforms, equipment, set-up, specific virtual delivery tips, sustaining interest techniques, tricks of the trade, and more. LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE: This [...]
Find out moreDecember 2020
$50.00 / $40.00 29 seats left
Whether you want to write a memoir, micro-memoir, blog, college essay, letter to your granddaughter, or use your own life as the basis for fiction, life story writing requires that we tell where we come from and who we are. Learn to identify your story's essence, the truth it reveals, and to engage the reader [...]
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To capture a reader's attention and hold it, an author needs a great first sentence, paragraph...chapter. How do we provide the hook that will draw readers into our stories, no matter the genre? This fun workshop will reveal tried-and-true techniques for launching your novel, short story, or memoir that will make your story's opening irresistible. [...]
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Do you know why listening for the natural rhythms of speech can strengthen your writing? Have you ever wondered how scanning the lines of your first draft can make for a better poem? Here is an opportunity to improve your ear for meter, and fine-tune your understanding of how meter works in poetry. Guided by [...]
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Is a good poem, by definition, a serious one? Many poets today suffer from what has been called “humor anxiety”—the fear that they will damage their reputations if they try to be funny. But the success of poets like Billy Collins and Tony Hoagland provides ample evidence that poems can be both funny and serious. [...]
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Are you struggling with your writing, feeling blocked and listless, or just in a plain old creative slump? In this five-week online course, participants are invited to take the pressure off and reignite their creative spark through expressive journaling, sensory art tutorials, adventure tracking, meditative writing exercises, and weekly creative challenges. By the end of [...]
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Lead with the future — not background. That’s the most important of eight journalism skills that will transform your writing. The others: write your readers’ language, be positive (to be both clear and upbeat), lay out logically, be consistent, be precise, be brief, and choose strong verbs. Highlights: communicate in a crisis, correct errors the [...]
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