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January 2020
$270.00 / $255.00 5 seats left
Craft a killer tale! This workshop is focused on conflict and drama in fiction. Through direct instruction, prompts, and peer review, we'll go as deep as we can to give these stories rewarding twists and powerful tension.
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Learn the powerful secrets to using your blogs to build your platform! Participants will enjoy a powerful 90-minute workshop to help them learn the secrets to writing a great blog, including tips and tricks for getting engagement, followers, and email subscribers. Learn how to use your blogs as a powerful tool to help you build [...]
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You’re sick of sitting alone in your room. You want some feedback you can trust, and moreover, you want to see what other good writers are doing with their fiction. This workshop will gather together people of like minds, working hard and willing to be supportive. Do you hook readers in right away? Do your [...]
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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 10-week class, we'll [...]
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From a distance, the line break can seem like a confusing or even arbitrarily employed craft choice. In this workshop, we will explore the reasons we break lines and what these choices can mean in different contexts. We will move from the more traditional approaches to the eccentric and employ them in the poems we [...]
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The focus of this workshop is on participants’ work. Each writer will submit up to two stories for constructive critique. In addition, we’ll examine short story elements and techniques, and review short story markets and strategies for submitting work. Required text: The Best American Short Stories 2019, edited by Anthony Doerr.
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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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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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This class will teach you how to write for radio and podcasts. You’ll learn to write as you speak, to tell a listener a story the way you would tell it as a friend. We’ll listen to radio stories and analyze what works about the writing style. Participants will write 1-3 short pieces and record [...]
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What does your audience need to know and when do they need to know it? In this introductory workshop we will consider various strategies for managing exposition in the context of process in writing a play (getting started, exploring a first draft, analysis and revisions). We will look at examples to better understand how to [...]
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This day-long workshop will deconstruct and demystify the novel-writing process for struggling and/or aspiring writers. Go all the way from getting the start 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 old and new poems, workshopping of participant poems, and brief reading assignments, we [...]
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Is there a right or wrong way to end a poem? This workshop will focus on closure—the strategies that poets have traditionally used to bring their poems to a clear, resonant conclusion. We will also discuss anti-closure—the resistance that so many contemporary poets feel toward poems that “click shut.” Bring a poem of your own [...]
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In this eight-week workshop, intermediate and advanced poets will concentrate on reading, writing, and critiquing poetry. Each class session will include a brief discussion of selected contemporary poems, an in-class writing prompt, and workshopping participants’ poems. Specific exercises will be given to free the imagination, and quiet the inner censor. We will explore formal considerations, [...]
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Having a children's book published in today's tough market may seem like an impossible dream. But, in reality, getting your book idea into shape and into print can hinge on just the right advice from a pro. Do you need an agent? Should you connect with an artist? What about self-publishing? In a DC-area exclusive [...]
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In this workshop we will focus on the basic structure and styles used in different forms of comedy writing. Working independently and collaboratively each participant will learn how to create a humorous story or personal essay, a tradition comedy sketch for the stage, and even a short original stand-up comedy routine.
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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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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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Through prompts and texts let's read, write, and workshop flash fiction (fiction under 1,000 words, maybe even under 55 words!) When we strip stories down like that, what remains? Let's explore this space together!
Find out moreFebruary 2020
$50.00 / $40.00 8 seats left
Characters set in motion a series of events and actions that become the engine of your play. In this introductory workshop we will look at strategies for exploring and developing characters in the early stages of writing your play and discuss ways to assess the potential of the characters to drive action in your story. [...]
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This day-long workshop will deconstruct and demystify the novel-writing process for struggling and/or aspiring writers. Go all the way from getting the start 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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Poetry is, in part, high emotion in language. Cultures throughout the world use poetry to share their histories, shape their stories, and express ideas in lyric form. In this workshop, we will look at our inner language and life experiences to explore writing from personal and cultural memory. Through writing prompts and mini-lectures on craft, [...]
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Participants will read and discuss a selection of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's poems, as well as her memoir, Crazy Brave. The class will also use her work as inspiration for explorations in writing and the arts: since Harjo works in poetry, nonfiction, music, and art, participants can respond to her work in any form. The [...]
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The Writer's Center is excited to partner with Story District to host their February addition of their Storytelling Bootcamp course. In this one-day (7-hour) intensive, you will generate new story material, learn about and apply narrative structure and storytelling techniques to a story of your choice, practice telling stories in pairs and small groups, and [...]
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Over the course of four 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 also have the opportunity to workshop and revise four poems and will receive personalized feedback on their work.
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Young adult fiction (YA) is a genre of rising popularity in the writing industry. Its definition is growing to expand a wide range of engaging, complex writing for teens and beyond. But what does writing YA actually look like, and how can you make your YA stand out in front of an agent or editor? [...]
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The objective of this workshop is to start writing stories in two languages using code-switching. By using two languages the writer could find their unique voice by incorporating a second language, besides English. This type of writing makes our stories unique and reveals the authenticity of our characters.
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Note: Please submit your work for approval before registering for the workshop. Are you an experienced (published?) writer who's beginning your first memoir? Or perhaps you've written other of creative nonfiction books or collections of essays, but you're stuck in the muddy middle in your work-in-progress. If so, this advanced class, which creates a balance [...]
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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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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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Learn everything you need to know about how to find the right editor for you! This workshop will cover the different kinds of editors out there, the best practices for hiring and working with editors, and ten tips for saving time and money. Plus, participants will receive a two-page sample edit from their manuscript. Editing [...]
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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.
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Erasure poems are where the love of language, playfulness, and discovery meet to create something new and startling. From playful wordplay to a creative response to political redaction and systemic violence, the act of erasure can create poems that evoke and challenge while being very fun to make. We’ll look at a variety of erasure [...]
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This workshop will allow writers of all genres to think and ‘write’ on their feet, using verbal and non-verbal warm-ups, and new original games to stimulate perspective, generate cognitive flexibility, and gain creative flow. Get rid of the negativity blocking your creativity in a judgment free zone. Gain a multifaceted perspective knowing that all answers [...]
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How to fashion and crisp up your blogs, columns, and essays, with an eye toward getting published and/or doing better in your career. This workshop will study examples from the worlds of politics, humor, arts, and several others. Participants can expect to learn how to do better with nuts-and-bolts, but also with narrative arc and [...]
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What does your audience need to know and when do they need to know it? In this introductory workshop we will consider various strategies for managing exposition in the context of process in writing a play (getting started, exploring a first draft, analysis, and revisions). We will look at examples to better understand how to [...]
Find out more$115.00 / $100.00 5 seats left
Whether writing a fiction or non-fiction story, there are certain fundamental tools all writers need in their toolkit to be successful. Come to this interactive three-session workshop where we'll cover issues like characterization and dialogue, plot and scene structure, as well as the when and where of world-building. You'll leave this class feeling more confident [...]
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Come join us for a month of guided writing! Use our exercises and prompts to escape from the busy week. This workshop will be a mix of fiction and nonfiction, with take-away examples and prompts each week.
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Participants will explore writing process, and elements of fiction such as character, setting, point of view, and dialogue. We will complete several writing exercises that emphasize various fiction techniques. By the end of the course, participants will have added a number of fiction techniques to their writer’s toolkit.
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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. We'll share methods writers use to complete their books in months instead of years, their short stories [...]
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Have you ever wondered how scanning the lines of your first draft can make for a better poem? Do you know why listening for the natural rhythms of speech can strengthen your writing? 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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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 it comes from being a mother or being mothered. We will also address the ethical dilemmas [...]
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Do you have an idea for a history or biography book? This workshop takes a strategic approach to nailing down the concept and producing a publishing-quality manuscript best positioned for success. Participants will examine each book idea or manuscript, its narrative structure, writing and research challenges, and plan for getting the job done. Participants are [...]
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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$50.00 / $40.00 12 seats left
Characters set in motion a series of events and actions that become the engine of your play. In this introductory workshop we will look at strategies for exploring and developing characters in the early stages of writing your play and discuss ways to assess the potential of the characters to drive action in your story. [...]
Find out more$270.00 / $255.00 12 seats left
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. Participants will also learn how to [...]
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This day-long workshop will deconstruct and demystify the novel-writing process for struggling and/or aspiring writers. Go all the way from getting the start 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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You’ve written your book – now fight for it! In this workshop we will focus on book promotion through social media, and blogging. This program will also prepare you for all aspects of speaking including basic delivery skills, creating dynamic keynote presentations and workshops, engaging speaker’s bureaus, marketing, proposal writing, and program pricing. If you [...]
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Fretting over whether to come to an open mic at The Writer's Center? 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 [...]
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Have a poem that's almost there but seems to be missing that last touch? Or a poem for which you have questions? In this poetry workshop condensed into one afternoon, we will discuss your poems and help them go from good to great. Please bring 15 copies of 2-3 poems (time permitting) for feedback and [...]
Find out moreMarch 2020
$225.00 / $210.00 13 seats left
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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In this fun class, we will explore one form of poetry a week through reading poems, and give you a chance to try your own hand at six different forms. Forms will include sonnets, villanelles, sestinas, and odes. Yes, writing poetry is often associated with emotion and spontaneous expression, but it needs scaffolding for that [...]
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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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Whether your bent is the short story or the novel, comedy or tragedy, mystery, romance, or suspense, certain elements of story writing are universal. We’ll examine such craft elements as character, plot, conflict, point of view, voice, pacing, description, dialogue, setting, and so on, with an emphasis on the importance of substance and structure to [...]
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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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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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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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Although we associate the term "volta" with the traditional sonnet form, it has been used with great success by many contemporary poets. Marking a shift in the poem’s tone, subject, or logic, the volta has been compared to a change of key in music. In this workshop, we will explore how turning your attention in [...]
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This workshop focuses on good story telling by creating memorable inciting events, ground situations, and complex characters. This is a writing workshop, with peer review and direct instruction to help participants build stories that can change the way a reader views the world. Required text: The Best American Short Stories 2019, edited by Anthony Doerr. [...]
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In this eight-week workshop, beginning writers will have the chance to explore three different genres: memoir writing, short fiction, and poetry. Each week participants will be given a writing assignment and several readings, to be followed by a critique of each participants’ assignment. Participants will learn about voice, point of view, dialogue, description, imagery, and [...]
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Improve your villanelle skills, or write your first one, guided by an internationally published author of villanelles, sonnets, and other metrical poems. We will 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. [...]
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Persona poems are very freeing for both poets and prose writers—giving us a fun way to explore diction, voice, and tone. From the Latin word for “mask,” persona poems allow us to speak truth via another person’s voice, or tackle subjects in the guise of a mythical or historical figure. Like a good acting role, [...]
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Have you ever wanted to publish an essay about your parenting experience? This is your chance to learn the basics! In this three-week class, you'll learn how to get your ideas on paper, what makes a story stand out, and where and how to submit your essay for publication. Bring a piece you're already working [...]
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Sooner or later, you will need to write a query letter and plot synopsis of your story, if you want to be traditionally published. Learn how to write an effective query for literary agents and encapsulate your plot for your own use as well as create a showcase for your story when you’re ready to [...]
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This workshop will focus on how autobiography mediates and revivifies past and present events that surface in some perfected, universalized form. Through writing prompts, and mini-lectures on poetic craft and history of the genre, participants will learn how the very construction of the poem is a means to contain—and often transform—subjective material so that self-revelation [...]
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Note: Please do not register for the course prior to being accepted. You’re sick of sitting alone in your room. You want some feedback you can trust, and moreover, you want to see what other good writers are doing with their fiction. This workshop will gather together people of like minds, working hard and willing [...]
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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, prompts, and feedback will inspire and guide writers [...]
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Learn how to pack a powerful punch when writing persuasively! This six-week workshop teaches the processes involved in crafting newspaper op-eds and written speeches: Think. Plan. Write. Participants will learn the techniques of audience analysis, message development, targeted research, organization, using persuasive language and effective use of social media in planning/strategizing. The workshop also covers [...]
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Come play with words! This is a writing workshop where we will be experimenting with all sorts of prose forms. There will be many exercises during class, as well as peer review and reading/writing outside of class. Note: No meeting April 10.
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Whether you want to write a 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 through [...]
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These are exciting times to be a screenwriter. With more shows and television channels than ever, the opportunities for inventive ways of storytelling increase daily. This hands-on workshop will guide beginning and intermediate screenwriters through the process of crafting a professional-grade screenplay and/or TV pilot. Participants will examine proven methods for adapting fiction and narrative [...]
Find out moreApril 2020
$50.00 / $40.00 16 seats left
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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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 there are so many options for promotion, it can be hard to know which ones are most effective, let alone which ones are out there before publication. [...]
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In this introductory workshop we will explore basic elements of playwriting craft by writing and revising a ten- or fifteen-minute play and by reading selected short plays. We will begin with exercises designed to inspire the discovery of action that leads to a story. During the course of the weekly meetings, scenes generated by the [...]
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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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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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How do you fit the world into 1,000 words or fewer? In this four-week course, you'll explore the genre of flash fiction and create your own compact masterpiece. Topics include the elements of fiction, fundamentals of storytelling within the constraints of flash, best practices in workshopping and revision, and opportunities for further reading and potential [...]
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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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Plant seeds of creativity this spring in just two Saturday afternoons. This workshop allows you write in different styles and genre. By jump-starting with fun exercises, we will circumvent the analytic brain and give imagination a chance to flower. You will receive tips on how to free up memories and experiences and use them as [...]
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Robert Frost said, "It's tone I'm in love with; that's what poetry is, tone." The ability to control tone in a poem is what makes the poet credible and their intention clear. But tone has not always been easy to define, let alone control. In this workshop we will attempt to distinguish tone from voice, [...]
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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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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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Improve your sonnet 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 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 see how [...]
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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 learning exactly how the writer moved and entertained us, then do an exercise to practice those skills. Using the [...]
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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 book-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 [...]
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Memorable, engaging writing captures readers with all five senses. In this workshop, we will read and discuss several examples of sensory detail in published works and respond to prompts to generate story ideas. Participants will have a chance to share and discuss their work. Everyone will leave with the beginning of a new story that [...]
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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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