Introduction to Writing Poetry
This course, for beginners and all interested in writing poetry, is designed to help you write and respond to poetry through creative exercises, readings and discussions. Each member of the group will write and revise original poems. Together, we will explore your handling of voice, imagery, structure, word choice and line in a stimulating and supportive workshop environment. Sign up today and join our talented and friendly writing community.
Mondays, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly)
a 6 week session beginning October 11
Instructor: Patti Hinson
Open to: writers of all levels of experience
Meets: October 11 & 25, November 8 & 22, December 6 & 20
Session cost: $165 ($150 returning students)
Seats Remaining: 1
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The Poetry Workshop
This continuing course, for poets with some experience, is designed to help you compose and respond to poetry through creative exercises, readings, and discussions. Each member of the group will write and revise original poems; together, we will explore your handling of voice, imagery, structure, word choice, and line in a stimulating and supportive workshop environment. Work will be submitted prior to the start of each meeting. All poems will be critiqued during that meeting.
Mondays, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly)
a 6 week session beginning October 4
Instructor: Patti Hinson
Open to: continuing members and new members with some workshop experience
Meets: October 4 & 18, November 1, 15, & 29, December 13
Session cost: $165 ($150 returning students)
Seats Remaining: 1
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Craft of Poetry
This class concentrates on the sounds of words within and between lines and the physical design of the poem, from layout to use of white space to innovation for structure and appearance. Subject matter is for students to decide, but the class will work on focus, conciseness, and clarity. Students will share and workshop their poems and examine relevant models of poetry.
Thursdays, 7-9:30 p.m.
an 8 week session beginning October 7
Instructor: Daniel Pearlman
Open to: poets with some workshop experience
Meets: October 7, 14, 21, & 28, November 4, 11, & 18, December 2
Session cost: $195 ($180 returning students)
Seats Remaining: 8
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Intensive Poetry Studio
The studio continues! Members of the group will actively write and revise original poetry, with a special emphasis on the careful review of members' work, the examination of the literary and commercial marketplace, and the submission of work for publication. Work may be submitted at each meeting. All poems submitted will be critiqued during that meeting.
Tuesdays, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly)
a 4 week session beginning October 5
Instructor: Michael Khandelwal
Meets: October 5 & 19, November 16 & 30
Session cost: $140 ($130 returning students)
THIS CLASS IS FULL AND CLOSED TO REGISTRATION
Open to: advanced writers. New members must receive instructor approval for enrollment. Currently, the studio is full. To apply to the waiting list, contact the instructor by email
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Whisks and Words: Food Writing 101
Everyone who eats already has a personal relationship to food. As writers, we have the opportunity to apply the sensory experience of eating to writing, be it fiction, nonfiction, memoir, or even cookbook writing or blogging. This course focuses on a brief taste of different genres of food writing (pardon the pun). Writers will be given two opportunities to be workshopped, once in fiction, once in nonfiction. We'll look to established food writers for guidance, and we’ll consult our own appetites for inspiration.
Saturdays, 1-3:30 p.m.
a 6 week session beginning October 2
Instructor: Dana Staves
Open to: writers of all levels of experience
Meets: October 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30, November 6
Session cost: $165 ($150 returning students)
Seats Remaining: 8
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Introduction to Nature Writing
Environment is all around us, from the salt marshes of the Chesapeake to the hum of traffic and pedestrians along Colley Avenue, and it is the nature writers' job to explore these places and make them known. The nature journal, Flyway, defines environment as "the places where we make our lives," and continues on to say that, "the ways these spaces themselves change, impact us irreversibly." Modern nature writing is about every place, from farm to factory, forest to fairway, and the stories those places have to tell. In this workshop we will learn about different essay forms and approaches to creative non-fiction. We will take a nature walks right outside the Muse doors, learning to "see," with every sense, and we will develop essays about favorite and remembered places. You need not be a nature writer, or even a nature lover, to take this workshop, you only need the desire to explore and see the world in a new way.
Saturdays, 1-3:30 p.m.
an 8 week session beginning October 2
Instructor: Andrea Nolan
Open to: writers of all levels of experience
Meets: October 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30, November 6, 13, & 20
Session cost: $195 ($180 returning students)
Seats Remaining: 6
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Personal Narratives: An Introduction to Memoir
Personal narratives are the work of memory and craft, style and substance. In this workshop we will move toward uncovering the stories within ourselves which most need telling. Through writing exercises, readings, and constructive discussions of our short essays-in-progress, we’ll explore the ways in which language, voice, and literary techniques can bring the truth of our experiences to vibrant life on the page.
Sundays 1-3:30 p.m.
an 8 week session beginning October 3
Instructor: Patti Hinson
Open to: writers of all levels of experience
Meets: October 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31, November 7, 14, & 21
Session cost: $195 ($180 returning students)
Seats Remaining: 1
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Introduction to Magazine Writing
This session is designed for aspiring freelance writers who have a desire to publish their work in magazines or current freelancers who would like to brush up on their skills or branch out to new publications. The early sessions will discuss the fundamentals of magazine writing, important differences from other forms of journalism, and the best ways to pitch and sell stories to editors. We will then follow up by reviewing several different types of magazine stories, including features, columns and department-style writing. Writing assignments will be turned in prior to each meeting and critiqued during the workshop. Submission of work for publication will be encouraged.
Tuesdays, 7-9:30 p.m.
a 6 week session beginning November 16
Instructor: Melissa Stewart
Open to: writers of all levels of experience
Meets: November 16, 23, & 30, December 7, 14, & 21
Session cost: $165 ($150 returning students)
THIS CLASS IS FULL AND CLOSED TO REGISTRATION
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The Riches of Everyday Life: A Memoir Workshop
The memoir can be the most engaging of literary forms. Certainly it is the most intimate. And it's not just for writers with stories of great success, exotic adventures or personal tragedy. As Rainer Maria Rilke suggests in Letters to a Young Poet, there are boundless riches in everyday life. It is up to us, as writers, to learn how to call them forth, as he puts it, and to give them meaning in well-constructed personal narratives. In this workshop—open to those who are already working on memoirs as well as those who are trying to start one—we will explore the techniques of accomplished memoirists and learn how to apply them to our own writing. The workshop is designed for intermediate-level writers (some experience is recommended, but students will not be pre-screened) who are working on book-length memoirs. However, those who wish to work on shorter personal essays are also welcome. We. will meet every other week, and critique three to four pieces per session on a rotating basis.
Sundays, 4-6:30 p.m. (bi-weekly)
a 6 week session beginning October 3
Instructor: Tom Robotham
Open to: writers with some workshop experience
Meets: October 3, 17, & 31, November 14, December 5 & 19
Session cost: $165 ($150 returning students)
Seats Remaining: 1
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A Grammar Refresher
(Who, whom) do you think should take this workshop? Each of the writers who (has, have) problems with grammar. Everyone who writes should know (his/her, their) grammar rules. This session will help you refresh your grammar knowledge and polish your writing skills, so you will make (less, fewer) mistakes. (Answers: who, has, his/her, fewer)
Saturday, December 4, 1-3:30 p.m.
a 1 meeting seminar
Instructor: Linda Carol Cobb
Open to: writers (and non-writers) of all levels of experience
Session cost: $40 ($35 returning students)
THIS CLASS IS FULL AND CLOSED TO REGISTRATION
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Writing from Life: Daytime Session
It is the details that make stories sing. The unadorned scene, the distilled moment, the resonant image, are best conveyed by the careful choice and placement of words. In this workshop we’ll write longhand to cues, a timer ticking away, and then read our work out loud (you can always opt out) in a safe, positive environment. You can write in whatever form inspires you, from prose (memoir, fiction) to poetry. Each writer also can bring a longer form, out-of-class piece for group critique, under the guidance of Janine Latus.
Thursdays, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
a 6 week session beginning October 7
Instructor: Janine Latus
Open to: writers of all levels of experience
Meets: October 7, 14, 21, & 28, November 4 & 11
Session cost: $165 ($150 returning students)
THIS CLASS IS FULL AND CLOSED TO REGISTRATION
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Writing from Life: Evening Session
It is the details that make stories sing. The unadorned scene, the distilled moment, the resonant image, are best conveyed by the careful choice and placement of words. In this workshop we’ll write longhand to cues, a timer ticking away, and then read our work out loud (you can always opt out) in a safe, positive environment. You can write in whatever form inspires you, from prose (memoir, fiction) to poetry. Each writer also can bring a longer form, out-of-class piece for group critique, under the guidance of Janine Latus.
Tuesdays, 7-9:30 p.m.
a 6 week session beginning October 5
Instructor: Janine Latus
Open to: writers of all levels of experience
Meets: October 5, 12, 19, & 26, November 2 & 9
Session cost: $165 ($150 returning students)
THIS CLASS IS FULL AND CLOSED TO REGISTRATION
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Open Studio
Sometimes we begin a short story and discover a novel, or a memoir mysteriously evolves into a poetry collection. This multi-genre studio welcomes ongoing projects in poetry, fiction, non-fiction and memoir. Allow the work to become what it is and share it with a group of experienced writers. Writers will submit work to all members in advance (via e-mail). All submissions will be critiqued at the following meeting.
Sundays, 4 to 6:30 p.m. (bi-weekly)
a 6 week session beginning October 10
Instructor: Lisa Hartz
Meets: October 10 & 24, November 7 & 21, December 12 & 19
Session cost: $165 ($150 returning students)
THIS CLASS IS FULL AND CLOSED TO REGISTRATION
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Short Story Studio
This class will focus on the art, structure, and possibilities of the short story. We will examine the fundamental unified structure of the short story and apply them to our own stories. Each session, one or two students (depending on class size) will provide their stories to their peers. The following session, we will then "workshop" those stories, following a specific set of guidelines. In addition, students will read one or two stories and essays that speak directly to the concerns of the formal elements of short story writing. For example, a passage from E.M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel or John Gardner's Art of Fiction paired with Chekhov's "Lady with the Pet Dog." Instructor will provide stories and essays in .pdf via email prior to class.
Sundays 1-3:30 p.m. (bi-weekly)
a 6 week session beginning October 3
Instructor: Gregory Schneider
Meets: October 3, 17, & 31, November 14, December 5 & 19
Session cost: $165 ($150 returning students)
Seats Remaining: 7
Open to: advanced writers. New members must receive instructor approval for enrollment. To apply, contact the instructor by email
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The Fiction Workshop
The Fiction Workshop continues with returning writers and new members with writing experience. Members of the group will actively write and revise original short stories and chapters of novels. All members of the group will have the opportunity to submit material for the workshop. You will have at least three opportunities to be critiqued during the session.
Tuesdays 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly)
a 6 week session beginning October 12
Instructor: Mary Westbrook
Open to: writers with some workshop experience
Meets: October 12 & 26, November 9 & 23, December 7 & 21
Session cost: $165 ($150 returning students)
THIS CLASS IS FULL AND CLOSED TO REGISTRATION
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Introduction to Fiction Writing
We all have stories to tell, whether we are aiming for short stories or novels, and in this class we will begin to explore both the fundamentals of craft and the even more crucial challenge of carving out a space for yourself as an artist. We will work at every level with your stories, from the mystery of the creative impulse itself to the logistics of getting a character from one end of the room to another. We will study excerpts from the fiction masters to see what we can learn and what we can copy. With any luck, we'll also have some fun getting to know each other and ourselves along the way. Come join us! Your instructor will make every effort to tailor the submission schedule to your goals.
Wednesdays, 7-9:30 p.m.
an 8 week session beginning October 6
Instructor: Mary Westbrook
Open to: writers of all levels of experience
Meets: October 6, 13, 20, & 27, November 3, 10, & 17, December 1
Session cost: $195 ($180 returning students)
THIS CLASS IS FULL AND CLOSED TO REGISTRATION
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The Fiction Studio, Section A
Tim Farrington's course continues with returning writers and new members with workshop experience. Members of the group will actively write and revise original short stories and chapters of novels. All members of the group will have the opportunity to submit material for the workshop. You will have at least three opportunities to be critiqued during the session.
Mondays, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly)
a 7 week session beginning October 11
Instructor: Tim Farrington
Meets: October 11 & 25, November 8 & 22, December 6 & 20, January 10
Session cost: $180 ($165 returning students)
THIS CLASS IS FULL AND CLOSED TO REGISTRATION
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The Fiction Studio, Section B
Returning writers and new members with workshop experience will actively write and revise original short stories and chapters of novels as well as consider the literary and commercial marketplace. All members of the group will have the opportunity to submit material for the workshop, with at least three opportunities to be critiqued during the session.
Mondays, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly)
a 7 week session beginning October 4
Instructor: Michael Khandelwal
Meets: October 4 & 18, November 1, 15, & 29, December 13, January 3
Session cost: $180 ($165 returning students)
THIS CLASS IS FULL AND CLOSED TO REGISTRATION
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Young Writers Workshop
Kids, have fun with your words—out loud and on paper. Bring your imaginary friends to life. Or invent a few! Make yourself laugh with words, words and more words. We'll read stories from across America and around the world. Local poets will share their work selected especially for our workshop. Learn to express yourself in writing in a guided, friendly and supportive environment.
Saturdays 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
a 6 week session beginning October 2
Instructor: Tracie Liguid
Open to: writers ages 8-11, of all levels of experience
Meets: October 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30, November 6
Session cost: $165 ($150 returning students)
Seats Remaining: 7
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Fiction Workshop for Teen Writers, Section A
This class we will focus on the joy of telling our stories, the fascination of the writing process, and the ways in which the craft of fiction can both set us free and ground us in a deeper reality. Spelling optional. Some writing will be in class, with the opportunity to bring in out of class writing to share.
Saturdays 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly)
a 7 week session beginning October 2
Instructor: Tim Farrington
Open to: writers ages 12-18 of all levels and experience
Meets: October 2, 16, & 30, November 13, December 4 & 18, January 15
Session cost: $180 ($165 returning students)
Seats Remaining: 1
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Fiction Workshop for Teen Writers, Section B
This class we will focus on the joy of telling our stories, the fascination of the writing process, and the ways in which the craft of fiction can both set us free and ground us in a deeper reality. Spelling optional. Some writing will be in class, with the opportunity to bring in out of class writing to share.
Saturdays 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly)
a 7 week session beginning October 9
Instructor: Tim Farrington
Open to: writers ages 12-18 of all levels and experience
Meets: October 9 & 23, November 6 & 20, December 11, January 8 & 22
Session cost: $180 ($165 returning students)
Seats Remaining: 3
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