The Muse Neighborhood Jam
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesJoin us on the 2nd Friday of each month for an evening where everyone is welcome to make music, sing, read, laugh, or just hang out and listen. This is not an open mic with a sign-up list. The Muse Jam is more fun! We'll alternate between individual-led and collaborative performance and pure unplugged jams.…
Christopher Newport University 42nd Annual Writers Conference
Christopher Newport University 1 Avenue of the Arts, Newport News, VA, United StatesJoin The Muse at Christopher Newport University’s 42nd Annual Writers Conference, Saturday, September 14th at CNU’s Freeman Center. Enjoy a keynote address, 12 breakout sessions, a writing contest, pitch sessions, an open mic, and an opportunity to network with fellow writers, publishers, and agents. Featured speakers include Leslye Penelope and a dozen professional writers, poets,…
Leading the Best Writers Workshop Ever!
Online or at The MuseA class for all creative people
Projects, Passions, and Possibilities Writing Group
Virtual EventThe All About You Writing Group: Projects, Passions, and Possibilities A Roundtable discussion open to all writers and generated by the interests of the participants to exchange and spread information. Peers describe current Projects and what they need or want to help them Update and Upgrade their work. No project at the time? Writers can describe the…
Fantastical Worlds: A Writing Group for Speculative Fiction
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesSpeculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other imaginative realms. Does this describe your writing? If so, come join us for our monthly speculative fiction writers gathering! A unique blend of craft talk, brain…
A Writers Workshop Guide: Getting the Most and Giving your Best
Online or at The MuseA class for all creative people
ASAP: Memoir Personal Essay
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesBeyond the bland thesis statements and five-paragraph structures of high school, the personal essay is a form full of play and possibility. In this six-week generative class, students will develop essay ideas and learn essential craft elements for telling their stories. We will discuss essay examples, write to prompts, and give and receive feedback on…
Social Media Management for Authors
Online or at The MuseA class for all creative people
A Page in the Life Memoir Group
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesMemoirists unite once a month at The Muse to spend an hour working on their memoirs. Come to share your life stories or just sit and listen. All are welcome. This club meets on the third Sunday of each month from 2 - 4pm. Virtual & In-Person! To join virtually, register here! For questions about…
The Morning Memoir Workshop
Virtual Class VA, United StatesAn intermediate workshop for nonfiction writers
Rainbow Write-in with Eleanor’s Norfolk
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesWhat's a rainbow write-in, you ask? Well, it's just like a regular write-in, but more colorful! Join us every 3rd Tuesday in person at the Muse or online to spark your creativity and get some words on the page. Stay for the entire two hours or just stop in for 10 minutes; this drop-in writing…
The Poetry Studio (Tuesday Evening)
Online or at The MuseAn advanced workshop for professional poets