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All About Author Platforms and Social Media
All About Author Platforms and Social Media
Building a platform and becoming familiar with social media is an important part of an author’s career. This workshop will cover: (1) what is an author platform and do you need one anyway? (2) online components of a platform: website, newsletter, blogs, and social media presence; (3) main social media sites useful to authors, with…
Songwriting for Young Writers
Songwriting for Young Writers
Join local songwriter Skye Zentz, as she introduces songwriting in a fun and enriching afternoon at The Muse Writers Center. You’ll gain the basics of lyrical composition and we’ll explore various genres and song styles both individually and in collaboration with other students. The course is open to all young music enthusiasts with or without…
Celebration of Women Writers in Translation
Celebration of Women Writers in Translation
August is Women in Translation Month (#WITmonth), highlighting excellent women writers whose work deserves greater attention in English translation. Please join us on Sunday, August 30 6pm EST for this reading to hear Virginia writers and translators share their work and the words of the women who have influenced them, along with some new translations! …
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20/30 Writers Club
20/30 Writers Club
A creative writing workshop and support group aimed at young adults who want to build camaraderie and connections within the thriving writing community in Norfolk. NOW MEETS TWICE A WEEK ALL ONLINE! Come join us for friendly chats and motivation! Join our Facebook Group for more info and keep up to date.
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20/30 Writers Club
20/30 Writers Club
A creative writing workshop and support group aimed at young adults who want to build camaraderie and connections within the thriving writing community in Norfolk. NOW MEETS TWICE A WEEK ALL ONLINE! Come join us for friendly chats and motivation! Join our Facebook Group for more info and keep up to date.
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Write Now! with The Muse Writers Center – for Kids & Teens!
Write Now! with The Muse Writers Center – for Kids & Teens!
Find The Muse and WRITE NOW! Do you wonder if you can write? Have you always wanted to write a story? Are you looking for a little inspiration? Do you need a little creative motivation? Well, we believe that everyone has a story and everyone can write it. You just need some inspiration and motivation!…
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Hampton Roads Writers – Convergence of Writers
Hampton Roads Writers – Convergence of Writers
Fall 2020 Convergence of Writers Saturday, September 19, 2020 10am-4:45pm A one-day virtual event featuring ten one-hour writer workshops Find out more here!
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Write Now! with The Muse Writers Center
Write Now! with The Muse Writers Center
Find The Muse and WRITE NOW! Do you wonder if you can write? Have you always wanted to write a story? Are you looking for a little inspiration? Do you need a little creative motivation? Well, we believe that everyone has a story and everyone can write it. You just need some inspiration and motivation!…
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Free Lecture & Discussion with Jayne Ann Krentz: “Why Genre Fiction is Important, even if it is Entertaining.”
Free Lecture & Discussion with Jayne Ann Krentz: “Why Genre Fiction is Important, even if it is Entertaining.”
https://youtu.be/tDras0PSVbI https://www.facebook.com/TheMuseWritersCenter/live/Join New York Times best selling author, Jayne Ann Krentz, and hear her discuss the broad and popular world of genre fiction. Just because it is “popular” fiction is it doesn’t mean that it isn’t vitally important to society. Pre Register is required if you would like to join us for the free lecture…
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The Fiction Studio: Monday Evenings
The Fiction Studio: Monday Evenings
The Fiction Studio continues with returning members, writers from the Advanced Fiction Workshop, and new members with professional fiction workshop experience. We will actively write and revise original short stories and chapters of novels as well as consider various aspects of the creative and professional life of the fiction writer. All members of the group…
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Turbo-Powered Narratives
Turbo-Powered Narratives
Whether you write memoir, fiction, creative nonfiction, or narrative poetry, getting the words on the page is only the beginning of the sculpting process. In this class for intermediate writers, we will experiment with a series of tools to turbo-power your work so that it is resonant and unforgettable. Tools will include: wordplay/diction, emotion and…
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Hispanic and Latin@ Heritage Month Reading
Hispanic and Latin@ Heritage Month Reading
The Muse is celebrating Hispanic and Latin@ Heritage Month on Friday, October 2nd at 7 pm EST with poetry and prose from Latin@ writers. We are honored to share our space with these voices: Michelle Moncayo, Ire'ne Lara Silva, Mike Soto, and Melissa Coss Aquino. Hosted by Amanda Galvan Huynh
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How To Find Your “Writing” Voice
How To Find Your “Writing” Voice
Voice touches every aspect of our craft—from the images we choose, to the characters we create. When we first start to write, we often mimic our heroes. We try to sound like Morrison or Fitzgerald, or Ferrante, rather than ourselves. This seminar will help you to find your own voice, one distinct from your literary…
Writing Supernatural Horror: Destroying the Ordinary
Writing Supernatural Horror: Destroying the Ordinary
According to H.P. Lovecraft, a horror tale possesses "a certain atmosphere of breathless and unexplainable dread of outer, unknown forces." He continues: "There must be a hint of that most terrible conception of the human brain--a malign and particular suspension or defeat of those fixed laws of Nature which are our only safeguard against the…
Fiction Writing – ASAP
Fiction Writing – ASAP
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