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Creating Believable Dialogue in Fiction
Creating Believable Dialogue in Fiction
This seminar is designed for writers who want to sharpen their ability to write engaging and realistic dialogue. The class begins with examples of dialogue from various writers such as Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, Jamaica Kinkaid, Toni Morrison, Kelly Link, and Lorri Moor. After some examination and discussion, students will work on prompts and write…
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How to Submit Your Work to Magazines and Journals
How to Submit Your Work to Magazines and Journals
You’ve crafted your writing; now it’s time to get it published! This two-session seminar will guide you through the world of submitting to literary journals and magazines from start to finish. First, we'll discuss our individual publishing challenges, review our work in an optional short workshop, and then start pulling together a submission while we…
Norfolk Playwrights Collective – Staged Readings
Norfolk Playwrights Collective – Staged Readings
The readings are a culmination of the playwriting workshop offered by The Muse Writers Center and instructed by Jean Klein. Following the readings there will be a talk back session with Ms. Klein, the playwrights, and the directors of the plays. Tickets are on a donation basis: $5, $10, $15, $20 Get tickets at Little…
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The Muse Book Sale–EXTENDED!
The Muse Book Sale–EXTENDED!
We still have books! The Muse book sale has extended its dates. Over the years, The Muse has been dedicated to building its library out of the best writing resources, classics, hard-to-find poetry, and donations from our incredible community. But our library is filling up nicely and we have leftover books that need to find…
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Making Sci-Fi and Fantasy Digestible
Making Sci-Fi and Fantasy Digestible
Elaborate worldbuilding is a hallmark of science fiction and fantasy, but so is the plethora of confusing, unpronounceable, made up words and concepts. With so much information needed to tell your story, it's easy to overwhelm your audience. This class will discuss ways to build a fantastical world and ease readers into it, making it…
Writing About Family
Writing About Family
Family. What word could be more evocative when thinking about writing memoir? And what better timing for a class like this than sandwiched between so many holidays when our interactions with family are often more intensely fraught? Our sense of family is inextricably linked to our sense of home, both of which are foundational to…
WORDS MATTER. OUR WORLD MATTERS. (A Poetry Reading and Panel)
WORDS MATTER. OUR WORLD MATTERS. (A Poetry Reading and Panel)
Join The Muse Writers Center for a virtual poetry reading and panel featuring 7 Virginia Youth Poet Laureates and Poetry Ambassadors (Reed Williamson, Sasa Aakil, Charlotte Maleski, Trinity Allen, Sainey Ceasay, Yunseo Chung, and Ayana Askew) and NYC Youth Poet Laureate and the Northeastern Regional Finalist for the 2021 National Youth Poet Laureate title Serena…
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Writers Happy Hour
Writers Happy Hour
Join us as we come back together and meet in-person for our Writers Happy Hour, an informal get-together where area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and drinks. Feel free to let us know you’re coming on Facebook. When you come, you can also head over to The Muse for the…
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