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Southern Noir to Grit Lit
OnlineSimply put, Southern Literature is complex—not Scarlett O’Hara’s plantation or Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County, but both. Recently, this traditional Southern Gothic literature has given way to Southern Noir, complete with sex,…
Getting Started on a Novel: Building the Book’s Bones
Online or at The MuseDo you have an idea for a novel, but you're not sure how to start writing it? Or maybe you've already written a draft, but got bogged down and can't…
The Spec Fic Workshop
OnlineThis workshop is for speculative fiction writers who want to refine their craft and develop their storytelling skills. Participants will receive constructive feedback on their original work while exploring key…
The Intermediate Fiction Workshop
OnlineThis workshop is for fiction writers with some prior experience who want to refine their craft and develop their storytelling skills. Participants will receive constructive feedback on their original work…
The Weird and the Wonderful Writing The Weird That Works
Online or at The MuseWeirdness isn’t just shock value. What lingers in the mind, unsettles, or delights can be deployed for more than horror or suspense. This class digs into writing the strange with…
Fiction Fundamentals in the Morning
Online or at The MuseDiscover the essential building blocks of fiction. In this four-week workshop, we'll explore one fundamental element each week: character, plot, dialogue, and setting. Through reading, writing exercises, and peer feedback,…
Fiction Fundamentals in the Evening
Online or at The MuseDiscover the essential building blocks of fiction. In this four-week workshop, we'll explore one fundamental element each week: character, plot, dialogue, and setting. Through reading, writing exercises, and peer feedback,…
Flash Horror: Get to the Scary Part!
Online or at The MuseIn this class we will read published horror pieces under 1,000 words, using them as starting points to discuss important aspects of short horror, including tension, how much to show…
Writing Womanhood: Complex Female Characters Beyond Archetype
OnlineCompelling female characters are not symbols, tropes, or archetypes, they are complex human beings shaped by desire, contradiction, vulnerability, and power. In this intermediate/advanced course, writers will explore how to…
Researching Your Novel
OnlineOnce your Muse has inspired your novel, nothing adds value for the reader like complete and well-conducted research. Quality research frees your creative thinking, eases writers block, expands your vocabulary,…
Breaking Every Workshop Rule: Creative Writing Lessons from Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings
Online or at The MuseJ.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings isn’t a mainstay in many creative writing workshops. It breaks a lot of what are considered “the rules” of contemporary novels, and yet…
Slipstream Fiction
Online or at The MuseA less well-known and infrequently studied sub-genre of speculative fiction, slipstream is characterized by its strange circumstances and characters wherein the terms of reality are rewritten in favor of the…