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Canceled Writing About Caregiving
OnlineCaregiving can be conceptualized in many different ways. There is the caregiving that's done for family members who are ill, elderly, and/or disabled and there's also childcare. Caregiving is often…
Healing through Writing
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesScience corroborates that translating events into language can affect brain and immune functions by increasing germ-fighting lymphocytes and lowering stress levels. Writing has been shown to improve overall heart health,…
Find Your Muse: Essay Exploration
Online or at The MuseRediscover the essay as a versatile and creative medium for expression! In this workshop, we’ll explore various forms of essays—from narrative reflections to op-eds, lyrical musings, and beyond. Through inspiring…
Muse Writers Workshop: Creative Nonfiction
Online or at The MuseThe Creative Nonfiction Workshop continues with returning writers and new writers with creative nonfiction writing experience. Members of the group will actively write and workshop original work while taking a…
Nonfiction in a Flash
Online or at The MuseIn this workshop, creative nonfiction and memoir writers will explore the genre of flash creative nonfiction (between 500 and 1,000 words). We will discuss and discover the many craft elements…
Self-Discovery through Memoir
OnlineIn this class, we will discover the lens(es) through we which we will look at our lives; we will discover ourselves as a character and learn how to write honestly…
To the Point: Intro to Flash Nonfiction
OnlineIn this focused workshop for writers of all phases and stages, we will explore the brevity and beauty of flash essays. Flash is generally considered under 750 words, and it…
Writing About Family Secrets
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesFamily. Secrets. Each word is fraught with its own complicated dynamics. Merged together, the concept of family secrets is ripe for exploration, particularly when we think about what it means…
Creative Nonfiction and Memoir 1: The Art of Writing True Stories
OnlineThe truth doesn’t have to be written like a textbook. The truth can be exciting and gut wrenching and exotic. “True Stories Told Well,” is the definition given by Lee…
The Braided Essay
Online or at The MuseBraided essays allow us to hold complexity on the page—juxtaposing memory, image, research, metaphor, or cultural commentary to reveal a deeper truth than any one strand could tell alone. The…
Writing the Lyric Essay
Online or at The MuseIn this three-session class, students will define, in their own words, what the lyric essay is to them through both practice and reading of the lyric essay. Texts will include…