Norfolk Word Art Show
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesWelcome to the Norfolk Word Art Show! This monthly open mic takes place at The Muse Writers Center every third Friday, with a different featured performer each month to kick…
How to Submit Your Work to Magazines and Journals
Online or at The MuseYou’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…
Writing Effective Dialogue
OnlineThis creative writing workshop will discuss the importance of dialogue as an aspect of story. We’ll focus on dialogue as a tool to advance plot, reveal characters, explore theme, and…
Prose and Cons
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesAre you looking for a place to build your writing craft muscles or assistance getting your latest project unstuck? Join us for Prose and Cons, where we’ll dive into the…
Utopian Fiction
OnlineWhere dystopian fiction explores just how bad the world can get, it's often ignored sibling, utopian fiction, imagines new vistas for social, ecological, political, and economic possibility. We will look at…
The Craft of Poetry
Online or at The MuseWhat makes great poems? In this class, we will read and discuss the craft strategies involved in work that resonates. We will examine such things as anaphora, enjambment, meter, metaphor,…
Protest Writing
OnlineBy looking at the rich tradition of using writing to enact social and political change we will explore the methods, genres, and craft elements that allow for writing to work…
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.…
Tunin’ Back In Poetry Club
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesAll ages welcome! For poets of all ages and skill levels interested in giving their thoughts and feelings more room to breathe with support of fellow writers. Come and write…
Synnika Lofton Book Launch
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesSynnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton is a poet, recording artist, educator, and a founding member of the hip hop group Black Lion Insurgents. Lofton has recorded more than one hundred and fifty…
The Poetry Studio
Online or at The MuseThe studio continues: Members of the group will actively write and revise original poetry, with a special emphasis on the careful review of members' work, the examination of the literary…
Screenwriting 3: Refining & Pitching Your Script
Online or at The MuseThe level three screenwriting class of three