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 that make flash nonfiction an engaging, experimental and exciting genre! Every session we will generate and critique our small memoir and nonfiction stories and essays…
Write Now! at Slover Library
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesFind 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!…
Plot Hospital: A Collective Workshop for Arranging, Sequencing, and Structuring
Online or at The MuseGot a story idea that’s flatlining? A manuscript in need of intensive care? Welcome to Plot Hospital, a hands-on, collaborative workshop designed to resuscitate and strengthen your narrative structure. Whether you’re a novelist, screenwriter, or storyteller of any kind, this workshop focuses on diagnosing plot weaknesses, stitching together disconnected scenes, and breathing new life into your…
Screenwriting 2: Getting Your Script on Its Feet
Online or at The MuseThe level two nonfiction class of three
Wednesday Wordsmiths!
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesUnlock your creative potential with the Wednesday Wordsmiths at The Muse Writers Center! Join us every Wednesday from 5-7pm for an inspiring and collaborative writing experience. Whether you're a seasoned wordsmith or just starting your literary journey, our group welcomes all. Bring your latest writings to share with fellow enthusiasts, or dive into our engaging…
The Yearlong Genre Fiction Studio with Wendy Higgins
Online or at The MuseEmbark on an immersive 11-month journey to craft your genre fiction manuscript with the guidance of Wendy Higgins, a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author renowned for her young adult and adult genre romance, including fantasy, paranormal, sci-fi, mythology, and contemporary works. With years of experience navigating the publishing world, Wendy has successfully…
Creative Nonfiction and Memoir 2: Diving into Style and Forms
Online or at The MuseThe level two nonfiction class of three
Rocky Horror at The Naro Expanded Cinema
Naro Expanded Cinema (1507 Colley Ave, Norfolk, VA 23517, United States)"Creatures of the Naro" is bringing all the fun you'd expect from a live Rocky Horror shadow cast and more on Friday, January 31, 2025. We’ll have plenty of boozy beverages available, with proceeds benefiting The Muse Writers Center's scholarship funds. As always, all alcohol sales are CASH only--please hit the ATM beforehand. We’ll also…
Queer Writers Meet-up @ Eleanor’s NFK
Eleanor's Norfolk 806 Baldwin Ave #1, Norfok, VA, United StatesCalling all queer writers! Join us every first Saturday in person at Eleanor's Norfolk from 10-11. This is a space to meet up with other local creatives, meet new friends, and talk all things writing. Looking to get some words on the page? Come to our Rainbow Write-in at the Muse every third Tuesday. Co-hosted…
Writing Elegy: But O heart! heart! heart!
OnlineIn this seminar, we’ll let Walt Whitman’s cry from “O Captain! My Captain!” snap us into this revered and melancholy world of the elegy. An elegy is typically a lament for the dead in the form of a poem or a song, and along with Whitman’s classic poem, we’ll discuss Edna St. Vincent Millay’s, “Elegy…
Writing Weird Worlds
OnlineIs that a hamster knocking at the door? Is that very old man with enormous wings angelic or just a nuisance? What will happen if your wife removes that ribbon tied around her neck? If these questions are of more interest to you than the answers, Writing Weird Worlds may be for you. In this…
Fantastical Worlds: A Writing Group for Speculative Fiction
The Muse Writers Center 2200 Colonial Avenue, #3, Norfolk, VA, United StatesSpeculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other imaginative realms. Does this describe your writing? If so, come join us for our monthly speculative fiction writers gathering! A unique blend of craft talk, brain…