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The Fundamentals of Writing a Blog
The Fundamentals of Writing a Blog
Blogging can be a great way to build an audience for your brand or promote your business. Or it can just be a way to connect with others through your writing or spread your creative writing. Whatever your goal is, this workshop will examine the fundamentals of writing a blog. You’ll learn about the different…
1 event,
Mapping the Unseen: Poetry, Cartography, and the Imagined City
Mapping the Unseen: Poetry, Cartography, and the Imagined City
How do we map the unmappable? This workshop explores the intersection of poetry, essay, and cartography through Calvino’s Invisible Cities, Cerrone’s operatic adaptation, and Solnit’s Infinite Cities. Through generative writing and spatial storytelling, students will craft poetic maps, reimagining place through language and form. Using a variety of media, participants will create a final project blending…
2 events,
Poetry Playground
Poetry Playground
Welcome to the poetry playground, a class that invites students to explore poetry in experimental and playful ways! We will read and write poems that both wander and chase; poems that dig in the sandbox for unlikely treasures; poems that swing us higher and higher—and dare us to jump. Each week, we’ll have fun with…
Screenwriting Certificate Fast Track
Screenwriting Certificate Fast Track
This 6-session intensive course is designed for seasoned Muse students who have completed numerous screenwriting classes and are ready to earn their Screenwriting Genre Certificate. Combining the foundational, intermediate, and advanced elements of Screenwriting Levels 1, 2, and 3, this program offers a comprehensive journey through the art and craft of screenwriting. Participants will revisit…
2 events,
Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction
Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction
We all have stories to tell, whether we’ve never written anything before, or we’re dusting off the old writing muscles and getting back in the game. This class is a foundational course to get started or begin writing fiction again. We will learn and explore all of the essential fundamentals of the craft of fiction…
It’s All About You: An Introduction to Poetry Workshop
It’s All About You: An Introduction to Poetry Workshop
Poetry is a descriptive space. It’s for you to wonder why crying feels so good sometimes. It’s for you to describe how a child’s laughter can erase a bad day. Poetry is safety. It’s vulnerability. Poetry is about who you love, and what makes you smile. Poetry is invincibility, tragedy, beauty, strength, fragility. It’s contradiction.…
4 events,
Fiction 3: Deeper into Voice & Revision (Mornings)
Fiction 3: Deeper into Voice & Revision (Evenings)
Memoir Fundamentals: Crafting Your Personal Narrative
Memoir Fundamentals: Crafting Your Personal Narrative
Everyone has a story to tell. In this four-session class for new writers, you’ll explore the fundamentals of personal storytelling through engaging writing exercises, thought-provoking readings, and constructive discussions. You’ll learn how to develop your unique voice, refine your language, and employ literary techniques that bring your memories to life on the page. Each session…
Find Your Muse: Creative Nonfiction Exploration
Find Your Muse: Creative Nonfiction Exploration
Discover the art of telling true stories creatively in this workshop designed to inspire and engage. Creative nonfiction blends the factual with the imaginative, allowing you to craft compelling narratives from real-life events. Using prompts, brainstorming exercises, and inspiring readings, you’ll explore personal essays, memoirs, and other nonfiction styles. Whether you’re writing about your life,…
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1 event,
The Craft of Poetry
The Craft of Poetry
What 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, and so forth, in poems offered to us by Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Louise Gluck, Robert Pinsky, Derek Walcott, Rosanna Warren,…
1 event,
Creating Compelling Characters
Creating Compelling Characters
Discover how to make your characters memorable in this creative writing workshop! We’ll discuss several common character archetypes from the everyman to the antihero and dive into some of the most essential features that make these characters engage audiences and drive a story forward. We’ll also touch on how other characters—including secondary characters and antagonists—work…
1 event,
Mapping the Unseen: Poetry, Cartography, and the Imagined City
Mapping the Unseen: Poetry, Cartography, and the Imagined City
How do we map the unmappable? This workshop explores the intersection of poetry, essay, and cartography through Calvino’s Invisible Cities, Cerrone’s operatic adaptation, and Solnit’s Infinite Cities. Through generative writing and spatial storytelling, students will craft poetic maps, reimagining place through language and form. Using a variety of media, participants will create a final project blending…
1 event,
Screenwriting 3: Refining & Pitching Your Script
3 events,
Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction
Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction
We all have stories to tell, whether we’ve never written anything before, or we’re dusting off the old writing muscles and getting back in the game. This class is a foundational course to get started or begin writing fiction again. We will learn and explore all of the essential fundamentals of the craft of fiction…
The Yearlong Genre Fiction Studio with Wendy Higgins
The Yearlong Genre Fiction Studio with Wendy Higgins
Embark 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…
It’s All About You: An Introduction to Poetry Workshop
It’s All About You: An Introduction to Poetry Workshop
Poetry is a descriptive space. It’s for you to wonder why crying feels so good sometimes. It’s for you to describe how a child’s laughter can erase a bad day. Poetry is safety. It’s vulnerability. Poetry is about who you love, and what makes you smile. Poetry is invincibility, tragedy, beauty, strength, fragility. It’s contradiction.…
1 event,
The Intermediate Memoir Workshop
The Intermediate Memoir Workshop
This workshop is designed for writers with some experience in memoir and personal storytelling who want to refine their craft and deepen their narratives. We will explore how to shape personal experiences into compelling stories, focusing on voice, structure, and meaning. Through guided discussions, supportive feedback, and targeted exercises, participants will develop their storytelling skills…
0 events,
2 events,
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…
The Craft of Poetry
The Craft of Poetry
What 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, and so forth, in poems offered to us by Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Louise Gluck, Robert Pinsky, Derek Walcott, Rosanna Warren,…
0 events,
1 event,
Mapping the Unseen: Poetry, Cartography, and the Imagined City
Mapping the Unseen: Poetry, Cartography, and the Imagined City
How do we map the unmappable? This workshop explores the intersection of poetry, essay, and cartography through Calvino’s Invisible Cities, Cerrone’s operatic adaptation, and Solnit’s Infinite Cities. Through generative writing and spatial storytelling, students will craft poetic maps, reimagining place through language and form. Using a variety of media, participants will create a final project blending…
3 events,
The Yearlong Fiction Studio with Michele Young-Stone
The Yearlong Fiction Studio with Michele Young-Stone
Complete or revise your book-length manuscript in this intensive, 11-month fiction-writing studio. Led by critically acclaimed novelist Michele Young-Stone (Above Us Only Sky, Lost in the Beehive, and The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors), this advanced-level course is tailored for serious writers ready to take their craft to the next level. Meeting twice monthly, participants…
Screenwriting Certificate Fast Track
Screenwriting Certificate Fast Track
This 6-session intensive course is designed for seasoned Muse students who have completed numerous screenwriting classes and are ready to earn their Screenwriting Genre Certificate. Combining the foundational, intermediate, and advanced elements of Screenwriting Levels 1, 2, and 3, this program offers a comprehensive journey through the art and craft of screenwriting. Participants will revisit…
Poetry Playground
Poetry Playground
Welcome to the poetry playground, a class that invites students to explore poetry in experimental and playful ways! We will read and write poems that both wander and chase; poems that dig in the sandbox for unlikely treasures; poems that swing us higher and higher—and dare us to jump. Each week, we’ll have fun with…
2 events,
It’s All About You: An Introduction to Poetry Workshop
It’s All About You: An Introduction to Poetry Workshop
Poetry is a descriptive space. It’s for you to wonder why crying feels so good sometimes. It’s for you to describe how a child’s laughter can erase a bad day. Poetry is safety. It’s vulnerability. Poetry is about who you love, and what makes you smile. Poetry is invincibility, tragedy, beauty, strength, fragility. It’s contradiction.…
Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction
Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction
We all have stories to tell, whether we’ve never written anything before, or we’re dusting off the old writing muscles and getting back in the game. This class is a foundational course to get started or begin writing fiction again. We will learn and explore all of the essential fundamentals of the craft of fiction…
3 events,
Fiction 3: Deeper into Voice & Revision (Mornings)
Memoir Fundamentals: Crafting Your Personal Narrative
Memoir Fundamentals: Crafting Your Personal Narrative
Everyone has a story to tell. In this four-session class for new writers, you’ll explore the fundamentals of personal storytelling through engaging writing exercises, thought-provoking readings, and constructive discussions. You’ll learn how to develop your unique voice, refine your language, and employ literary techniques that bring your memories to life on the page. Each session…
Fiction 3: Deeper into Voice & Revision (Evenings)
0 events,
4 events,
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…
Writing Effective Dialogue
Writing Effective Dialogue
This 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 more! We’ll cover what it is, what it isn’t, and go over several tips you can use to make your dialogue shine. This workshop is…
The Craft of Poetry
The Craft of Poetry
What 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, and so forth, in poems offered to us by Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Louise Gluck, Robert Pinsky, Derek Walcott, Rosanna Warren,…
Utopian Fiction
Utopian Fiction
Where 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 writers like Ursula K. LeGuin, Octavia Butler, and Cory Doctorow to explore how we can use speculative fiction to imagine utopia, and the path towards it.
1 event,
Protest Writing
Protest Writing
By 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 as protest, and the myriad forms it can take. By looking at both historical and modern works of protest writing, we will use our findings…
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2 events,
The Poetry Studio
The Poetry Studio
The 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 and commercial marketplace, and the submission of work for publication. Work will be submitted in advance of each meeting. All poems submitted will be critiqued…
Screenwriting 3: Refining & Pitching Your Script
1 event,
Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction
Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction
We all have stories to tell, whether we’ve never written anything before, or we’re dusting off the old writing muscles and getting back in the game. This class is a foundational course to get started or begin writing fiction again. We will learn and explore all of the essential fundamentals of the craft of fiction…
1 event,
The Intermediate Memoir Workshop
The Intermediate Memoir Workshop
This workshop is designed for writers with some experience in memoir and personal storytelling who want to refine their craft and deepen their narratives. We will explore how to shape personal experiences into compelling stories, focusing on voice, structure, and meaning. Through guided discussions, supportive feedback, and targeted exercises, participants will develop their storytelling skills…
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2 events,
The Yearlong Fiction Studio with Michele Young-Stone
The Yearlong Fiction Studio with Michele Young-Stone
Complete or revise your book-length manuscript in this intensive, 11-month fiction-writing studio. Led by critically acclaimed novelist Michele Young-Stone (Above Us Only Sky, Lost in the Beehive, and The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors), this advanced-level course is tailored for serious writers ready to take their craft to the next level. Meeting twice monthly, participants…
Screenwriting Certificate Fast Track
Screenwriting Certificate Fast Track
This 6-session intensive course is designed for seasoned Muse students who have completed numerous screenwriting classes and are ready to earn their Screenwriting Genre Certificate. Combining the foundational, intermediate, and advanced elements of Screenwriting Levels 1, 2, and 3, this program offers a comprehensive journey through the art and craft of screenwriting. Participants will revisit…
1 event,
The Yearlong Genre Fiction Studio with Wendy Higgins
The Yearlong Genre Fiction Studio with Wendy Higgins
Embark 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…
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