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 elements of speculative fiction, such as worldbuilding, speculative logic, and character development in fantastical contexts. Through guided discussions and peer critique, writers will deepen their…
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!…
From Wounds to Words
OnlinePicture this: a pen gliding across the page, weaving words together in rhythmic harmony. Each stroke of ink carries with it a piece of your soul, releasing the weight that burdens your heart. Poetry has long been revered as an art from that captures emotions and stories like no other, but did you know that…
Poetry in the Parklet
ViBe Parklet 18th Street, Virginia Beach, VA, United StatesAn outdoor community gathering where poets and writers come together to read, write, and share. Each event features a local poet who reads their own work and leads participants through a guided free-writing session using original prompts. The event closes with a community open mic, capped off by a final reading from the featured poet.…
Writing a Film or TV Adaptation
OnlineStudents will learn how to adapt existing source material (novels, short stories, poems, news articles, games) into film or television scripts. The four sessions will cover techniques for adding, changing or further developing characters and subplots, and taking a premise and expanding upon it to further develop into episode and season arcs.
The Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Workshop
OnlineThis workshop is for creative nonfiction 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 while exploring key elements of creative nonfiction, such as narrative structure, voice, sensory detail, and the balance between truth and creativity. Through guided discussions…
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 while exploring key elements of fiction, such as point of view, scene development, dialogue, and narrative structure. Through guided discussions and peer critique, writers will…
TV Writing Workshop
Online or at The MuseAlready started your TV series? This follow-up workshop is designed for returning Writing for TV students to keep developing their shows. Deepen your concept and characters, expand your pilot draft, and refine your Show Bible with focused writing time and peer feedback. Together we’ll read and discuss standout scripts, workshop each other’s episodes, and explore…
Twenty Ways to Immediately Improve Your Writing
Online or at The MuseIn this class we’ll explore twenty (or more) proven methods to improve your writing. Many authors struggle with the same issues, often without knowing why they struggle. We all want to produce tighter, meaningful, more exciting prose, but how do we do it? Learning these twenty guidelines is a great step toward creating material that…
Smart Rabbits Have Three Homes
Online or at The MusePoetry is not a product that Artificial Intelligence can deliver. Poetry is a human action, an experience. We will study poems embodying the experience of homecoming. That can be a finding of emotional, mystical, psychological and moral terrains. The class's title, taken from a Chinese saying a colleague of mine suggested, suggests the nature of…
Memoir Fundamentals in the Morning
Online or at The MuseDiscover the essential building blocks of memoir. In this four-week workshop, we'll explore one fundamental element each week: voice, truth, structure, and reflection. Through reading, writing exercises, and peer feedback, you'll learn how these tools work together to transform lived experience into compelling narrative. Designed for beginners and writers seeking a refresher, this class provides…
Memoir Fundamentals in the Evening
Online or at The MuseDiscover the essential building blocks of memoir. In this four-week workshop, we'll explore one fundamental element each week: voice, truth, structure, and reflection. Through reading, writing exercises, and peer feedback, you'll learn how these tools work together to transform lived experience into compelling narrative. Designed for beginners and writers seeking a refresher, this class provides…