Bullet Points: Using Lists to Explode your Fiction
From menus and instructions to to-dos and top tens, lists reveal the story of modern life. Think of how much self-revelation is in your grocery list, your speed dial list, or your list of medications. On the page, lists can deepen a sense of setting or character, or themselves provide the scaffolding for high-wire prose. In this class,…
Read MoreWrite Anything
This general creative writing class is an invitation to hone your unique writing voice in a creative and open atmosphere. You will have the unique opportunity to explore what you enjoy, be it fiction, creative nonfiction, and/or poetry. This multi-genre workshop is an excellent first writing class as well as a place for seasoned writers…
Read MoreTeen Writers Fellowship Fall 2020 Workshop
Fall workshop for those who have completed the Teen Writers Fellowship in 2019 or 2020, and have not yet graduated from high school. Only Fellows who match these criteria are eligible for this workshop. Please note: This class is an online class. To participate, students must have a stable internet connection and a computer or…
Read MoreWrite Now! with The Muse Writers Center
Find 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!…
Read MoreWrite Now! with The Muse Writers Center – for Kids & Teens!
Find 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!…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreWriting Supernatural Horror: Destroying the Ordinary
According to H.P. Lovecraft, a horror tale possesses “a certain atmosphere of breathless and unexplainable dread of outer, unknown forces.” He continues: “There must be a hint […] of that most terrible conception of the human brain–a malign and particular suspension or defeat of those fixed laws of Nature which are our only safeguard against…
Read MoreWriting Diversely
Are you an author who wants to write own voices stories but you’re not sure whether you should? Or are you an author who wants to write point of view (POV) characters who do not share your ethnic background, but you’re not sure if you should? In this workshop, we will explore the hard questions…
Read MoreYoung Writers Workshop
In this afternoon workshop for writers ages 9-11, we will engage with creative writing and expression in multiple genres. Each session students will be provided with unique prompts and exercises to explore their creativity, with opportunity to share their work. Every class will be a little different, with rotating teachers giving guidance according to their…
Read MoreIntroduction to Creative Nonfiction & Memoir: Thursday Mornings
“True Stories Told Well,” is the definition given by Lee Gutkind, the founder and publisher of Creative Nonfiction Magazine of the 4th genre known as Creative Nonfiction. Whether it be a memoir, a personal essay, or a literary journalistic article in The New Yorker, the truth can be told in a compelling way that keeps…
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