How to Self-Publish Your Book
You’ve written a great book, but the query letter/literary agent/publisher game isn’t your cup of tea. Have you considered self-publishing? With print-on-demand, it’s easier than ever to get your book…
Read MoreInside Scoop: How to Submit Essays to Magazines, Newspapers, and Literary Journals
Personal essays are perhaps the genre that has the largest array of publication possibilities—literary journals, newspapers, magazines, alumni publications, and more all publish this form. That’s the good news! The…
Read MoreResume Writing Workshop
In this two meeting workshop, you’ll get the tools you need to get your resume shaped up and ready for action. On your laptop, please have several postings for jobs…
Read MoreGetting into the Creative State of FLOW
Learn the brain state of FLOW and how it relates to creativity. In this class you will create a mind map of your optimal creative state and what that looks…
Read MoreVisual Journaling Workshop: Exploring the Imagination
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this seminar will help writers tap into a different type of creativity. We will take a break from structured writing, and…
Read MoreFive Amazing Ways to Improve Your Writing
Most writers, both new and experienced, have heard advice such as: “Write in the active voice; show don’t tell; don’t filter experiences; don’t use vague words.” Excellent wisdom, but how…
Read MoreThe Snowflake Method: Turning a Single Idea into a Novel-in One Morning
Do you want to write a novel, but you’re stuck figuring out how to start? Or maybe you already have a great synopsis–but how do you convert that into ninety-thousand…
Read MoreHow To Build Complicated Characters
In this seminar, through the examination of contemporary literary works and in-class exercises, we will analyze what elements of craft are necessary to create a voice for a nuanced, three-dimensional…
Read MoreHow to Write True Crime
This seminar will take you behind the scenes to show how true-crime writers work. Participants will learn how to delve into archival material; they will learn the craft of documentary-style…
Read MoreTechniques to Overcome Writer’s Block
Every writer and aspiring writer’s biggest, baldest, meanest fear — the blank page. Writer’s block has plagued many a penman. But it is a bully easily beaten back with the…
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