Teen Writing Level 2
Teen Writing Level 2 encourages students to expand their creative writing by challenging them to elevate their creative voices with new writing techniques. During class, students learn in-depth literary craft…
Read MoreCreating a Strong Romantic Arc
Join us and learn how to create a compelling love story that showcases a heartfelt, emotional connection between your main characters. In this course, you’ll learn about the classic beats…
Read MoreSomewhere Cozy: Setting in the Cozy Mystery
Sherlock Holmes said, “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” From cookies to cats, waitresses to witches, murder to misdemeanors, a mystery happens…
Read MoreWitnesses and Suspects: Police Interviews, Interrogations, and Investigations
“Book ‘em, Danno!” Tales of crime and punishment often take central stage in our stories. In this Research for Writers Seminar led by a noted police officer, you’ll be able…
Read MoreVisual Journaling: 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 quick break from structured writing…
Read MoreExplore Calligraphy: The Art of Elegant Handwriting
Explore calligraphy, the art of elegant handwriting. Students will be introduced to italic letterforms using square-nibbed felt tip pens as writing tools. This seminar will provide a foundation for developing…
Read MoreWriting Flash Fiction in One Sitting
“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” This six-word story, supposedly written by Ernest Hemingway, is often used to demonstrate how a whole story can be embedded in a small moment—in…
Read MoreTwenty Ways to Immediately Improve Your Writing
In this seminar 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…
Read MoreSpark Your Creativity
Everyone is creative. There are tools that can help us be more creative, find our projects and knock down our inner walls. In this seminar, we’ll explore the creativity gene,…
Read MoreYou Talkin’ to Me? Writing Great Dialogue
With great dialogue, you can almost feel readers lean in to the page so they won’t miss a word. Every word counts. In this seminar, you’ll find the best ways…
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