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Online Classes Meeting This Week (and next)
Summer Classes Will Be Announced Soon--Stay Tuned!
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Spring Seminar Sale (All 1-Meeting Craft Seminars Only $30)
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Writers Craft
- The Method Writer: Stealing Techniques From the Actors’ Toolbox: Saturday, April 17, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Alicia Dekker. More information
- Writing a Sense of Place: Saturday, April 24, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Susan Isaak Lolis. More information
- Sensitivity Reading 101: Saturday, April 24, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Nathaniel Glanzman. More information
Writers Research
- Making Historical Writing Real: Saturday, April 17, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Chris De Matteo. More information
- World Building: Oceans & Waterworlds: Sunday, April 18, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: John Aguiar. More information
- A Punctuation Refresher: Saturday, April 24, 1-4:30 p.m. Instructor: Linda Cobb. More information
Writers Life & Creativity
- On Writing Grief: Saturday, April 24, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Diane Zinna. More information
- Writing While White: How to be a Voice of Change: Saturday, May 1, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Desiree Cooper. More information
Songwriting
- Making the EP: A DIY Beginners Guide to Recording and Releasing your Music: Saturday, April 24, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Skye Zentz. More information
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All classes will be held online, using Zoom. We all hope to be back in person sometime in late 2021, but for now, to ensure everyone's health and safety, we are staying online this winter/spring. To participate, students must have a stable internet connection with a computer or device with a webcam and microphone.
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Write Now! with The Muse & Slover Library for Kids & Teens
Are you looking for a little inspiration? Come on down (virtually), join us and Write Now! A talented and qualified Muse teacher will lead you through an easy, fun, and creative workshop full of writing prompts and creative sharing.
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20/30 Writers Club
The 20/30 Writers Group is a monthly writing group for young adults. Each monthly meeting has a Question and Answer session with a guest writer. Join us as we improve our writing skills while building connections with each other. Free registration required. Hosted by Derek Spohn.
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Poems for Our Living and Breathing II
This April, join us for a two-part reading and open mic series in celebration of National Poetry Month. This virtual event will be live on Zoom and a livestream will be available on the Muse's Facebook page. There will be an open mic portion following the reading. Please register to attend the live Zoom webinar. Part II features poets of Old Dominion University's English Department: Janet Bing, Robbie Ciara, Elaine Fletcher Chapman, Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley, Luisa A. Igloria, Drew Lopenzina, Kole Matheson, Kelly Morse, Renée Olander, Alison Reed, Noah Renn, Tim Seibles, Tom Yuill
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Writers Happy Hour (Online)
Writers Happy Hour is Back and Online! Join us virtually for an informal get-together where area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and drinks. Free registration required.
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Creative Writing INDOC: Putting Military Stories on the Page
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Learn everything you need to know to start sharing stories... This special creative writing class is free for all active duty, veterans, family, and caregivers of the U.S. Armed Forces. Free registration required. Teacher: Karrie Loomis.
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Come Back from COVID Campaign
Become a Sponsor
During the Coronavirus in-person shutdown, the staff of The Muse Writers Center has been busy preparing for our eventual re-opening. We are re-organizing our library, assembling more comfortable furniture for our classrooms, and more.
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All sponsorships are tax-deductible and all donors will be acknowledged with a thank you plaque on the item(s) or room(s) sponsored. Sponsorships can be made in honor of or in memory of someone special. Credit cards and checks are accepted. You can sponsor more than one item or room, and can split larger sponsorships into payments.
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What's Still Available?
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Stay Connected! Join The Writers Reservoir on Facebook
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Visit facebook.com/groups/WritersReservoir and connect with other writers and share articles, essays and personal experiences about being a writer in the world today as well as information about places to submit, contests, conferences, and more. The Writers Reservoir is more than a writers’ resource, it is a writers’ community! It is a place where writers can share, learn, connect and find that often elusive creative spark. The Writers Reservoir is a Facebook group. All writers are welcome to join and send invitations to join.
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The Muse Writers Center’s projects, classes, and events are made possible in part through sponsorship by the City of Norfolk Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Queen of Virginia Skill & Entertainment, the Business Consortium for Arts Support, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding has been provided by Virginia Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan of 2020 as well as the Hampton Roads Community Foundation and the Norfolk Department of Economic Development.
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