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Register Now for Fall Creative Writing Classes
In-Person, Online, & Hybrid Classes
- In In-person classes, everyone will meet at our physical center.
- Hybrid classes are where it's your choice whether to attend In-Person or through Zoom each class meeting. We have installed an excellent hybrid system to ensure both In-Person and Zoom students have the same great experience. The instructor will host the class in a physical Muse classroom.
- Online classes meet over Zoom; you can take them from anywhere.
Classes Starting Now...
Fiction
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction (Tuesday Mornings): 6-meeting hybrid class that begins Tuesday, November 1, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Abi Putnam. More information
- Fiction 1: Learning to Write Fiction (Wednesday Evnings): 6-meeting hybrid class that begins Wednesday, November 9, 7-9:30 p.m. Instructor: Abi Putnam. More information
Writers Craft
- Genre Blending: An online class that meets Saturday, November 5, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Erin Beaty. More information
- Me, Myself, and I: Writing First Person Fiction: A hybrid class that meets Saturday, November 5, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Jean Klein. More information
- Mastering the Three-Act Story Structure: A hybrid class that meets Saturday, November 12, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Rick Eley. More information
Writers Professional Development
- The Nuts and Bolts of Scrivener: An in-person class that meets Saturday, November 5, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Chris De Matteo. More information
Nonfiction & Memoir
- Writing About Family Secrets: An online class that meets Sunday, November 6, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Deborah J. Cohan. More information
Writers Life & Creativity
- One-Page Story Games: 4-meeting hybrid class that begins Saturday, November 12, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Gabriel Robinson. More information
Youth & Teens/Songwriting
- Beginners Guide to Songwriting for Teens: An in-person class that meets Saturday, November 12, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Skye Zentz. More information
Military/Family & Caregivers
- Armed Services Arts Partnership Write Now! Workshop: An online class that meets Sunday, November 13, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Alison Schoew. More information
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In-Person & Online Events
Writers Zoom Meet-Up
Join The Muse on the first Tuesday of each month for our monthly Writers Zoom Meet-Up, an informal get-together where writers from anywhere in the world enjoy conversation, camaraderie, and discussion about what we're working on. Breakout rooms by genre will be
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Sam's Birthday Write-Along!
For her birthday, our Center & Volunteer Manager will be hosting a kick-off write-along! Bring your laptops, notebooks, snacks, and comfy pillows and work on your NaNoWriMo project. There will be cake and ice cream (while supplies last). This event will be HYBRID, so come virtually if you are not local.
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Writers Coffee Break
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Friday, November 4, 10 a.m.-Noon, In-Person at Cafe Stella Ghent, More information
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Join us as we come back together and meet in-person for our monthly 1st Friday Writers Coffee Breaks at Cafe Stella in Ghent. At these informal get-togethers, area writers and Muse teachers, students, and friends enjoy conversation and camaraderie over a (perhaps much needed) coffee break. This month's hosts: Michael Khandelwal and Alicia Dekker. We look forward to seeing your faces again!
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The Great 24-Hour Write-In!
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Saturday, November 5-Sunday, November 6, 4 p.m.=4 p.m., In-Person & Hybrid, More information
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Hey there, Wrimos, Musies, and writers of all stripes! It's the first weekend in November and we are going to be kicking things off with The Great Twenty-Four* Hour Write-in. From 4 p.m. Saturday til 4 p.m. Sunday, come to The Muse and write-write-write! Bring your coziest pajamas, blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, and your writing weapons of choice and get ready to get ahead of that word count. Join us at any time and stay however long you'd like, whether that's ten minutes or the entire night. This is a hybrid event, so join us on Zoom if you can't attend in person. Zoom registration required.
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The Write Offs Writing Group
Join us for an writing group for writers in their 20s and 30s. Registration required.
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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. Free registration required.
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The Muse Neighborhood Jam
The Muse Jam is Back! Join us on the 2nd Friday of each month for an evening where everyone is welcome to make music, sing, read, laugh, or just hang out and listen. This is not an open mic with a sign-up list. We'll alternate between individual-led and collaborative performance and pure unplugged jams. Anyone is welcome... from beginners to professionals, whether you like to play an instrument or just listen, sing or be sung to, read your work or hear great stories and poems. Hosted by Dan Duke.
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Projects, Passions, and Possibilities Writing Group
A roundtable discussion open to all writers and generated by the interests of the participants to exchange and spread information. Free registration required. Hosted by author, Fran Ward
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757 Comic and Cartoon Creators
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Saturday, November 12, 5-7 p.m., In-Person at The Muse and Hybrid, More information
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757 Comic and Cartoon Creators is a community group for local artists, specifically those interested in creating comics and animation. Writers are welcome as well. Come in-person or join us via Zoom.
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Kindra McDonald Book Launch and Q&A
Join The Muse for a reading by Kindra McDonald from her new poetry collection, Teaching a Wild Thing. After the reading, there will be a Q&A and book signing. This event will be held in person at The Muse and copies of the book will be available for purchase.
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Teen Writers Club
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Are you a teen? Do you like writing? Then join us at The Muse every 2nd and 4th Monday for the Teen Writers Club! This casual meet-up is part social hangout and part writing. The club is open to all teens with an interest in any creative writing form, including songwriting, comics, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and anything else word related. You don't need to be a Muse student to participate.
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High School Sophomores & Juniors... Be a Teen Fellow!
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The Muse Writers Center is now taking application for our 2023 Teen Writers Fellowship! Any sophomore or junior student who lives in the greater Tidewater/Hampton Roads area is encouraged to apply. The fellows selected will receive 25 creative writing classes and workshops, 4 mentorship sessions with a professional writer, and have the chance to pitch to literary agents at the Hampton Roads Writers Conference. All at no cost to the fellow! Deadline to apply is January 6, 2023.
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Please Fill Out Our Publishing Survey
We are compiling a list celebrating the publishing success of everyone who has ever been involved with The Muse Writers Center--students, teachers, volunteers, event attendees, etc.
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Past or forthcoming, self-published and traditionally published, short or book... any genre!
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Come to The Muse and Write
The Muse Writers Center's physical space is open for people to write, meet others, and learn more about The Muse four days a week: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. See our Locations, Hours, & Directions page for more information..
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The Muse has installed is installing an iWave-R air purification system that uses needlepoint bipolar ionization (NPBI) cold plasma technology to sanitize the air, killing viruses, bacteria, and mold.
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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, the Business Consortium for Arts Support, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the WeTransfer Creative Hubs Grant. 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 Literary Arts Emergency Fund, the Hampton Roads Community Foundation and the Norfolk Department of Economic Development.
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