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Spring Classes are Starting Now, Register Today!
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.
What Should You Take Next?
In most of our genre areas, we have created a "#3" and "#2" class that comes in between the "#1" class-level and the workshop-level. If you don't see a higher-level class in your genre, then it's fine to move to the workshop-level. If you are already in the workshop-level, it's fine to stay with your teacher or explore other teachers or genres.
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Winter/Spring Classes Starting Now...
Writers Craft
- How to Write in the Voice of Other Genders: An online class that meets Saturday, February 25, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: John DeDakis. More information
Writers Life & Creativity
- Spark Your Creativity: An in-person class that meets Saturday, February 25, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Susie Pedigo. More information
- Writing as a Way to Heal from Grief: An online class that meets Sunday, February 26, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: John DeDakis. More information
Youth & Teens
- Creative Writing for Middle School Youth (Saturday Afternoons): 6-meeting in-person class that begins Saturday, February 25, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructors: Jessica Kelley, Samantha Bankston, Skye Zentz, Chay Jones, & Rebecca Tigner. More information
Songwriting
- Songwriting 1: The Lyrical Craft: 4-meeting online class that begins Monday, February 27, 7-9:30 p.m. Instructor: Skye Zentz. More information
Fiction
- Fiction 2: Deeper into Character & Story (Tuesday Mornings): 6-meeting hybrid class that begins Tuesday, February 28, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Jacob Gregory. More information
- Fiction 2: Deeper into Character & Story (Wednesday Evenings): 6-meeting hybrid class that begins Wednesday, March 1, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Jacob Gregory. More information
- The Fiction Studio (Tuesday Evenings): 6-meeting online class that begins Tuesday, February 28, 7-8:30 p.m. Instructor: Michele Young-Stone. More information
Poetry
- Poetry 3: Going Deeper with Revision & Workshop: 6-meeting hybrid class that begins Tuesday, February 28, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Tom Yuill. More information
- Writing at the Edge of Time: 4-meeting hybrid class that begins Sunday, March 5, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Luisa Igloria. More information
Screenwriting
- Screenwriting 2: Getting Your Script On Its Feet: 6-meeting hybrid class that begins Tuesday, February 28, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Diane Fine. More information
Comic/Graphic Novels
- Comics & Graphic Novels 1: The Art of Storytelling: 4-meeting hybrid class that begins Wednesday, March 1, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Rebecca Tigner. More information
Writers Professional Development
- Using Artificial Intelligence to Create Cover Art, Story Illustrations, and Visualization Prompts: An in-person class that meets Saturday, March 4, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Rick Eley. More information
Writers Knowledge
- Sleuthing and Detective Work: A hybrid class that meets Saturday, March 4, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Lt. Mike Lovely. More information
General & Multi-Genre
- Celebrating the Literary Witch in You: 6-meeting online class that begins Sunday, March 5, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Michele Young-Stone. More information
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In-Person, Online, & Hybrid Events
Clerks at The Naro Expanded Cinema
We’ll have the usual refreshments available, with sales benefiting The Muse Writers Center. Friendly reminder alcohol sales are CASH only. Doors at 8:30 p.m.
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757 Comic and Cartoon Creators
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Saturday, February 25, 4-7 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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Together Beyond Words: Book Launch and Q&A with Nitsan Joy Gordon
Join The Muse for a virtual reading by Nitsan Joy Gordon from her new book, Together Beyond Words. After the reading, there will be a live Q&A moderated by Susan Deutsch. This event will be held live on Zoom and a recording will be available on the Muse Facebook page afterwards. Free registration to attend the Zoom webinar.
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Traditional Folk Music Jam at The Muse
Gather together to play traditional folk music: Appalachian, Celtic, Old Time, and World. The first hour will be beginner/slow jam where we focus on learning new tunes at a slower pace. The second hour will be a veteran/fast jam where we roll through at tempo and tackle more difficult material. After that, we may stick around for an open mic / round robin hour. Instruments, singers, and audience members are welcome! Hosted by Lydia Netzer.
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Teen Writers Club
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Monday, February 27, 6-8 p.m., In-Person at The Muse and Hybrid, More information
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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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Write Now! with The Muse & Slover Library for Adults
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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Alchemical Ink's "Edit with Me"
This editing roundtable will be hosted by Alchemy Ink's Denise Wofford. Just pop in to learn basics of the editing process or bring your own questions to discuss. All writers are welcome!
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Writers Coffee Break
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 Jorge Mendez. We look forward to seeing your faces!
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Show & Grow Your Prose
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Saturday, March 4, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., In-Person at Gus and George's in Va. Beach, More information
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Join The Muse and Hampton Roads Writers for Show and Grow Your Prose. Presenters will read 10 minutes of their material, which will be followed by another ten minutes of feedback from our guest critiquers Lauran Strait and Michael Khandelwal. Reading slots are limited, and deadline to submit is 72 hours before the event. Non-presenting audience members are both welcome and encouraged to attend. Material is displayed on the screen so everyone can read along. The event is at lunchtime, and the full menu at Gus and George's will be available.
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Writers Zoom Meet-Up
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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.
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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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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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