The Muse Writers Center
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The Muse is proud to offer several opportunities for kids and teens to hone their unique writing voices and creativity, while exploring fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, comics, screenwriting, and more. Learn more about our program and register for the classes which are starting very soon.
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We have an amazing fall online class, workshop, and seminar schedule starting now. You can find the right class for you by genre or in a searchable calendar and register now. Tuition assistance and flexibility is always available if you need it.

All classes will be held online, using Zoom. We all hope to be back in person soon, but for now, to ensure everyone's health and safety, we are staying online this fall. To participate, students must have a stable internet connection with a computer or device with a webcam and microphone.

Classes Starting This Week--Register Now!

General & Multi-Genre

  • Turbo-Powered Narratives: 4-meeting class that begins Thursday, October 1, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Desiree Cooper. More information

Writers Craft

  • How To Find Your “Writing” Voice: Saturday, October 3, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Remy Smidt. More information
  • Writing Supernatural Horror: Destroying the Ordinary: Saturday, October 3, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Jason Carney. More information

Poetry

  • Heaney’s Ekphrasis Imperative: 2-meeting class that begins Sunday, October 4, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Steven Blythe. More information
  • The Advanced Poetry Workshop: 6-meeting class that begins Monday, October 5, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Noah Renn. More information

Nonfiction & Memoir

  • The Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Workshop: Monday Mornings: 6-meeting class that begins Monday, October 5, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Lisa Cooper. More information
  • The Advanced Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Workshop: 6-meeting class that begins Wednesday, October 7, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Shawn Girvan. More information

Youth & Teens

  • Teen Writers Workshop: Monday Evenings: 6-meeting class that begins Monday, October 5, 6-8:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructors: Rebekah Coxwell & others. More information

Fiction

  • The Advanced Fiction Workshop: 6-meeting class that begins Monday, October 5, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Jacob Gregory. More information
  • The Advanced Romance Workshop: 6-meeting class that begins Tuesday, October 6, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Dana Staves. More information
  • The Fiction Studio: Tuesday Evenings: 6-meeting class that begins Tuesday, October 6, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Michele Young-Stone (instructor approval required for registration). More information
  • The Fiction Studio: Wednesday Mornings: 6-meeting class that begins Wednesday, October 7, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Kelly Sokol (instructor approval required for registration). More information
  • The Fiction Workshop: Wednesday Mornings: 6-meeting class that begins Wednesday, October 7, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Alicia Dekker. More information
  • The Advanced Young Adult Fiction Workshop: 6-meeting class that begins Wednesday, October 7, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Erin Beaty. More information
  • The Fiction Workshop: Thursday Evenings: 6-meeting class that begins Thursday, October 8, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Alicia Dekker. More information

Screenwriting

  • The Screenwriting Workshop: Tuesday Evenings: 6-meeting class that begins Tuesday, October 6, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Diane Fine. More information
  • The Screenwriting Workshop: Thursday Mornings: 6-meeting class that begins Thursday, October 8, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Marcieanna Klaustermeyer. More information

Comic/Graphic Novels

  • The Comic Book & Graphic Novel Workshop: 6-meeting class that begins Thursday, October 8, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly) Instructor: Kristin Mehaffey. More information

Online Events This Week

Hispanic and Latin@ Heritage Month Reading

Friday, October 2, 7-8 p.m., Online, More information
The Muse is celebrating Hispanic and Latin@ Heritage Month with poetry and prose from Latin@ writers Michelle Moncayo, Ire'ne Lara Silva, Mike Soto, and Melissa Coss Aquino. Hosted by Amanda Galvan Huynh. This free virtual reading will be streamed LIVE on our website and on Facebook.

Grit and Grace: 43rd Annual ODU Literary Festival

Sunday, October 4-Thursday, October 8, Online, More information
The Old Dominion University Annual Literary Festival is a premier literary event in Hampton Roads, and now, in coronavirus times, anyone can view the readings online. The 5-day event features readings, discussions, and performances in the afternoon and evening each day by: Hanif Abdurraqib, Marie Mutsuki Mockett, Nishat Manzoor Ahmed, Joanna Eleftheriou, Maggie Smith, Grace Talusan, Daniel Mueller, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Jake Skeets, Rebecca Bengal, Luisa A. Igloria, Kishi Bashi, Suzanne Strempek Shea, & Aimee Nezhukumatathil.
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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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