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We all have stories to tell, whether we’ve never written anything before, or we’re dusting off the old writing muscles and getting back in the game. Whether you're new to fiction or an experienced writer, The Muse has a class for you this Spring... Read more about The Muse's Fiction Program and all of our Fiction classes. And remember, tuition assistance is available to all who request it!
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Upcoming Online Events
Bill Glose Book Launch and Reading
Join us as we celebrate the release of Bill Glose's new poetry collection, Postscript to War. Bill is a former paratrooper and combat veteran and is the author of five books of poetry. Postscript to War won the 2020 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award. The free event will be livestreamed on our website and on YouTube.
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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.
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Muse January Student Reading #2
Join us for the second of two inspiring and entertaining virtual readings by our talented student and professional writers, featuring poetry, fiction, memoir, and nonfiction written in our Fall 2020 creative writing classes. Both virtual readings are free and will be live-streamed on our website and on YouTube, so grab your favorite cozy beverage and get ready to enjoy some incredible writing!
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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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Projects, Passions, and Possibilities Writing Group
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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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Register Now for Winter/Spring Classes
Spring Seminar Sale--All 1-Meeting Seminars Only $30
You'll find our introductory classes, workshops, advanced workshops, and studios in Poetry, Fiction, Memoir/Creative Nonfiction, Screenwriting, Comics/Graphic Novels, Storytelling, and Songwriting. Plus we have a great series of all-new craft, creativity, research, and professional development seminars... and this spring, all 1-meeting craft, creativity, research, and professional development seminars are only $30!
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Our winter/spring schedule features many super-star teachers from around the country including:
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- YA/Fantasy novelist Erin Beaty, teaching The Advanced Young Adult Fiction Workshop
- Poet Steven Blythe, teaching No Knowledge of Shakespeare Required
- Novelist/journalist John DeDakis, teaching Facing Your Fears and How to Write in the Voice of the Opposite Sex
- Fantasy Novelist Howard Andrew Jones, teaching The Craft of Heroic Fantasy Fiction
- Novelist Jayne Ann Krentz, teaching Writing Popular Fiction for Today’s Fast Changing Market
- Novelist Susan Isaak Lolis, teaching Creating Believable Dialogue in Fiction and Writing a Sense of Place
- Poet Suzanne Rhodes, teaching Writing the Light in a Dark Time
- NY Agent Steven Salpeter, teaching Great First Pages and Queries & Loglines
- Comic artist & storyteller Morgan Sawyer, teaching Comics & Graphic Novels 1
- Novelist Michele Young-Stone, teaching The Fiction Studio: Tuesday Evening
- Novelist Diane Zinna, teaching The Fiction Workshop: Tuesday Evenings, 10 Things to Take Your Writing to the Next Level, & On Writing Grief
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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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Deadline Extended to January 25!
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The Muse Teen Writers Fellowship 2021 application is now open. The Teen Writers Fellowship gives Hampton Roads area teen writers the opportunity to further their skills in classes and workshops at the Muse Writers Center. Fellows receive one-on-one mentorship from a professional writer, and the program is tuition-free. A limited number of fellow spots (8) are available. The deadline to apply is January 25, 2021.
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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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