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Classes Starting Now--Time to Register!
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All Intro. Classes Starting Now...
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Plus: Spring Seminar Sale (All 1-Meeting Craft Seminars Only $30)
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General & Multi-Genre
- Write Anything: 6-meeting class that begins Tuesday, March 2, 7-9:30 p.m. Instructor: Sarah Pringle. More information
- Start Writing, Keep Writing... Write Now: 8-meeting class that begins Thursday, March 4, 7-9:30 p.m. Instructor: Alison Schoew. More information
Nonfiction & Memoir
- Creative Nonfiction & Memoir 1: Wednesday Mornings: 8-meeting class that begins Wednesday, March 3, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Lisa Cooper. More information
- Creative Nonfiction & Memoir 1: Wednesday Evenings: 8-meeting class that begins Wednesday, March 3, 7-9:30 p.m. Instructor: Lili Nizankiewicz. More information
- The Advanced Memoir & Creative Nonfiction Workshop: 6-meeting class that begins Thursday, March 4, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Shawn Girvan. More information
Fiction
- Flash Fiction 1: 4-meeting class that begins Wednesday, March 3, 7-9:30 p.m. Instructor: Abi Putnam. More information
- Fiction 1: Thursday Evenings: 8-meeting class that begins Thursday, March 4, 7-9:30 p.m. Instructor: Abi Putnam. More information
- The Fiction Studio: Tuesday Evening: 8-meeting class that begins Tuesday, March 2, 7-9:30 p.m. Instructor: Michele Young-Stone. More information
Screenwriting
- Screenwriting 1: Wednesday Evenings: 8-meeting class that begins Wednesday, March 3, 7-9:30 p.m. Instructor: Matt Friedman. More information
- Screenwriting 1: Thursday Mornings: 8-meeting class that begins Thursday, March 4, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Matt Friedman. More information
Writers Life & Creativity
- Weaving the World: Roleplaying Games as Spontaneous Story Generators: Saturday, March 6, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Gabriel Robinson. More information
Writers Craft
- Energizing Your Story with Images and Detail: Saturday, March 6, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Remy Smidt. More information
- Race and Reader Intimacy: Saturday, March 6, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Desiree Cooper. More information
- Experimental Forms: Prose, Poetry, and Beyond: Sunday, March 7, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Sierra Foltz. More information
- Using Framing Devices in Story: Saturday, March 13, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Lili Nizankiewicz. More information
- The Perfect Ending: Saturday, March 13, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Alicia Dekker. More information
- Ten Tips for Writing for Today's Popular Fiction Market: Sunday, March 14, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Jayne Ann Krentz. More information
Storytelling
- Storytelling 1: 4-meeting class that begins Sunday, March 7, 1:30-4 p.m. Instructor: Sheila Arnold. More information
Songwriting
- Songwriting 1: The Lyrical Craft: 6-meeting class that begins Monday, March 8, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Skye Zentz. More information
Writers Research
- How to Stage a Crime Scene: Saturday, March 13, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Lt. Mike Lovely. 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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Upcoming Online Events
Jeff Hecker Reading and Q&A
Join us for a reading and Q&A with poet Jeff Hecker, author of several books of poetry and teacher at The Muse. The free event will be livestreamed on the event page on our website.
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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
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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Anne Meek: Tree Full of Stars Book Launch
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Join us for a launch and celebration of Tree Full of Stars, Anne Meek's collected poems, with poems read aloud by the poet and her close family and friends. The free event will be livestreamed on the event page on our website.
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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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