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Online Classes Meeting This Week (and next)
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Spring Seminar Sale (All 1-Meeting Craft Seminars Only $30)
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Writers Professional Development
- Creating a Web Presence and Blog: 3-meeting class that begins Saturday, March 27, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Belinda Elliott. More information
- How to Self-Publish Your Book: Sunday, March 28, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Lisa Ray. More information
Visual Journaling
- Visual Journaling 1: 3-meeting class that begins Saturday, March 27, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Christine Rucker. More information
Writers Craft
- Creating Believable Dialogue in Fiction: Saturday, April 3, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Susan Isaak Lolis. More information
Writers Life & Creativity
- Split Open: Women Writing Ourselves: Saturday, April 3, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Amanda Gomez. 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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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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Show & Grow Your Prose
Hampton Roads Writers and The Muse present Show and Grow your Prose with Professional Critiques. Short oral prose readings followed by brief critiques by Lauran Strait and Michael Khandelwal. Pre-registration for readers required. Everyone is welcome to listen to the readings and critiques, but you must request a zoom link prior to the event.
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Creative Writing INDOC: Putting Military Stories on the Page
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Learn everything you need to know to start sharing stories. This specialized creative writing class is free for all active duty, veterans, family, and caregivers of the U.S. Armed Forces.
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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, 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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