|
|
|
Classes Starting Now--Time to Register!
|
Plus: Spring Seminar Sale (All 1-Meeting Craft Seminars Only $30)
|
Fiction
- Writing YA Fiction Workshop: 6-meeting class that begins Wednesday, February 24, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Erin Beaty. More information
- The Fiction Workshop: Thursday Evenings: 6-meeting class that begins Thursday, February 25, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Alicia Dekker. More information
- Fiction 1: Tuesday Mornings: 8-meeting class that begins Tuesday, March 2, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Jacob Gregory. 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
- 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
Comic/Graphic Novels
- Comics & Graphic Novels 1: 6-meeting class that begins Thursday, February 25, 7-9:30 p.m. (bi-weekly). Instructor: Morgan Sawyer. More information
Journaling
- Journaling 1: Engineering Surprise for Creativity and Self-Discovery: 4-meeting class that begins Saturday, February 27, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.. Instructor: Amanda Gomez. More information
Writers Craft
- Writing Ethnically Diverse Characters: Saturday, February 27, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Instructor: Preslaysa Williams. More information
- Great First Pages: Saturday, February 27, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Literary Agent, Steven Salpeter. More information
- 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
Poetry
- Dramatic Poetry: 2-meeting class that begins Saturday, February 27, 1-3:30 p.m. Instructor: Steven Blythe More information
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
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
Storytelling
- Storytelling 1: 4-meeting class that begins Sunday, March 7, 1:30-4 p.m. Instructor: Sheila Arnold. More information
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Upcoming Online Events
Fran Ward Book Launch and Reading
Join us to hear Fran Ward read from her new book, Soul Tattoos. Fran is a World Peace Visionary, Artist, and Motivator-as well as an Author of fiction and nonfiction. The free event will be livestreamed on the event page on our website.
|
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.
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stay Connected! Join The Writers Reservoir on Facebook
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
