Fiction

Meet Lacey N. Dunham, instructor for our Novel Overhauler workshop, and have all your questions about the program answered! The Writer’s Center staff will be on hand, too, to address any logistical questions. Register below! About the Program Application Deadline: June 15, 2026 Workshop Dates: Begins July 16, meeting biweekly for ~6 months Cost: $2,600 | […]

Whether you are an organized planner or a writer who flies by the seat of their pants, a novel still...

Discover how a single moment can hold an entire world: write bold, luminous flash fiction in this fl...

Every character in your story has a past. The events that occurred in a character’s life before they...

Take your dialogue to the next level with this online three-week intensive course. Good dialogue doe...

This workshop will offer a practical plan that takes you from the mere germ of an idea all the way t...

Write about mental health with intention. Along with general guidelines, examples from popular media...

Stuck on where to take your short story or novel? Bored of the typical workshop critique format? In ...

Writing a novel takes commitment, but it doesn’t need to be daunting. Learn how to generate a handfu...

This six-week interactive class is designed to give you the skills to write rich descriptive sentenc...

Are you serious about writing a novel but struggling? This intermediate course will examine the eigh...

Strengthening the conflict in any type of fiction will bump up the tension and turn limp, ordinary f...

Revise your novel in 6 months! Have you written a novel but don’t know where to begin revising? Or maybe you’re feeling stuck in the middle of drafting your novel and need help moving forward to the end? This intensive, six-month novel revision workshop is open to writers of all genres and forms of the […]

Deep reading and insightful questions are the hallmarks of this course. If you have previous worksho...

You have a great idea for a story. Do you dive in and just begin writing, or start by drafting an ou...

This class offers the key concepts of plotting and pacing while delving into different genres. Begin...

This one-day, generative workshop will help you brainstorm a heist story, explore how heists immerse...

Do you have a finished draft of a novel but don’t know what to do next? This workshop will take you ...

When the first draft is complete, the real work begins. You should not be your only editor, but you ...