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  • June 2026

  • Letting Your Characters Talk: Dialogue Intensive

    June 8 - June 22
    Afabwaje Kurian
    Wet Ink

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

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    $150.00 7 tickets left
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    From Novice to Novelist

    June 10 @ 7:00 PM EDT - July 15 @ 9:00 PM EDT
    John DeDakis
    Zoom

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

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    $295.00 Sold out

    Writing About Mental Health Topics in Fiction

    June 13 @ 11:00 AM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT
    Chris Gamble
    Zoom

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

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    $60.00 11 tickets left
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    Revision! Revision! Revision!

    June 17 @ 6:00 PM EDT - July 8 @ 8:00 PM EDT
    Jade Song
    Zoom

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

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    $215.00 18 tickets left
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    Your First (or Next) Novel

    June 27 @ 10:00 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT
    Kathryn Johnson
    Zoom

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

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    $60.00 24 tickets left
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    Reading Your Work Out Loud with Jennifer Hamady

    June 29 @ 6:00 PM EDT - 9:00 PM EDT
    Jennifer Hamady
    The Writer’s Center 4508 Walsh Street
    Bethesda, MD 20815 United States

    Practice sharing your story and yourself Spend an evening practicing and learning about the art of public speaking. This in-person coaching session will give you the opportunity to bring your voice– and self– to the words you’ve written. You’ll learn how to become a more genuine and effective communicator of your work, which will in […]

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    $60.00 12 tickets left
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  • July 2026

  • The Art of Description

    July 6 - July 27
    Afabwaje Kurian
    Wet Ink

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

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    $215.00 14 tickets left
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    Intermediate Novel Writing: The 8 Cs

    July 10 - August 28
    Tammy Greenwood
    Wet Ink

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

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    $395.00 20 tickets left
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    Creating Conflict & Tension

    July 11 @ 10:00 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT
    Kathryn Johnson
    Zoom

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

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    $60.00 29 tickets left
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    Chapter One Workshop

    July 16 @ 7:00 PM EDT - July 23 @ 8:30 PM EDT
    Aggie Blum Thompson
    The Writer’s Center 4508 Walsh Street
    Bethesda, MD 20815 United States

    Learn how to hook a reader in the opening pages of your book. Every week we will go over the elements of what makes a good first chapter and what you can leave out and save for the middle of the book. We'll talk tone, genre, pacing, and reader expectations. By the end of the […]

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    $115.00 14 tickets left
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    Novel Overhauler w/ Lacey N. Dunham

    July 16 @ 7:30 PM EDT - December 10 @ 10:00 PM EST
    Lacey N. Dunham
    Zoom

    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 […]

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    $2,600.00 7 tickets left
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    Advanced Fiction Workshop

    July 21 @ 7:00 PM EDT - August 25 @ 9:30 PM EDT
    Virginia Hartman
    Zoom

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

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    $295.00 8 tickets left
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    Plot Like a Pro

    July 25 @ 10:00 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT
    Kathryn Johnson
    Zoom

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

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    $60.00 29 tickets left
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  • August 2026

  • Novel 101: How to Craft the Story

    August 3 @ 6:30 PM EDT - August 24 @ 8:30 PM EDT
    Camille Cabrera
    Zoom

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

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    $215.00 13 tickets left
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    How to Write a Heist

    August 3 @ 7:00 PM EDT - August 10 @ 8:30 PM EDT
    Fran Wilde
    Zoom

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

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    $115.00 14 tickets left
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    DIY Novel Revision

    August 7 - August 28
    Tammy Greenwood
    Wet Ink

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

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    $215.00 20 tickets left
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    Polishing Your First Draft

    August 15 @ 3:00 PM EDT - 6:00 PM EDT
    Carol Mitchell
    Zoom

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

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    $60.00 14 tickets left
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