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  • April 2026

  • Novel 101: How to Write the Story

    April 6 @ 7:00 PM EDT - April 27 @ 9:00 PM EDT
    Camille Cabrera
    Zoom

    If you’ve always wanted to create your own exciting novel then this is the class for you. The class ...

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    $215.00 2 tickets left
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    Travel Storytelling in Words and Pictures

    April 9 @ 7:00 PM EDT - 9:00 PM EDT
    Peter Mandel
    Zoom

    Travel isn’t about mileage. It’s about the personal experiences and stories that bring a journey ali...

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    $60.00 35 tickets left
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    Publishing Your Writing: Choosing the Right Path

    April 9 @ 7:00 PM EDT - 9:00 PM EDT
    Emily Barrosse
    Zoom

    Writers today have more options than ever, but the choices can be overwhelming. Should you try to fi...

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    $60.00 19 tickets left
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    Your Writing Journey Begins

    April 9 @ 7:00 PM EDT - 9:00 PM EDT
    D. M. Cross
    Zoom

    You have a story inside you, but how do you even start to bring it out? With so many crazy things go...

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    $60.00 6 tickets left
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    Writing Micro Memoir

    April 11 @ 10:00 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT
    Laura J. Oliver
    Zoom

    Write your life story as you lived it, one moment at a time. This interactive workshop teaches write...

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    $60.00 22 tickets left
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    Creating Backstory & Flashbacks

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

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

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    $60.00 23 tickets left
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    Writing Memorable Characters

    April 11 @ 2:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT
    Carol Mitchell
    Zoom

    Whether you’re in the midst of your manuscript or just starting out, in this workshop you will devel...

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    $60.00 6 tickets left
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    All About Tone

    April 12 @ 1:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT
    Sue Ellen Thompson
    Zoom

    Robert Frost said, "It's tone I'm in love with; that's what poetry is, tone." The ability to control...

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    $60.00 40 tickets left
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    The Practice of Nonfiction Revision

    April 16 @ 7:00 PM EDT - April 30 @ 9:30 PM EDT
    Beth Kanter and Anna Kahoe
    The Writer’s Center 4508 Walsh Street
    Bethesda, MD 20815 United States

    This class is designed for writers of all levels of experience to help them find the story tapping t...

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    $150.00 5 tickets left
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    Natural Meter Crash Course

    April 18 @ 10:00 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT
    Claudia Gary
    Zoom

    Have you ever wondered how scanning the lines of your first draft can make for a better poem? Here’s...

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    $60.00 15 tickets left
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    Collage Poetry: Telling Your Story in Pieces

    April 19 @ 2:00 PM EDT - 4:00 PM EDT
    Saaret E. Yoseph
    Zoom

    How to tell your story in pieces. Create physical / digital collage poems representing your personal journey(s), origin stories, and / or future aspirations using found imagery and text. This […]

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    $60.00 9 tickets left
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    Journaling Techniques for Writing Memories

    April 19 @ 2:00 PM EDT - April 26 @ 4:30 PM EDT
    GG Renee Hill
    Zoom

    This workshop is about the pursuit of insight through writing personal memories. Whether you current...

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    $115.00 16 tickets left
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    Setting in Fiction: Beyond Time and Place

    April 23 @ 7:00 PM EDT - 9:00 PM EDT
    Lacey N. Dunham
    Zoom

    Setting is the foundation for any story. Whether you’re thinking about character, motivation, obstac...

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    $60.00 18 tickets left
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    Life Stories Intensive

    April 25 @ 10:00 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT
    Lynn Auld Schwartz
    Zoom

    Whether you want to write a memoir, blog, letter to your granddaughter, or use your life as the foun...

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    $60.00 25 tickets left
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    Poetry for the End of the World (and other hard times)

    April 26 @ 11:00 AM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT
    Dr. Tonee Mae Moll
    Zoom

    In this workshop, writers will consider end-times poems both ancient and contemporary in order to fi...

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    $60.00 14 tickets left
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    Write Like the News

    April 29 @ 7:00 PM EDT - 9:00 PM EDT
    Hank Wallace
    Zoom

    Lead with the future — not background — for lead-ership, especially in a crisis. That’s the most imp...

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    $60.00 50 tickets left
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    Me Myself and I: Understanding Memoir

    April 29 @ 7:00 PM EDT - 9:00 PM EDT
    Julie Lythcott-Haims
    Zoom

    This workshop is a two-hour seminar for those who want to better understand the genre of memoir and the craft elements required to write it well. In this course we […]

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    $60.00 15 tickets left
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