Mixed Genre
Bethesda, MD 20815 United States
QueryTracker is a powerful tool for finding literary agents, sending them queries, and tracking their responses. In this course we’ll cover the basics: search tools, the who-represents-whom tool, and data view options. We’ll also look at cool features that are a little harder to find: pasting in agency/agent notes, flagging agents by priority, and setting […]
Bethesda, MD 20815 United States
What is this next story, and how shall I tell it? Using various writing prompts will invite ourselves into new stories, and explore new ways to tell familiar ones. Each week we will write together in response to prompts, and have the option and opportunity to share our fresh writing for positive feedback. We will […]
Agents say it all the time. What sells a manuscript? A standout voice. Acquire the tools you need fo...
Bethesda, MD 20815 United States
When Mary Oliver tells us to let the soft animal of love what love, we know exac...
Strengthening the conflict in any type of fiction will bump up the tension and turn limp, ordinary f...
Bethesda, MD 20815 United States
Prompts will spark memories, characters, and places, turning them into poems, scenes, dialogues, and...
Scenes are the building blocks of fiction. They convey the vision of the story in the author’s head ...
Through reflection, community, and practice, you’ll awaken the artist within and build a creative life that feels aligned and alive. This year-long journey through The Artist’s Way offers a sustained path for creative reawakening and artistic growth. Writers, artists, and creative seekers will move chapter by chapter through Julia Cameron’s classic text, reconnecting with their […]
Each session of Boot Camp for Writers will begin with a prompt followed by writing time. Participant...
Bethesda, MD 20815 United States
Have you been working and reworking the beginning of your manuscript but can’t seem to push past a c...
Food carries the stories of who we are and where we come from. In this workshop, we’ll explore how t...
In this one-session workshop we'll dive into the creative writing workshop buzzword "interiority" so...
Learn the ins and outs of writing the perfect query letter! For many writers, to get a book deal first requires getting a literary agent. Through the querying process, prospective authors pitch their book projects to agents using a query letter—a very short introduction of less than 500 words to you, your book, and why […]
What makes a scene stay in your mind, is it rhythmic language, a character’s gesture, or that line o...
You may think you don't have the time, energy, or inspiration to write because of your hectic lifest...
Bethesda, MD 20815 United States
Do you feel called to write a book? Is there something important that you have always wanted to say ...
There is no one-size-fits-all strategy for story structure. Let’s discuss a plan that works for you....
Bethesda, MD 20815 United States
Using quotes, poems and/or personal reflections, students will combine words with easy to follow art...
Bethesda, MD 20815 United States
Using various writing prompts will invite ourselves into new stories, and explore new ways to tell f...
Journal techniques are like tools in a writer’s toolbox. Just as a hammer is the right choice for placing a nail in the wall, so a particular journal method can be exactly the right tool to use to advance the dialogue in a story, to help craft the end of a novel, or to create […]
Bethesda, MD 20815 United States
As the world tilts toward renewal, this workshop invites writers to align with the energy of the Spr...
Show, Don’t Tell is a hands-on writing workshop designed to help participants transform plain prose ...
You have a story inside you, but how do you even start to bring it out? With so many crazy things go...
Every character in your story has a past. The events that occurred in a character’s life before they...