Grab your reader’s attention from page one! Learn how to grab your reader’s attention from the first page of your short story, novel, or personal essay! Many editors and agents never read more than a few hundred words of any submission or query, so having a compelling and well-crafted first page is critical to getting […]
Let's make the people you’re writing about in your fiction and non-fiction feel as real on the page as they do in life! Do you have trouble making the people you’re writing about in your fiction and non-fiction feel as real on the page as they do in life? In this two-session course, we’ll tackle […]
Bring back the fun, whimsy, and joy you once felt when writing! Participants will engage in exercises to help them free associate ideas and activate their senses. Each writer will also share 500 words of their prose (fiction or nonfiction) and apply techniques used in the small group work to reshape their revision process. In-person […]
Learn how to employ the craft of emotion that is essential to every story’s purpose. Even when a story is skillfully written, it may not be enough to make the reader care. The key lies in the emotional impact your story has on readers — inviting them to not only invest in your characters, but […]
Writing good sentences is harder than you think! Each session will consist of an in-person lecture on a particular sentence-level technique, followed by a workshop component. Participants will apply the technique covered in the lecture to produce a short-form writing sample as a take-home assignment. Submission of work in rough form will be entirely acceptable! […]
Learn how storytelling can enhance your writing. You'll leave the workshop with two strong stories that embody some methods of storytelling. The purpose of the workshop is to help readers discover similarities and differences between told and written stories and to show how the methods of told stories can enrich written stories. In-person class: This […]
Explore different ways to structure a novel, memoir, or non-fiction book through exercises and examples. In just two sessions we’ll explore different ways to structure a novel, memoir, or non-fiction book, through exercises and examples. Starting with your idea, you’ll learn about different and divergent ways to both generate and organize all those ideas! You’ll […]
Create a character who a reader cares about. At the core of every good tale is a character with whom the reader wants to spend time. Discover how to move beyond the superficial and cliché, crafting characters who invite the reader to explore the human condition. Illustrations and exercises will help to uncover your character's […]
This setting intensive will enhance your fiction and memoir. In this workshop we will learn to use setting as a map, as a structure for storytelling. Setting can be a situation, a tone, a time, an atmosphere, a relationship, and more. It can be as broad as a country, as small as a porch swing […]
