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SUMMARY:Novel Mill w/ Kristen Arnett
DESCRIPTION:Write your novel in a year with bestselling author Kristen Arnett!\nAre you looking for an exciting\, fun\, collaborative way to get your writing brain into gear? Are you ready to finally sit down and write that novel that you’ve been thinking about forever? Do you wish you had a confident\, cheerful writing coach to guide you to the finish line? If so\, then this is definitely the course for you! \nStudents of this generative workshop will share their work with others in the class\, learn to edit their own writing effectively\, become naturals at crafting powerful openings\, and will learn to stick the landing when it comes to novel endings. Place-writing techniques\, craft capsules on injecting humor into your work\, and myriad other learned skills will guide students through the sticky patches that often crop up in the middle of a project. \nRegardless of the fact that we often write alone\, novels are not formed completely in a silo. Crafting a novel with the help of a supportive community can mean the difference between finally drafting your dream project or leaving behind yet another empty word document. Students will have the opportunity to further develop their projects both inside of class and outside of it: we will read and comment on everyone’s work. Writers participating in this workshop will discover how to spot successful techniques already loaded in their arsenal. They will learn what engages readers\, and how to effectively keep that engagement. Students will learn to ask questions of their work that will help them analyze tone\, POV\, structure\, characterization\, and much more. We will work toward developing processes that are the correct fit for each individual project. Every novel is like a thumbprint: perfectly unique. \n\nVirtual Info Session Recording\nMeet Kristen Arnett\, instructor for our Novel Mill workshop\, and have all your questions about the program answered! \nWatch the recording on YouTube >>> \n\nThis course will include:\n\nInformation of intros and how to make them sizzle\nHow to draft compelling ends to your work\nPlotting/Planning/Shaping– determining pace\, finding what works for your particular project\nLists of tips and techniques to employ when you’re feeling stuck in a scene\nInstructive readings that will help students fine tune their work\nHow to develop momentum to keep a project moving forward\nA clear sense of process\nDeeper understanding of the underpinnings of the novel\nDetermining the proper voice and perspective for your project\nHow to develop compelling characters\nMaster crafting finely detailed place writing\nA clear discussion of writing difficulties when it comes to crafting a longform project\nHow to create and maintain reasonable writing goals\nAn assortment of helpful writing prompts\n\n\nSchedule\nThis class meets via Zoom every other Wednesday beginning October 1\, 2025\, for a total of 21 sessions\, with breaks for holidays and dedicated writing periods. Between Zoom meetings\, participants can expect readings and assignments. Exact class dates subject to change at the discretion of the instructor and in collaboration with participants. \nOctober 1\, 15\nNovember 5\, 19\n\nDec 3\, 17\nJan 7\, 21\nFeb 4\, 18\nMarch 4\, 18\nApril 1\, 15\, 29\nMay 13\, 27\nJune 10\, 24\nJuly 8\, 22\n\n\n1:1 Mentoring\nEach student will have the chance for a private mentoring sessions with Kristen\, including a 6-month follow up after completion of the workshop. \n\nTo Apply\nApplication Deadline: September 19\, 2025 \nSend a cover letter and writing sample of 5-20 pages to laura.spencer@writer.org by September 19th. Admissions will be on a rolling basis so participants are encouraged to submit early. \nAcceptance into the workshop is required before registering. \n\nAbout Book Farm @ The Writer’s Center\nThe Writer’s Center hosts a series of workshops for serious writers to complete book-length projects\, generate new work for publication\, or master the elements of craft within a specific genre. You’ll work with an acclaimed author\, guiding you through 4-12 months of lessons\, workshops\, and revisions. Our instructors are all accomplished educators with a track record of student success. Limited enrollment with rolling admission up to the application deadline\, so apply right away to secure your spot! \nAll Book Farm participants receive an exclusive tote bag\, a craft book recommended by the instructor\, and a $100 gift certificate good toward future TWC workshops. Participants also receive exclusive access to The Writer’s Center staff\, all of whom are accomplished writers with extensive experience in editing and publishing.
URL:https://writer.org/event/novel-mill/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Fiction,Master Level,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:The Novel Year w/ Susan Coll
DESCRIPTION:Bring your novel to life with best-selling author Susan Coll!\nWhether you have been thinking about writing a novel for years but are not sure how to get started\, or are already published but embarking on a new project\, this year-long workshop is intended to help get the next book off the ground. \n\nWatch the Virtual Info Session\nMeet Susan Coll\, instructor for our Novel Year workshop\, and have all your questions about the program answered! \nWATCH NOW >>>\n\nOver the course of twenty sessions\, we will:\n\ncreate a fun\, warm\, and supportive writing community\ndiscuss and engage in exercises focused on various aspects of craft including dialogue\, setting\, plot\, point of view\, character development\, tense\, and much more\nworkshop one hundred pages per student\, broken into four submissions of 25 pages each (*students are also welcome to use their allotted workshop time to discuss their work and/or writing dilemmas rather than submit pages).\ndiscuss publishing\, including drafting sample query letters and elevator pitches\nhear from guest speakers including published novelists and industry experts\nread two novels (tbd) to discuss and deconstruct as a group with an eye toward both craft and publishing trends\nthe instructor is happy to schedule individual follow up sessions as requested following critique sessions\, as well as a six-month or one-year check in after the class concludes.\n\n*Students should be prepared to read and offer comments on the work of other participants. Detailed guidance will be provided at the first class about how this process will work. \n\nSchedule\nThis class will meet virtually every other Tuesday\, with a two-month reading and writing break over the summer.  Workshop dates run from January 20\, 2026 – December 1\, 2026\, 7–9:30pm ET\, with a month-long break over the summer for students to focus on writing.  \nJan. 20\nFeb. 3\nFeb. 17\nMarch 3\nMarch 17\nMarch 31\nApril 14\nApril 28\nMay 12\nMay 26\nJune 9\nJune 23 \nSUMMER BREAK \nAugust 25\nSept. 8\nSept. 22\nOct. 6\nOct. 20\nNov. 3\nNov. 17\nDec. 1 \n\n1:1 Mentoring\nAll workshops will be held over Zoom\, with additional opportunities to meet 1:1 with Susan upon request. All enrolled students will have the option to schedule an individual follow-up meeting (1 hour) with Susan approximately 6 months after the conclusion of the workshop.\n \n\nTo Apply\nApplication Deadline: Friday\, January 9\, 2026 \nTo apply\, please submit a cover letter describing your background and the project that you have in mind. The first five pages of the novel you will be working on are welcome as part of the application\, but not required. The class will be limited to ten students. Send your submission to emily.holland@writer.org by Friday\, January 9th\, 2026. Admissions will be on a rolling basis so participants are encouraged to submit early. \nAcceptance into the workshop is required before registering. \n\nAbout Book Farm @ The Writer’s Center\nThe Writer’s Center hosts a series of workshops for serious writers to complete book-length projects\, generate new work for publication\, or master the elements of craft within a specific genre. You’ll work with an acclaimed author\, guiding you through 4-12 months of lessons\, workshops\, and revisions. Our instructors are all accomplished educators with a track record of student success. Limited enrollment with rolling admission up to the application deadline\, so apply right away to secure your spot! \nAll Book Farm participants receive an exclusive tote bag\, a craft book recommended by the instructor\, and a $100 gift certificate good toward future TWC workshops. Participants also receive exclusive access to The Writer’s Center staff\, all of whom are accomplished writers with extensive experience in editing and publishing.
URL:https://writer.org/event/novel-year/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Fiction,Master Level,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:The Artist's Way: A Year of Creative Reawakening w/ Lindsey Van Wagner
DESCRIPTION:Through reflection\, community\, and practice\, you’ll awaken the artist within and build a creative life that feels aligned and alive.\nThis 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 sense of purpose and play. The course offers the freedom to move at your own pace on Wet Ink\, while regular virtual gatherings provide structure\, engagement\, and a sense of shared creative energy. Participants will receive guidance\, accountability\, and community support as you nurture your creative practices. Each session weaves reflection\, discussion\, and inspiration to help build consistency\, courage\, and joy in your work. \n\nWatch the Virtual Info Session\nMeet Lindsey Van Wagner\, instructor for The Artist’s Way: A Year of Creative Reawakening\, and have all your questions about the program answered! \nWATCH NOW >>>\n\nFormat\n\nZoom sessions every month (11 total) for guided discussion and exercises. Full schedule for meetings TBD.\nWeekly engagement on Wet Ink through prompts\, reflections\, and peer feedback.\nOptional “Creative Partner” pairings for accountability.\nMonthly themes (e.g.\, Courage\, Flow\, Abundance\, Trust) to anchor growth.\nYear-end community celebration and sharing of work.\n\nParticipants should plan to spend 1–2 hours per week on reading\, journaling\, and completing creative exercises from The Artist’s Way. Engagement on Wet Ink will support this rhythm through short reflections\, prompts\, and check-ins. Because the course combines self-paced work with monthly live meetings\, students will benefit from both flexibility and community accountability. \nThis workshop is designed for writers\, artists\, and creative seekers at any stage who want to rekindle inspiration\, develop consistency\, and strengthen trust in their creative process. It’s especially well-suited for those feeling creatively blocked\, in transition\, or craving a supportive community to hold them throughout the year. Whether you’re returning to your art after time away or seeking to deepen your connection to your voice\, this journey offers both structure and spaciousness to help you rediscover your creative rhythm. \nRequired text: The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron \n\nStudents Can Expect To:\n\nComplete The Artist’s Way with structured accountability and community support.\nReconnect with creative intuition\, curiosity\, and confidence.\nDevelop sustainable creative habits and rituals.\nBuild lasting connections with fellow artists and writers.\nLeave with tangible work—such as written reflections\, short pieces\, a portfolio\, and a Creative Manifesto—that embodies your year of transformation.\n\n\nTo Apply\nApplication Deadline: Sunday\, January 11\, 2026 \nPlease submit responses to the application questionnaire via this Google Form. We accept students on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply early! If you do not hear back from us with a confirmation that we received your application or you have any questions\, please reach out to Emily Holland at emily.holland@writer.org. \nAPPLY HERE >>>\nAcceptance into the workshop is required before registering. \n\nAbout Book Farm @ The Writer’s Center\nThe Writer’s Center hosts a series of workshops for serious writers to complete book-length projects\, generate new work for publication\, or master the elements of craft within a specific genre. You’ll work with an acclaimed author\, guiding you through 4-12 months of lessons\, workshops\, and revisions. Our instructors are all accomplished educators with a track record of student success. Limited enrollment with rolling admission up to the application deadline\, so apply right away to secure your spot! \nAll Book Farm participants receive an exclusive tote bag\, a craft book recommended by the instructor\, and a $100 gift certificate good toward future TWC workshops. Participants also receive exclusive access to The Writer’s Center staff\, all of whom are accomplished writers with extensive experience in editing and publishing.
URL:https://writer.org/event/the-artists-way/
LOCATION:Wet Ink
CATEGORIES:All Levels,Mixed Genre,Wet Ink,Workshop,Zoom
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261117T210000
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SUMMARY:Memoir Year w/ Nicole Chung
DESCRIPTION:Work on your memoir with bestselling author Nicole Chung!\nThis intensive workshop is open to writers working on a memoir or memoir-in-essays. You’ll have the opportunity to participate in lively craft discussions\, generative exercises\, and in-depth workshops designed to help you identify and hone your strengths as a writer. If you have an idea for a memoir and are looking to jumpstart it—or are already underway\, but want some help to maintain your momentum—this class will help you take concrete next steps and deepen your craft in a supportive community. \n\nWatch the Virtual Info Session\nMeet Nicole Chung\, instructor for our Memoir Year workshop\, and have all your questions about the program answered! \nWATCH NOW >>>\n\nFormat\nThrough in-class readings\, craft talks\, and guided writing prompts\, we’ll explore book openings\, plot structure\, characterization\, setting\, writing the self\, and more. We’ll spend time reflecting and brainstorming\, learning how to identify and pursue the stories that matter most to you. You will have the opportunity to generate new pages throughout the course and have at least two memoir excerpts (10 – 20 pages each) workshopped by your instructor and peers. \nWe’ll discuss the different types of memories\, the role imagination can play in personal storytelling\, and whether and how to bring research and reportage into your memoir. We’ll read excerpts from both classic and recent memoirs\, examining how other writers have organized and explored their personal stories. We’ll consider the ethics of writing about real people and events\, and how to establish the boundaries you may need. We’ll address your questions about book proposals\, pitching\, and the publishing industry. We’ll hear from visiting authors and literary agents who will share tips and talk about the writing and publication processes.  \nThis course will allow you to focus on and grow in your craft in community with your fellow writers\, helping you build the sustainable writing practice you want—one that will allow you to continue showing up for your work\, and telling the stories you need to tell\, long after our workshop ends. \nWriters are expected to read and respond to their peers’ work outside of class\, and generate new writing at their own pace.  \n\nSchedule\nThis class will typically meet twice per month from February 3\, 2026 – November 17\, 2026\, 7–9pm ET\, although there may be one or two longer breaks over the summer for students to focus on writing. Full schedule TBD. \n\n1:1 Mentoring\nAll workshops will be held over Zoom\, with additional opportunities to meet 1:1 with Nicole upon request. All enrolled students will have the option to schedule an individual follow-up meeting (1 hour) with Nicole during the first quarter of 2027.\n \n\nTo Apply\nApplication Deadline: Saturday\, January 24\, 2026 \nPlease share 1-2 paragraphs detailing your writing goals and/or intentions and a writing sample of 10-20 pages (double-spaced). You may also choose to include a one-page résumé or CV. Send your submission to emily.holland@writer.org by Saturday\, January 24th\, 2026. Admissions will be on a rolling basis so participants are encouraged to submit early. \nAcceptance into the workshop is required before registering. \n\nStudent Testimonials\n“Working with Nicole was like getting an ultra-engaged MFA professor\, an eagle-eyed editor\, and an ever-supportive writing coach all in one. I am a much better writer (not to mention critical reader!) as a result of her teaching\, and I would absolutely recommend her to any writer who’s seeking to take their work and creative journey to the next level.” —Nik Chang Hoon \n“Nicole is an exceptional teacher whose superpower is nurturing her students’ creativity\, empowering their growth\, and building community. Through craft talks\, readings\, writing prompts\, and insightful comments\, she supports each student in finding their stories and bringing them to life.” —Enid K. \n“Nicole’s class was one of the first I took after spending more than 10 years away from creative writing. I felt like she opened this whole world up to me by sharing her expertise not only on the craft of writing but also on the business of publishing. The lessons I learned in her class have paid immense dividends for me—I would not have the writing community and career that I have today without learning from her example. I consider Nicole a role model for her generosity toward her students and fellow writers in general\, and I couldn’t recommend her classes more enthusiastically!” —Hannah Bae \n“Nicole’s class is terrific for both novices to the genre and experienced writers. She creates an ideal mix of workshops\, craft lectures\, and guest speakers that teaches students new skills and keeps them inspired about their own work. Nicole is also warm\, supportive\, and brings out the best in her students. She curates a supportive cohort of students who strive to bring out the best in each other. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to participate!” —Anne Kim \n“It was truly a life-changing experience getting the opportunity to learn about memoir writing under the guidance of Nicole Chung. She was so thoughtful and generous with her enlightening ideas and exercises\, as well as feedback on my writing. The boundless empathy and encouragement she showed her students brought us all closer together as a cohort\, where we felt free to truly express ourselves and grow as writers and people in the process. I highly recommend Nicole’s workshops to anyone looking to evolve in their writing craft.” —Jean Trinh \n“I feel very fortunate to have taken Nicole’s memoir class. She offers the perfect blend of workshopping opportunities\, craft discussions\, and guest author/agent appearances\, all while coaching\, cheering\, and nudging participants along in a low-key but highly effective manner. Perhaps what I appreciate most about Nicole is the great care she takes with each participant’s story. Her class has been transformational for my writing.” —Ruth Berg \n“Nicole is a thoughtful and skilled facilitator. I love that she uses a clear and consistent strengths-based philosophy. Working from strengths creates an environment of safety for memoirists to share\, critique\, and revise our most personal stories. In our memoir workshop\, Nicole facilitates skillfully to bring out the shared wisdom of the group and ensure that writers feel empowered to generate and revise our work. Highly recommend working with her if you have the chance!” —Alex Shevrin Venet \n\nAbout Book Farm @ The Writer’s Center\nThe Writer’s Center hosts a series of workshops for serious writers to complete book-length projects\, generate new work for publication\, or master the elements of craft within a specific genre. You’ll work with an acclaimed author\, guiding you through 4-12 months of lessons\, workshops\, and revisions. Our instructors are all accomplished educators with a track record of student success. Limited enrollment with rolling admission up to the application deadline\, so apply right away to secure your spot! \nAll Book Farm participants receive an exclusive tote bag\, a craft book recommended by the instructor\, and a $100 gift certificate good toward future TWC workshops. Participants also receive exclusive access to The Writer’s Center staff\, all of whom are accomplished writers with extensive experience in editing and publishing.
URL:https://writer.org/event/memoir-year/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Master Level,Nonfiction,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Novel Club w/ Lisa Ko
DESCRIPTION:Jumpstart your novel and writing practice in this ten-month intensive!\nIf you’re wondering how to write a novel and sustain a writing practice in the midst of everything\, Novel Club is for you. Together\, with the guidance of an experienced mentor and author and the camaraderie of your Novel Club cohort\, this is the year we will write and revise our novels. Through craft talks\, workshops\, and generative exercises\, you’ll experiment\, look at your blocks\, and define your creative process\, building a regular writing practice that works for your project and busy life. You’ll find a clear path forward for your manuscript and actionable next steps. \n\nWatch the Virtual Info Session\nMeet Lisa Ko\, instructor for our Novel Year workshop\, and have all your questions about the program answered! \nWATCH NOW >>>\n\nOver these ten months\, you will learn:\n\nStorytelling techniques and craft strategies and how to apply them: building scenes; developing characters; and elements of structure\, plot\, dialogue\, voice\, and perspective\nUncover what your novel is about\, clarify your writing intentions\, and develop a plan for how to achieve them\nOpportunities to workshop and thoughtfully engage with each other’s novels in progress in a supportive environment\nPractical skills for the writing life and demystifying the publication process\n\nStudents may read and prepare written comments on up to 50 pages of their peers’ writing for each class meeting. You may also read an excerpt of published work in preparation for craft discussions. \n\nYou should take this workshop if:\n\nYou have a story you want to tell\, but don’t know where to start\nYou’re at the beginning stages of writing a novel and unsure of how to proceed\nYou’ve started writing a novel\, but need a road map and more consistent structure to get to the finish line\nYou’re a serious writer who is open to rigor and play and ready to show up with curiosity and consistency\n\n\nSchedule\nThis class will meet virtually every other Wednesday\, with 20 total sessions. Workshop dates run from March 4\, 2026 – December 30\, 2026\, 8 – 10 pm ET. Full dates TBD. \n\n1:1 Mentoring\nAll workshops will be held over Zoom\, with additional opportunities to meet 1:1 with Lisa upon request. All enrolled students will have the option to schedule an individual follow-up meeting (1 hour) with Lisa approximately 6 months after the conclusion of the workshop.\n \n\nTo Apply\nApplication Deadline: Monday\, February 16\, 2026 \nTo apply\, send a brief cover letter explaining why you want to take this class and\, if applicable\, what your book in progress is about and where you are in your project (e.g.\, in the beginning/brainstorming stages\, in the middle of writing a first draft\, on your second round of revisions). A 5-10 page writing sample is encouraged\, but not required. Send your submission to emily.holland@writer.org by Monday\, February 16th\, 2026. Admissions will be on a rolling basis so participants are encouraged to submit early. \nAcceptance into the workshop is required before registering. \n\nAbout Book Farm @ The Writer’s Center\nThe Writer’s Center hosts a series of workshops for serious writers to complete book-length projects\, generate new work for publication\, or master the elements of craft within a specific genre. You’ll work with an acclaimed author\, guiding you through 4-12 months of lessons\, workshops\, and revisions. Our instructors are all accomplished educators with a track record of student success. Limited enrollment with rolling admission up to the application deadline\, so apply right away to secure your spot! \nAll Book Farm participants receive an exclusive tote bag\, a craft book recommended by the instructor\, and a $100 gift certificate good toward future TWC workshops. Participants also receive exclusive access to The Writer’s Center staff\, all of whom are accomplished writers with extensive experience in editing and publishing.
URL:https://writer.org/event/novel-club-w-lisa-ko/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Fiction,Master Level,Workshop,Zoom
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523
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SUMMARY:Creating Novel Characters
DESCRIPTION:Bring your characters to life on the page.\nWhen writing a novel\, we must know our primary characters inside and out. We need to understand their desires\, motivations\, and frustrations\, their histories and their futures. This workshop will focus on the development of authentic characters. Participants will examine character as both autonomous and residing within the context of the other novelistic elements\, and we will examine the challenge of creating and integrating these various elements into a cohesive and credible whole. Participants will explore the main character(s) in their novels-in-progress. \n\nLearn at your own pace: This workshop will take place over Wet Ink\, which is an asynchronous creative writing platform. The instructor will post a lesson and assignment at the beginning of each week\, and participants can log in and read the lessons/post assignments/comment on other classmates’ work at their convenience. Shortly before the start date\, participants will receive an invite from Wet Ink to create their login info and access the class. Please check your spam if you don’t see it. \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nYour character’s past and future\nYour character’s motivations\nHow the plot will bring about your character’s arc\nHow to reveal your character on the page\n\nTime requirements\n\n3-5 hours/week\n\nMaterials\n\nNone required\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for writers looking to add dimension to their fictional characters.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/creating-novel-characters-8/
LOCATION:Wet Ink
CATEGORIES:4 Sessions,All Levels,Fiction,Wet Ink,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260627
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SUMMARY:Intro to the Novel
DESCRIPTION:Have you always wanted to write a novel but didn’t know where to start?\nThis workshop will help you understand the process of writing a novel so you can get started putting pen to paper. The workshop will focus on everything from generating ideas to developing characters to establishing point of view. Participants will discuss many elements of fiction (dialogue\, scene\, etc.) but the emphasis will be on discovering the writing process that works best for each writer. \n\nLearn at your own pace: This workshop will take place over Wet Ink\, which is an asynchronous creative writing platform. The instructor will post a lesson and assignment at the beginning of each week\, and participants can log in and read the lessons/post assignments/comment on other classmates’ work at their convenience. Shortly before the start date\, participants will receive an invite from Wet Ink to create their login info and access the class. Please check your spam if you don’t see it. \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn how to:\n\nDevelop you Premise\nEstablish Point of View/Narrative Voice\nCreate authentic Characters\nOrganize Plot and Structure\nCreate good writing habits\nDetermine your personal Process\n\nTime requirements\n\n3-5 hours/week\n\nMaterials\n\nRequired: Hooked by Les Edgerton and Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for those who have never written a novel before – or for those who are looking for a strong foundation in the basic components of novel-writing.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/intro-to-the-novel-8/
LOCATION:Wet Ink
CATEGORIES:8 Sessions,Beginner/Intermediate Level,Fiction,Wet Ink,Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T200000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club w/ Tonee Mae Moll!
DESCRIPTION:Poet Lore\, America’s oldest poetry journal and The Writer’s Center welcomes poet Tonee Mae Moll to our monthly Virtual Poetry Book Club for a discussion of her collection\, You Cannot Save Here. Tonee is joined by Book Club Host\, Hannah Grieco. \nWe encourage you to order a copy of the book from your local\, independent bookseller or online » \nFREE & open to the public. RSVP below. \n\nTonee Mae Moll holds a PhD in English from Morgan State University and an MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore. She is an assistant professor of English at a Maryland community college and teaches in MFA programs across the state. Her debut memoir\, Out of Step\, won a 2018 Lambda Literary Award and the 2017 Non/Fiction Prize. Her poetry collection\, You Cannot Save Here\, won the Jean Feldman Poetry Prize\, and her poetry has also received the Adele V. Holden Award and the Bill Knott Poetry Prize\, with nominations for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. \n\nAbout You Cannot Save Here\nWinner of the Jean Feldman Poetry Prize from the Washington Writers’ Publishing House\, You Cannot Save Here is a collection of poems about how we live when each day feels like the world is ending. The poems ask what we do with the small moments that matter when so much around us—climate disaster\, gun violence\, pandemics\, wars-makes these days feel apocalyptic. The book is a bit speculative and a bit confessional. It’s queer\, punk\, and woven tightly with cultural allusion-from visual art to video games\, pop culture to counterculture. \n\nAbout Book Club\nThis is no run-of-the-mill book club. Visiting writers will read excerpts\, join the discussion\, and answer your questions about craft\, process\, the publishing industry\, and getting advice for our own writing! We’ll hang and eat snacks with the authors and escape your doomscrolling. \nPoetry Book Club will meet on Zoom every second Wednesday of the month with a new poet. \nFiction Book Club will meet every third Sunday of the month in person at The Writer’s Center with a new author. \nCome build community and read amazing books that the Big 5 didn’t have the sense to publish! \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more programs to support writers with a $10 donation »
URL:https://writer.org/event/poetry-book-club-w-tonee-mae-moll/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Open Mic @ The Writer's Center
DESCRIPTION:Prose\, poetry\, and spoken word Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center! All writers are welcome to come and share 4-5 minutes of their latest work. \n\nSign-up starts at 6:45pm\, and readings begin promptly at 7pm.\nLimited to 20 readers\, so arrive early if you plan to read.\n\nSponsored by Poet Lore\, America’s oldest poetry magazine. \nFREE and open to the public. Please note that we no longer offer advance sign-up. \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more programs to support writers with a $10 donation »
URL:https://writer.org/event/open-mic-may2026-1/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Virtual Craft Chat w/ Poet Nur Turkmani
DESCRIPTION:Poet Lore\, America’s oldest poetry journal and The Writer’s Center present a FREE virtual chat about the craft of poetry! We’re joined by Nur Turkmani to discuss her debut collection\, October. Nur is in conversation with Brandon Johnson\, poet and Events Manager of The Writer’s Center. \nRSVP below to receive login information (our virtual events are held via Zoom). FREE and open to the public\, all times Eastern. \nWe encourage you to order a copy of the book from your local\, independent bookseller or directly from the publisher>> \n\n Nur Turkmani is a writer and researcher from Beirut. Her work appears in The Iowa Review\, Poetry\, The Rumpus\, and New England Review\, among others. She is the recipient of the Anthony Veasna So Award for Fiction from The Adroit Journal. Her debut poetry collection\, October\, will be out in April 2026 with Hajar Press. \n\nAbout October \nOctober in Lebanon is heavy with memory. The euphoria of the 2019 revolution feels far away\, its anniversaries marked by crisis\, war and the genocide in Gaza. \nAcross multiple Octobers\, Nur Turkmani meditates on rupture\, transformation and the quiet undoing and remaking of relationships during collective catastrophe. Part archive\, part love letter\, her debut poetry collection holds the ordinary and the extraordinary in the same breath\, spanning balconies and border towns\, fig trees and songs for friends\, autumn light and the instinct to flee. \nFormally spare and emotionally saturated\, October refuses both numbness and spectacle. These poems ask what it means to survive the world and still long for it; and how we hold what’s disappearing\, or changing too quickly to make sense of. \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more programs to support writers with a $10 donation »
URL:https://writer.org/event/nur-turkmani/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Evoking Reader Empathy
DESCRIPTION:Discover techniques to infuse your writing with emotional depth.\nEven a well-crafted story can fail to resonate with readers if it lacks emotional impact. The key is to forge a connection that encourages readers to invest in your characters and embark on their own emotional journeys. In this workshop\, we’ll discuss how to avoid clichés and heavy-handed moralizing while finding the right balance of internal thought\, scene\, and underlying tension. Additionally\, we’ll explore how to use specific objects or images (such as your father’s watch\, a beloved place\, or a work of art) to carry the emotional weight of your narrative. Through reading examples and participating in short exercises\, you will practice and refine your ability to evoke empathy on the page. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nThe importance of underlying emotion\nHow to avoid clichéd emotions\nThe objective correlative technique\nHow to craft resonant endings\n\nTime requirements\n\nN/A\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop will benefit both memoir and fiction writers wishing to deepen reader engagement.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/evoking-reader-empathy-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,Beginner/Intermediate Level,Mixed Genre,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Intro to the Novel
DESCRIPTION:Have you always wanted to write a novel but didn’t know where to start?\nThis workshop will help you understand the process of writing a novel so you can get started putting pen to paper. The workshop will focus on everything from generating ideas to developing characters to establishing point of view. Participants will discuss many elements of fiction (dialogue\, scene\, etc.) but the emphasis will be on discovering the writing process that works best for each writer. \n\nLearn at your own pace: This workshop will take place over Wet Ink\, which is an asynchronous creative writing platform. The instructor will post a lesson and assignment at the beginning of each week\, and participants can log in and read the lessons/post assignments/comment on other classmates’ work at their convenience. Shortly before the start date\, participants will receive an invite from Wet Ink to create their login info and access the class. Please check your spam if you don’t see it. \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn how to:\n\nDevelop you Premise\nEstablish Point of View/Narrative Voice\nCreate authentic Characters\nOrganize Plot and Structure\nCreate good writing habits\nDetermine your personal Process\n\nTime requirements\n\n3-5 hours/week\n\nMaterials\n\nHooked by Les Edgerton\nPlot & Structure by James Scott Bell\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for those who have never written a novel before – or for those who are looking for a strong foundation in the basic components of novel-writing.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/intro-to-the-novel-2/
LOCATION:Wet Ink
CATEGORIES:8 Sessions,Fiction,Wet Ink,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Point of View
DESCRIPTION:Give your fiction a professional edge and increase its publication chances.\nOne of the most challenging fiction techniques is perspective. A wandering Point of View confuses readers and signals literary agents and publishers that the author has lost control of their own story. Choosing a plan that is well matched to your story and voice can make the difference between a publishing contract and rejection. Learn how to develop an effective and consistent perspective that will demonstrate your competence and enable readers to follow a story’s progress while avoiding confusing “head hopping.” \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nHow to understand perspective\nTools for choosing POVs\nStructure\nGenre preferences for POV\n\nTime requirements\n\nN/A\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is expressly designed to help writers of fiction\, memoir\, and creative nonfiction understand and use the power of perspective.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/point-of-view/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Fiction,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Capitol Hill Poetry-Group Anthology Launch
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center welcomes the Capitol Hill Poetry-Group for a reading from the new poetry anthology The Other Side of the Hill: 1975 – 2025. This launch will include readings from Patricia Gray\, Jean Nordhaus\, Rosemary Winslow\, Greg McBride\, Noel Salinger\, and Anne Harding Woodworth.  \nFree and Open to the Public \n\nAbout The Other Side of the Hill: 1975 – 2025\nThis anthology by members of the Capitol Hill Poetry Group celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding. Jean Nordhaus\, who along with Shirley Cochrane founded the group on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. in 1975\, is still a member. This group of both long-term and newer members\, who are the authors included in this book\, currently includes: Jean Nordhaus \, Patricia Gray\, Charise M.Hoge\, Mary Ann Larkin\, Greg McBride\, Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely\, Patric Pepper\, Noel Salinger\, Rosemary Winslow\, and Anne Harding Woodworth. They still meet every two or three weeks to read and critique each other’s work. The poets who have passed through this workshop over 50 years have published scores of poetry books and chapbooks\, a testimony to their dedication to the art of making excellent poems. They look forward to sharing their key craft techniques with you. \n\nJean Nordhaus is the author of The Porcelain Apes of Moses Mendelssohn and 7 other volumes of poetry. She served for 8 years as review editor of Poet Lore. \nRosemary Winslow writes poetry in the spare time she has when not yogaing\, hiking\, swimming\, kayaking\, reading\, and talking. Her poems have won numerous prizes and awards. \nGreg McBride’s most recent book of poems is Guest of Time. He’s a lawyer\, Vietnam veteran\, and edits the Innisfree Poetry Journal. \nAnne Harding Woodworth is the author of nine books of poetry and five chapbooks. Her book Trouble received the 2022 William Meredith Award for Poetry. \nPatricia Gray formerly directed the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress. Her next writing workshop Zooms from TWC on May 31. \nNoel Salinger is retired after a career in non-profit development at the ACLU\, University of Chicago and Smithsonian. He studied poetry with Stephen Dunn and Philip Booth at Syracuse University. \n  \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more programs to support writers with a $10 donation »
URL:https://writer.org/event/other-side-of-the-hill/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Fiction Book Club w/ Zach Powers!
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center welcomes author\, and Executive Director of The Writer’s Center\, Zach Powers\, to our monthly Fiction Book Club for a discussion of his most recent novel collection\, The Migraine Diaries\, at The Writer’s Center! Zach is joined by Book Club Host\, Hannah Grieco. \nWe encourage you to order a copy of the book from your local\, independent bookseller or online » \nFREE & open to the public. RSVP below. \n\nZach Powers is a native of Savannah\, Georgia\, and lives and writes in Arlington\, Virginia. He will publish his next novel\, The Migraine Diaries\, in April 2026 with JackLeg Press. His novel First Cosmic Velocity was published in 2019 by Putnam\, and his debut story collection Gravity Changes won the BOA Short Fiction Prize and was published in 2017 by Boa Editions. His prose and poetry have been featured by American Short Fiction\, Black Warrior Review\, The Brooklyn Rail\, and elsewhere. He co-founded the literary arts nonprofit Seersucker Live. He led the writers’ workshop at the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home for eight years. He was an arts and culture columnist for Savannah Morning News. He serves as Executive & Artistic Director for The Writer’s Center and Poet Lore\, America’s oldest poetry journal. He once won a regional Emmy for writing a public service announcement. \n\nAbout The Migraine Diaries\nWith lyrical prose and a deeply empathetic voice\, The Migraine Diaries offers a raw\, unflinching look at the impact of chronic illness on the human spirit. \nWhen a 30-something man experiences his first migraine at the funeral for his best friend\, his life within a close-knit friend group threatens to come undone. He must navigate despair and debilitation alongside relationships\, work\, and the quest for meaning. He struggles to find sparks of hope and beauty even as his body and mind rebel against him. \nHow does he live with endless\, invisible hurt? How does he support his friends even as he loses the ability to support himself? His very experience of time alters—looping\, regressing\, and flashing back to a before that’s lost forever. The Migraine Diaries\, told in the unique format of a diagnostic headache journal\, is a visionary look at human endurance\, as well as a poignant exploration of pain. Most of all\, it’s a testament to the power of friendship in the face of strife and grief. \n\nAbout Book Club\nThis is no run-of-the-mill book club. Visiting writers will read excerpts\, join the discussion\, and answer your questions about craft\, process\, the publishing industry\, and getting advice for our own writing! We’ll hang and eat snacks with the authors and escape your doomscrolling. \nPoetry Book Club will meet on Zoom every second Wednesday of the month with a new poet. \nFiction Book Club will meet every third Sunday of the month in person at The Writer’s Center with a new author. \nCome build community and read amazing books that the Big 5 didn’t have the sense to publish! \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more programs to support writers with a $10 donation »
URL:https://writer.org/event/fiction-book-club-w-zach-powers/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Writing as a Restorative Practice
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to navigate all phases of the creative process without giving up or burning out.\nAs writers\, it’s vital that we nurture our creativity through self-care so we can work with our natural rhythms and not against them. In this class\, you will work through exercises that identify limiting beliefs\, clarify needs and motivations\, and rejuvenate creative energy. This workshop is ideal for writers of all levels struggling with time management\, critical self-talk\, burnout\, creative blocks\, perfectionism\, and procrastination. We will explore where our creative blocks come from and how to work through them so they don’t stop our progress. Whether you have been writing for years or are just starting or returning to the practice\, you will come away with techniques and strategies that support you in building a restorative writing practice that brings your creative callings to life in a sustainable way. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nMindset shifts for unraveling creative blocks\nTime management strategies\nThe four-step creative process and patterns of behavior that support it\nSelf-discovery as an idea generation technique\n\nTime requirements\n\nN/A\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for writers of all levels and genres who want to pursue their creative callings at a pace that works for their temperament and lifestyle.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/writing-as-a-restorative-practice-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Nonfiction,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Virtual Craft Chat w/ Author & Physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of science writing! We’re joined by acclaimed author and professor of physics and astronomy Chanda Prescod-Weinstein for a discussion of her new book\, The Edge of Space-Time: Particles\, Poetry\, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie. Chanda is in conversation with Zach Powers\, author and Executive & Artistic Director at The Writer’s Center. \nRSVP below to receive login information (our virtual events are held via Zoom). FREE and open to the public\, all times Eastern \nWe encourage you to order a copy of the book from your local\, independent bookseller or online from Bookshop.org » \n\nChanda Prescod-Weinstein is an associate professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire. She conducts award-winning theoretical physics research on dark matter\, the early universe\, and neutron stars\, while also researching Black feminist science studies. Her first book\, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter\, Spacetime\, and Dreams Deferred\, won the 2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology\, the 2022 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science\, and a 2022 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award. A columnist for New Scientist and Physics World\, she is originally from East L.A.\, California\, and now divides her time between the New Hampshire Seacoast and Cambridge\, Massachusetts. \n\nA fresh\, charming\, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time\, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos \nIn her highly acclaimed debut\, distinguished cosmologist and particle physicist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shared with her audience an abiding sense of wonder at the cosmos\, while imagining a world without the entrenched injustice that plagues her field. Now\, in The Edge of Space-Time\, she embraces that cosmic wonder\, taking readers on a mind-altering journey to the boundaries of the universe\, inviting us to spend time at the edge of what we know about space-time and about ourselves. \nGuided by her conviction that for humanity to go forward we must know our cosmic past and drawing on poetry and popular culture—from Langston Hughes\, Queen Latifah\, and Lewis Carroll\, to Big K.R.I.T.\, Sun Ra\, and Star Trek—Prescod-Weinstein renders accessible some of the most abstract concepts of theoretical physics to tell fascinating stories about the history and fundamental nature of our universe. Here we meet the quantum cat that is both dead and alive\, learn the difference between dark matter and dark energy\, explore the inner workings of black holes\, and investigate the possibility of a unified theory of quantum gravity\, following our guide out to the far reaches of the cosmic event horizon and down to the tiniest (and queerest) neutrino. Along the way\, she calls on us to resist colonial approaches to space exploration and instead imagine a better path forward in our pursuit of humanity’s undeniable connection with the stars. \nThrough Prescod-Weinstein’s clear-eyed and unique perspective\, and informed by her deep knowledge of post-colonial history and Black feminist thought\, The Edge of Space-Time argues that physics is an essential way for everyone to look at the universe and presents a compelling case that “the edge” is a powerful vantage point from which to see the big picture. \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more programs to support writers with a $10 donation »
URL:https://writer.org/event/chanda-prescod-weinstein/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Your Personal Artifacts in Fiction and Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:Focus on real-life artifacts to jumpstart new works of fiction or creative nonfiction.\nJumpstart your fiction or literary nonfiction with a focus on important parts and objects of your life. The goal of the class will be both instructive and generative\, focusing on layering stories with subtext\, depth\, and meaning. \n\nIn-person class: This workshop will take place at The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh St\, Bethesda MD. \n\nIn this workshop you’ll:\n\nFocus on descriptive\, contextual language layered with subtext and meaning.\nJumpstart new pieces or deepen works in progress through analysis of literary examples and guided prompts designed to experiment with language and generate new ideas and new work\n\nTime Requirements\n\nN/A\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nOpen to all levels of writers — will be designed to jumpstart your writing journey with a deep dive into bringing out larger theme in descriptive language.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/your-personal-artifacts-in-fiction-and-nonfiction/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:2 Sessions,All Levels,Mixed Genre,The Writer's Center,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T200000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Craft Chat on Fiction w/ Ramona Ausubel in Conversation w/ Masie Cochran
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of fiction! We’re joined by novelist Ramona Ausubel to discuss her new writer’s guide\, Unstuck: 101 Doorways Leading from the Blank Page to the Last Page. Ramona is in conversation with Masie Cochran\, Editorial Director of Zando & Tin House. \nRSVP below to receive login information (our virtual events are held via Zoom). FREE and open to the public\, all times Eastern. \nWe encourage you to order a copy of the book from your local\, independent bookseller or online » \n\nRamona Ausubel is the author of five books\, most recently The Last Animal which was a national bestseller\, received the National Book Foundation Science + Nature Prize and was a Barnes & Noble book of the month. Her previous books are Awayland: stories\, Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty\, A Guide to Being Born and No One is Here Except All of Us. She is the recipient of the PEN/USA Fiction Award\, the Cabell First Novelist Award and has been a finalist for both the California and Colorado Book Awards and the New York Public Library Young Lions Award. Her work has been published in The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, The Paris Review daily\, One Story\, Tin House\, The Oxford American\, Ploughshares and elsewhere. She is a professor at Colorado State University and has taught in the Bennington Writing Seminars\, Tin House Writing Workshop\, Writing by Writers\, the Community of Writers\, Bread Loaf Environmental\, Writing Workshop Paris and elsewhere. She lives in Boulder\, Colorado with her family. \nMasie Cochran is Editorial Director of Zando & Tin House\, acquiring literary fiction and nonfiction with distinctive voice and lasting impact. Before joining Tin House\, she worked at InkWell Management Literary Agency\, where she developed a deep understanding of author partnership and career-building. Masie has edited numerous bestselling and award-winning titles\, including Night of the Living Rez and Fire Exit by Morgan Talty\, The Language of Trees by Katie Holten\, The Seas by Samantha Hunt\, and Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou. Her authors have won or been finalists for major honors including the PEN/Jean Stein Award\, National Book Critics Circle Award\, Edgar Award\, Lambda Literary Award\, and the National Book Award. At Zando and Tin House\, Masie focuses on shaping ambitious\, voice-driven work that expands the contemporary literary canon. \n\nAbout the Book\nUnstuck: 101 Doorways Leading from the Blank Page to the Last Page is about staying in love with your writing: feeling excited\, mischievous\, productive\, and hopeful—the opposite of being stuck. \nCritically acclaimed\, award-winning author and beloved teacher Ramona Ausubel offers 101 exercises that promise to welcome you back to the page again and again; to reinvigorate your process and help you see your writing through to the end. Full of personal stories and hard-earned wisdom of a veteran writer\, Unstuck is written in the first person\, human to human\, writer to writer. Practical\, clear\, and welcoming\, Unstuck offers immediately useable strategies for beginning\, continuing\, and finishing a piece of writing. \nOrganized into doorways and keys\, Unstuck turns problems into possibilities\, offers keys to put into use right now\, all designed to lead the writer back to the art\, not toward an outside idea or formula. With Ausubel’s steady\, encouraging advice—find your doorway\, unlock the lock\, and get writing again. \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more programs to support writers with a $10 donation »
URL:https://writer.org/event/ramona-ausubel/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War Reading
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center welcomes Randall Amster\, Colonel Roger Chang\, Lisa Couturier and Linda Dove for a reading from the new poetry anthology Convergence: Poetry on the Environmental Impacts of War (Scarlet Tanager Books). \n\nAbout the Anthology\nConvergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War offers a groundbreaking and vital perspective on war’s destruction of the natural world—the creatures\, plants\, soil\, water\, and atmosphere of Earth. In poems and contextual comments\, 61 contemporary poets focus on military damages to the ecosystems on six continents and the moon. Framed by a cogent introduction and a pair of forewords\, one on the poetry and the other on global consequences\, the poems are accompanied by a tally of ecological costs and a set of thought-provoking discussion and writing prompts for teens and adults. This compelling anthology alerts readers to environmental degradation of our planet while affirming nature’s resilience and regeneration. \n\nRandall Amster\, J.D.\, Ph.D.\, is a Teaching Professor in The Earth Commons at Georgetown University. He writes for a wide range of publications on themes of peace and nonviolence\, social and environmental justice\, political theory\, and emerging technologies. His most recent book is Peace Ecology (Routledge). \nColonel Roger Chang\, with 30 years active and reserve duty in the United States Army\, escaped the Communist Chinese takeover as a child. Currently at work on his story\, “Helping Keep the Cold War Cold\,” about the part he played\, in 1973\, to prevent the exchange of 7\,500 thermonuclear warheads in seventeen minutes\, Colonel Chang will read the poetry of veteran Sean Mclain Brown that appears in the anthology. \nA 2022 finalist for the Annie Dillard Award in Creative Nonfiction and a Pushcart Prize winner for “Dark Horse\,” Lisa Couturier is author of The Hopes of Snakes (Beacon) and Animals / Bodies (Finishing Line)\, winner of the Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize. A notable essayist in Best American Essays\, 2004\, 2006\, 2011\, she is a writer with the Sowell Family Collection in Literature\, Community and the Natural World. \nLinda Dove holds a Ph.D. in Renaissance literature and teaches college writing. She is also an award-winning poet of five books: In Defense of Objects (2009)\, O Dear Deer\, (2011)\, This Too (2017; reprint 2027)\, Fearn (2019)\, and Switchfish (2023)\, as well as the scholarly collection of essays\, Women\, Writing\, and the Reproduction of Culture in Tudor and Stuart Britain (2000). Poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, the Robert H. Winner Award from the Poetry Society of America\, Best of the Net\, and Best Microfiction. While in southern California\, she served as the Altadena Poet Laureate from 2012-2014\, as well as the founding editor of MORIA Literary Magazine. She recently relocated to her hometown of Columbia\, Maryland. \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more programs to support writers with a $10 donation »
URL:https://writer.org/event/convergence/
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SUMMARY:Banshee Press: Irish Literary Talent & Support for the Arts
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center welcomes Banshee Press\, Ireland’s award-winning independent publisher\, to learn about Irish literary talent & support for the arts. \nJoin Irish writers Bebe Ashley\, Eimear Ryan\, and Jessica Traynor\, in conversation with Zach Powers\, Executive & Artistic Director of The Writer’s Center\, for a conversation about the work of Banshee Press in the context of the current explosion of Irish literary talent\, and how support for the Arts plays into the success of Irish writers. \nFree and Open to the Public. RSVP Here>> \n\nJessica Traynor\, the Poetry Editor at Banshee Press\, is a poet\, essayist and librettist. Her debut collection\, Liffey Swim (Dedalus Press\, 2014)\, was shortlisted for the Strong/Shine Award. The Quick (Dedalus Press\, 2018) was an Irish Times book of the year. Pit Lullabies (Bloodaxe\, 2022) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and a Guardian Best Summer Read of 2022. She was the 2023 recipient of the Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry. Other awards include the Ireland Chair of Poetry Prize\, the Listowel Poetry Prize\, and Hennessy New Writer of the Year. A new collection\, New Arcana\, is forthcoming from Bloodaxe Books in 2025. \nBebe Ashley lives in Northern Ireland and works at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast. Her debut collection Gold Light Shining (Banshee Press\, 2020) was selected for the Arts Council’s Read Mór programme in 2022. Her work is most recently published in Granta\, The Stinging Fly\, bath magg\, and Modern Poetry in Translation. In 2023\, Bebe received the Ivan Juritz Prize for Creative Experiment (Text) and in 2024\, she received a British Council Fellowship. \nEimear Ryan\, the Managing Editor of Banshee Press\, is the author of the novel Holding Her Breath (Sandycove 2021\, Mariner Books 2022) and the memoir The Grass Ceiling: On Being a Woman in Sport (Sandycove 2023)\, which won Sports Book of the Year at the 2023 Irish Book Awards. She has also been shortlisted for Best Newcomer at the Irish Book Awards\, the Kate O’Brien Award\, and the John McGahern Annual Book Prize. Other writing has appeared in Granta\, Winter Papers\, The Dublin Review and The Stinging Fly. From Co. Tipperary\, she now lives in Cork city\, where she lectures in creative writing at University College Cork. \n\nAbout Banshee Press\nBanshee Press is a small independent Irish publisher\, founded in 2015 and currently run by award-winning writers Eimear Ryan and Jessica Traynor. To date the press has published ten books of fiction. Our authors include Bebe Ashley\, Dylan Brennan\, Lucy Sweeney Byrne\, Gustav Parker Hibbett\, Claire-Lise Kieffer\, Tim MacGabhann\, Mary Morrissy\, Billy Ramsell\, Deirdre Sullivan\, Rosamund Taylor and David Toms. We have recently celebrated our tenth anniversary\, and the 20th issue of our diverse literary journal Banshee\, which published flash fiction\, poetry\, flash fiction and essays. \nIn 2024 and 2025\, Banshee Press was selected as the island of Ireland winner in the Small Press of the Year Award at the Nibbies\, The Bookseller’s annual publishing awards. Banshee Press authors have recently been listed for or won such awards as the Edge Hill Prize\, the Kate O’Brien Award\, the Butler Literary Award\, the John McGahern Annual Book Prize\, the Seamus Heaney Poetry Prize\, the Polari First Book Prize\, the Ivan Juritz Prize\, the Laurel Prize\, the T. S. Eliot Prize\, and the John Pollard International Poetry Prize. \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more programs to support writers with a $10 donation »
URL:https://writer.org/event/banshee-press/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Poet Adam Tavel Book Release
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center welcomes poet Adam Tavel for a reading from his new collection\, The Ghost-Star King. Adam is joined by Melissa Reddish for the reading and conversation. \nFREE & open to the public. RSVP below. \n\nAdam Tavel is the author of seven books of poetry and the recipient of the Richard Wilbur Book Award\, Permafrost Book Prize\, and the Robert Frost Award\, among other honors. His work can be found in more than 1\,500 public libraries nationwide\, and in recent issues of The North American Review\, The Massachusetts Review\, The Hopkins Review\, AGNI\, and Ploughshares\, among others. \nMelissa Reddish’s work has appeared in many literary journals\, including Tampa Review\, South Carolina Review\, and Grist.  She is the author of three full-length works\, most recently The Lives We’ve Yet to Live (Tailwinds Press\, 2022). She has received residencies at Soaring Gardens and the Rensing Center. \n\nAbout The Ghost-Star King\nA kaleidoscopic examination of post-pandemic America\, The Ghost-Star King resurrects the tragic hero Oedipus\, a figure from Greek antiquity\, in a series of monologues that rage\, plead\, and pray for the empathy to confront power\, alienation\, and polarization in the digital age. Part poetry sequence\, part stage drama\, The Ghost-Star King rollicks through myth\, politics\, pop culture\, neurodivergence\, and the American Dream in its search for community and belonging. \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more programs to support writers with a $10 donation »
URL:https://writer.org/event/adam-tavel/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Poetic Rhythm
DESCRIPTION:Make the rhythm of your poetry run\, skip\, and dance!\nWe’ll learn the fundamentals of repeating rhythms in the poetic line – how to see it in others’ work\, and then how to adapt our own lines to repeated rhythm\, whether it’s regular meter\, or various rhythmic patterns in free verse. We’ll begin by scanning well known verse\, become familiar with the rhythmic structure of our own lines\, then practice rewriting one of our own poems in a metric form. In the second half of the course\, we’ll generate a draft of a new poem in either a verse form\, or in free verse which has been rhythmically enriched. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nSounding out words aloud to find their stresses\nStrong and weak stresses – not a switch that’s on or off!\nBasic feet and how they are grouped\nIambic lines and their variety\n\n5\,4\,3 feet/lines\nHeadless lines\nFeminine endings\nElisions\n“Strict” and “Loose” iambics\n\n\nSkipping and Dancing rhythms – Dactyl and Anapest\nIrregular rhythms in free verse\n\nTime requirements\n\n45 – 60 min/week\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThose who are interested in exploring meter\, but who don’t really feel or understand how to scan\, those who want to write free verse with a more rhythmical component\, and those who already write in meter but who want to refine and expand their skill. In all cases\, we’ll connect the natural rhythms of the way we speak with the way we write.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/poetic-rhythm/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:6 Sessions,Intermediate/Advanced Level,Poetry,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Writing Poems of Trauma
DESCRIPTION:Craft-based lessons for transforming trauma into poetry.\nInspired by Jehanne Dubrow’s craft book\, The Wounded Line: A Guide to Writing Poems of Trauma\, this workshop will provide both new and experienced poets with practical strategies for representing and exploring pain on the page. Each week\, we’ll discuss best practices for writing about trauma\, study poems that can serve as role models for our work\, and draft new pieces based on generative writing prompts\, looking at approaches such as list-making\, surrealism\, and nonlinear storytelling. By the end of the workshop\, participants will have written at least three poems inspired by different craft-based techniques and will have a range of additional strategies to take with them. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nForm & Content\nImage-making\nUse of sensory details\nLyric & Narrative\n\nTime requirements\n\nAlmost no advance preparation will be necessary. For most of the sessions\, we will read “role-model poems” in class\, and work on the writing prompts in class as well. On the final class days (and depending on the number of people who register)\, we will workshop revisions of poems that each person has written during the course of the class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided (although participants are encouraged to buy The Wounded Line: A Guide to Writing Poems of Trauma).\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is for both new and experienced poets who are interesting in learning how to write compelling\, artful poems that engage with trauma.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/writing-poems-of-trauma/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:6 Sessions,All Levels,Poetry,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Virtual Info Session for Novel Overhauler w/ Lacey N. Dunham
DESCRIPTION: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. \nRegister below! \n\nAbout the Program\nApplication Deadline: June 15\, 2026\nWorkshop Dates: Begins July 16\, meeting biweekly for ~6 months\nCost: $2\,600 | Members $2\,500 \nRevise your novel in 6 months! \nHave 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 novel. In a supportive workshop atmosphere\, writers will workshop their novel three times alongside a group of dedicated peers.  \nFind the full details and apply here »
URL:https://writer.org/event/virtual-info-session-for-novel-overhauler-w-lacey-n-dunham/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Fiction,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Open Mic @ The Writer's Center
DESCRIPTION:Prose\, poetry\, and spoken word Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center! All writers are welcome to come and share 4-5 minutes of their latest work. \n\nSign-up starts at 6:45pm\, and readings begin promptly at 7pm.\nLimited to 20 readers\, so arrive early if you plan to read.\n\nSponsored by Poet Lore\, America’s oldest poetry magazine. \nFREE and open to the public. Please note that we no longer offer advance sign-up. \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more programs to support writers with a $10 donation »
URL:https://writer.org/event/open-mic-may2026-2/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Marketing On A Budget
DESCRIPTION:You don’t need a big budget to make a big splash with your book; just the right strategy.\nIn this workshop you’ll discover over 30 practical\, budget-friendly book marketing strategies\, from building a book launch to leveraging social media\, blogs\, podcasts\, Amazon tools\, press releases\, and more. Each session will be fast-paced\, idea-heavy\, and packed with real-world tactics you can apply immediately. By the end of the program\, you’ll walk away with a personalized\, actionable marketing plan\, and the confidence to promote your book like a pro. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nOver 30 marketing ideas.\nTips on negotiating larger book sales.\nThe value of working with book distributors.\nStrategies designed to get those Amazon reviews.\nHow to create a book launch that energizes those who support you!\n\nTime requirements\n\nN/A\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for writers who have published a book\, are preparing to publish\, or have a finished manuscript they believe in. Whether you’re launching your debut or giving new life to an existing title\, it’s never too early\, or too late\, to champion your book and get it into the hands of readers.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/book-marketing-on-a-budget-6/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:2 Sessions,All Levels,Publishing,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Virtual Craft Chat w/ Author Chet’la Sebree
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center presents a FREE virtual chat about the craft of nonfiction! We’re joined by author Chet’la Sebree for a discussion of her new essay collection\, Turn (W)here. Chet’la is in conversation with Zach Powers\, novelist and Executive & Artistic Director at The Writer’s Center. \nRSVP below to receive login information (our virtual events are held via Zoom). FREE and open to the public\, all times Eastern \nWe encourage you to order a copy of the book from your local\, independent bookseller or online from Bookshop.org » \n\nAn essayist and poet from the Mid-Atlantic\, Chet’la Sebree is the author of the debut essay collection TURN (W)HERE: A Geography of Home as well the poetry collections Blue Opening\, longlisted for PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry and a finalist for both the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry; Field Study\, winner of the 2020 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets; and Mistress\, nominated for an NAACP Image Award. She’s an assistant professor at the George Washington University and serves as a faculty mentor in Randolph College’s MFA in Creative Writing program.\n \n\nAbout Turn (W)here\nA probing essay collection that chronicles one woman’s complicated quest to find home in a fractured America\, from the award-winning author of Field Study\n\nAt eighteen\, Chet’la Sebree began\, as she writes\, “perfecting the art of leaving.” After moving out of her parents’ house in Delaware for college\, the lauded poet\, essayist\, and academic rarely kept the same address for more than two years—bouncing from city to city\, country to country\, perpetually in search of her next adventure. \nFor Sebree\, traveling has been a life-long passion\, forged during family road trips and vacations with friends; college study abroad programs in Europe; and far-flung writing residencies and job opportunities. She dreamed of one day taking her own Great American Road Trip\, Jack Kerouac–style—except refashioned as a millennial Black woman who had also begun considering her next chapter: settling down and starting a solo fertility journey. \nDuring the pandemic\, Sebree thought she might finally get her chance to hit the road. But then\, George Floyd was murdered\, following the killings of Breonna Taylor\, Ahmaud Aubrey\, and so many others. As America continued to reveal its most violent self\, Sebree started to wrestle with the very idea of home: Where do I belong in a country not meant for people like me to survive? What does this mean for a child I might bring into it? \nIn Turn (W)here\, Sebree turns to the page for answers\, seamlessly weaving memoir with history and cultural criticism in a collection of inventive essays bound by themes of movement\, home\, inheritance\, and belonging. Spanning continents\, geographies\, and states of mind\, Sebree lights a pathway for the wanderer\, the seeker—anyone propelled into the unknown by the desire for a place to truly belong. \n\nIf you need an accommodation for this event\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\nEnjoying our free events? Help us offer more programs to support writers with a $10 donation »
URL:https://writer.org/event/turn-where/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:The Deep Roots of English Poetry: A Craft Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Forge a stronger\, stranger poetic voice by digging into the living roots of English poetry.\nThis workshop invites poets to excavate the foundations of English-language poetry — from Old English riddles to Victorian dramatic monologues — and use what they find to supercharge their own writing. Each week\, participants will study a distinct historical period through carefully curated poems and a focused craft lecture\, then write an original poem directly inspired by the techniques and forms uncovered. Sessions conclude with small-group critique in a rigorous\, supportive environment. By the end of nine weeks\, participants will have a portfolio of new poems\, a deeper understanding of the tradition they’re writing in\, and a richer\, more rooted voice. No preparation is required for the first session; for each subsequent class\, participants should expect to read five poems (provided) and write one original poem in response. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nAlliteration\, kennings & the Anglo-Saxon word-hoard — sharpening descriptive power through Old English techniques\nSound devices & internal rhyme — using layered musicality to reveal psychological depth\nMeter as expression — making rhythm do emotional and dramatic work\, not just formal work\nThe dramatic monologue — giving convincing voice to characters and perspectives beyond your own\nSocial & satirical poetry — wielding language as an elegant\, pointed instrument for commentary\n\nTime requirements\n\nParticipants should expect to spend approximately 1-3 hours per week outside of class: reading five provided poems and writing one original poem in response to the week’s craft focus.\n\nMaterials\n\nNo books required. All reading materials—five poems per week\, drawn from the historical period studied plus one contemporary example—will be provided digitally by the instructor before each session.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for poets at all levels who want to deepen their craft by engaging with the history of English-language poetry. Beginners will find accessible entry points through concrete techniques and supportive critique; intermediate and advanced writers will discover new tools\, stranger forms\, and a richer sense of the tradition they’re writing within. No prior knowledge of literary history is required — only curiosity and a commitment to writing one poem a week.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/the-deep-roots-of-english-poetry-a-craft-workshop/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:9 Sessions,All Levels,Poetry,Workshop,Zoom
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260620
DTSTAMP:20260513T155809
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SUMMARY:Plotting Your Novel
DESCRIPTION:Are you a pantser or a planner?\nWhether you are an organized planner or a writer who flies by the seat of their pants\, a novel still needs structure. In this workshop\, participants will study the architecture of a novel and devise plans for plotting their novels. Using the three-act structure as a map\, we will explore the basic components of a novel’s plot. \n\nLearn at your own pace: This workshop will take place over Wet Ink\, which is an asynchronous creative writing platform. The instructor will post a lesson and assignment at the beginning of each week\, and participants can log in and read the lessons/post assignments/comment on other classmates’ work at their convenience. Shortly before the start date\, participants will receive an invite from Wet Ink to create their login info and access the class. Please check your spam if you don’t see it. \n\nIn this workshop you’ll:\n\nClearly define the premise of your novel\nDetermine your main character(s) and the central conflicts (both external and internal)\nDefine (and write) the inciting incident\nDetermine the novel’s climax\nBegin to consider possible conclusions\n\nTime requirements\n\n3-5 hours/week\n\nMaterials\n\nHooked by Les Edgerton\nPlot & Structure by James Scott Bell\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is for anyone struggling with the plot and structure of their novel.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/plotting-your-novel-7/
LOCATION:Wet Ink
CATEGORIES:4 Sessions,All Levels,Fiction,Wet Ink,Workshop
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