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SUMMARY:Memoir Year w/ Edgar Gomez
DESCRIPTION:Write your memoir with award-winning author Edgar Gomez!\nIn this intensive\, you will learn about the art of creative nonfiction and be given the tools to ready your memoir or memoir-in-essays for publication. \n\nFormat\nWe will begin our time together with discussions about essential craft elements\, such as structure\, voice\, audience\, setting\, characterization\, navigating time\, and weaving in research.  We’ll have lively conversations about ethics\, including approaches to writing about people you love (and don’t love…) and what responsibilities we have to our readers. \nThen\, we will workshop your stories\, spending time considering your larger projects as well as your specific goals as a writer. I will give you concrete\, actionable feedback to guide your future revisions and help you to create a sustainable writing practice for yourself. \nI believe learning about the business side of publishing is important\, so along the way\, I will invite guests in the field\, from award-winning writers and editors\, who can offer you advice based on their own experiences in publishing. I will also address any questions you have about writing book proposals\, querying agents\, and pitching your stories to magazines\, using real examples from book proposals and pitches that have led to deals. \nBy the end of this intensive\, you will leave with stories workshopped multiple times\, a growing community of writers\, and an understanding of what next steps to take to get your memoir out in the world. \n\n\n\nWatch the Virtual Info Session recording\nMeet Edgar and have your questions about the program answered! \n \n\nSchedule\nGenerally this class will meet twice per month\, from June 3\, 2025 – March 24\, 2026\, although there may be one or two breaks for students to focus on writing. Workshops will be held via Zoom\, with additional opportunities to meet 1:1 with Edgar upon request. Outside of class\, students will generate new writing and read and respond to their peers’ work. All students will have the option to schedule an individual follow-up with Edgar during the first quarter of 2026. \n\nTestimonials from Past Students\n“I really wasn’t sure of myself walking into the class. But Edgar’s encouragement really gave me the go-ahead to just get my ideas out on the page\, in all their candid messiness\, in a way that I haven’t been able to accomplish otherwise…. I’m so excited to keep returning to the tools I picked up in class—I already know they’re gonna stick around for the long-haul!” —Patrick Mullen-Coyoy\, poet and former student \n“Taking a memoir class with Edgar was truly transformative for me. Their class was my first time taking my nonfiction writing seriously\, and I credit his teaching as giving me both the confidence and the skills to turn the essay I worked on with my cohort into an entire book of personal essays…. And even years later\, Edgar has continued to offer me guidance\, mentorship\, and support. I would highly recommend Edgar to anyone–they are a rare combination of deep expertise and boundless generosity. I wouldn’t be the writer I am today without this class and his guidance.” —Chaelee Dalton\, author of Mother Tongue \n\nTo Apply\nDeadline: May 23\,2025 \nSubmit a writing sample of 10-20 pages (double-spaced\, Times New Roman font) and 1-2 paragraphs detailing your writing goals\, intentions\, and questions. You may also choose to include a one-page résumé or CV if you have one. Send your submission to laura.spencer@writer.org by May 23. \nAcceptance into the workshop is required before registering.
URL:https://writer.org/event/memoir-year-edgar-gomez/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:21 Sessions,Master Level,Nonfiction,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Memoir Maker w/ Diane Zinna
DESCRIPTION:Write your memoir in 9 months!\nIf you’re finally ready to write the memoir of your heart\, we invite you to join longtime writing teacher and author Diane Zinna for her new class\, Memoir Maker. This will be Diane’s 12th time leading a book-in-a-year course\, which has helped bring so many writers to a finished draft. Classes will be a mix of proven lessons\, exploratory exercises with opportunities for sharing\, and workshops. There will be classes on captivating beginnings\, mushy middles\, climax scenes\, and meaningful endings. As participants near the end of the course\, lessons will cover publishing\, including writing a successful book proposal. Each student will have four scheduled workshops during the year and receive thoughtful\, guided class feedback. And the best thing: You’ll have a cohort of new writer-friends doing this right alongside you. \n\nSchedule\nThis class will meet every other Tuesday morning\, August 5 – April 2026 from 10am – 12:30pm ET\, for a total of 20 sessions: \n\nAugust 5\, 19\nSeptember 2\, 16\, 30\nOctober 14\, 21\nNovember 4\, 18\nDecember 2\, 16\nJanuary 6\, 20\nFebruary 3\, 17\nMarch 3\, 17\, 31\nApril 14\, 28\n\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nTell me more about workshops.\nWorkshops meet during our regular class time. You will send the class up to 25 double-spaced pages of your writing in advance of your scheduled date. You’ll be sending your pages to your classmates as Word documents\, and they’ll provide thoughtful feedback during class. My teaching style involves you asking questions of your classmates about your own work. You’ll be able to leave every workshop with answers to questions you have really been asking yourself. We don’t get derailed in this class; you can expect workshops to feel positive. \nHow much reading is expected of me?\nGenerally\, there will be two workshops per class\, which may require you to read up to 50 double-spaced pages every two weeks. As I get to know your project\, I’ll also be suggesting books you might want to check out that feel like they are in conversation with your memoir\, or those with similar themes\, style\, or structure. \nDo I have to provide feedback to the other students on their work?\nYes. Providing feedback on the work of other writers helps to reinforce what you believe about writing. You can be more objective when looking at the work of others\, then apply that understanding to your own work. If you aren’t yet comfortable with giving feedback to others\, don’t worry—I will provide a template to help you. \nDo I need to know what my story is before I start this class?\nSo much of writing any book—especially memoir—is about discovery as you go. You should have a general sense\, but even if you feel confident that you are sure what your book is about\, I’m going to encourage you to be open to surprises. You may discover 3/4 of the way through the book that you’ve really been writing about hope the whole time you thought you were writing about illness. You may realize the book is not so much about your daughter but about your own sense of self. Be open\, be free\, and you’ll find the truest path. \nAm I ready?\nOnly you know that for sure. If this is your year to do this\, look at your year ahead. Of course there will be unexpected things that come our way\, and we can always adjust and adapt class-wise. But if you have a lot of travel or demanding work coming up this year\, it might be best to wait for another time. But maybe you were wondering if I think you are ready\, as a writer? Here is what I can promise: I take care in accepting writers only when they are prepared for an intensive experience such as Memoir Maker. I will be meeting with applicants 1:1 before the class begins\, so I’ll know what kind of group I am putting together. If you decide to join us\, you can trust that you’ll have intentionally been included among writers with great instincts\, smarts\, and compassion. \n\nApply Today!\nApplication Deadline: July 28 \nNote: Acceptance to the course is required before registration. \nTo be admitted into this intensive program\, potential candidates will need to submit: \n\nA one-page cover letter detailing their interest in the program.\nA twenty-page writing sample from their memoir in progress. (Submissions must be double spaced and use a standard font.)\n\nAdmissions will be on a rolling basis\, and the number of participants will be limited to 8\, so participants are encouraged to submit early. Send your application materials to laura.spencer@writer.org. \n 
URL:https://writer.org/event/memoir-maker/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Master Level,Nonfiction,Workshop,Zoom
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T160000
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SUMMARY:Personal Essays from Start to Finish: 10 Essays in 6 Months w/ Hannah Grieco
DESCRIPTION:Inspiration\, accountability\, and the tools you need to get your essays out into the world!\nJoin us for six months of craft lessons\, workshops\, editor visits\, and personal editorial feedback! This small and inclusive class meets bi-weekly on Zoom\, with the goal of creating an intimate\, writer-based community of essayists who learn and grow together. \nYou’ll read\, brainstorm\, and write drafts. You’ll explore different essay forms and practice a variety of narrative techniques. You’ll learn tangible self-editing tools\, then revise\, workshop\, and revise some more! You’ll discover the publications you love\, whether literary or freelance in nature (or both!)\, and you’ll create a plan to get those bylines! You’ll receive supportive\, thoughtful peer workshop feedback on six drafts. You’ll have three personal one-on-one meetings (with detailed line edits) from your instructor. You’ll meet editors\, attend panels\, and participate in a final online reading event to celebrate your hard work! You’ll discuss next steps in publication\, including how to pitch editors and begin forming a full collection. \nThis workshop is for writers who already have some experience publishing personal essays in either literary or freelance publications. The workshop model will be carefully scaffolded and writer-centric\, evolving as the class evolves. Writers will finish the class with ten complete drafts and a path forward for publication. \n\nVirtual Info Session w/ Hannah Grieco!\nMeet Hannah Grieco\, instructor for our Personal Essays from Start to Finish workshop\, and have all your questions about the program answered! \nWatch the recording on YouTube » \n\nApplication Deadline: October 27\, 2025\nTo apply\, send a cover letter and a 10- to 15-page personal essay writing sample to laura.spencer@writer.org by October 27\, 2025. Acceptance is competitive and applications will be considered on a rolling basis. This course is limited to 15 participants. Please note that acceptance to the program is required before registering. \nWriters who are Black\, Indigenous\, and/or People of Color are warmly encouraged to apply. This course offers two full scholarships for BIPOC writers. To be considered for the scholarship\, in addition to the regular submission\, state in your application email that you would like to be considered and include a 2-3 sentence statement of need. If more than 2 applicants qualify\, the scholarship recipients will be chosen from among them via lottery. \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. Shortly before the start date participants will receive an email with login info. Please check your spam if you don’t see it. \n\nThis Zoom class has live captioning. If you need another type of 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/personal-essays-from-start-to-finish/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Intermediate/Advanced Level,Nonfiction,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:Defeat the Blank Page! Generative Fiction Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Get past the blank page with in-class exercises and supportive feedback!\nIn this generative fiction writing workshop\, we’ll confront the blank page head-on. Our emphasis will be on writing new pages and creating a supportive\, encouraging space in which to experiment with new directions in our writing practice. Participants will do in-class writing exercises\, share from works-in-progress\, read essays on the craft of writing\, and examine published fiction from a writerly perspective. We’ll also discuss key craft issues like voice\, setting\, dialogue\, and place\, honing in on a different craft element each week. Participants will be invited to share a few pages of new writing each week for in-class discussion and feedback. \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\nWriting Exercises\nVoice\nCharacter\nRevision\nDrafting strategies\n\nTime requirements\n\nAn hour or less to read participants’ pages and any published work\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 looking to generate new pages\, experiment with new material\, or get over writers’ block.\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/defeat-the-blank-page-generative-fiction-workshop/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:8 Sessions,All Levels,Fiction,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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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T130000
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SUMMARY:Boot Camp for Writers
DESCRIPTION:Tone\, strengthen\, and flex your writing muscles.\nEach session of Boot Camp for Writers will begin with a prompt followed by writing time. Participants will have the opportunity to share and discuss their work as well as receive in-class feedback. The workshop is designed so that participants will have the start of six new pieces by the end of class. Former Boot Camp participants are always (and happily) welcome. Note: No Class on March 5. \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\nEffective beginnings\nCreative prose and lyrical storytelling\nStrong conclusions\nStructure\nDeepening story\n\nTime requirements\n\nNo time required outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for writers at all level and stages who want to take their creative endurance to the next level.\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/boot-camp-for-writers-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:7 Sessions,All Levels,Mixed Genre,Workshop,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T210000
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SUMMARY:Crafting Fiction\, Element by Element
DESCRIPTION:Let’s demystify the craft of fiction writing!\nBy studying basic craft elements of fiction\, participants will build a strong foundation for their writing—be it stories or novels. This 7-week workshop will explore elements (characterization\, setting\, scene\, etc.) one at a time and ask participants to practice them through in-class exercises. We’ll also read published stories to help us understand how writers regularly employ these elements. Class members will begin to put the elements together\, too\, as they start a story. You’ll leave the workshop with the tools you need to write wonderful\, authentic fiction. \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\nDeveloping characters\nMoving from Character to Plot and Story\nSetting/Tone/Time\nPoint of View / Narration\nScene & Dialogue\, and Revision\n\nTime requirements\n\n1/2 hour – 1 hour weekly\n\nMaterials\n\nThe O. Henry Prize Winners/The Best Short Stories 2025\, Edited by Edward P. Jones\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThe workshop is designed for beginning fiction writers\, intermediate fiction writers\, and anyone looking to focus on bettering their fiction technique.\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/crafting-fiction-element-by-element-6/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:7 Sessions,Beginner Level,Fiction,Workshop,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T072922
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SUMMARY:Scene Stealers: Details and Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Enhance your writing with the specific details and dialogue that bring scenes alive on the page!\nWhat makes a scene stay in your mind\, is it rhythmic language\, a character’s gesture\, or that line of dialogue? It’s in the details! The specificity\, the unexpected emotional turn\, the layered meaning of just one word. In this workshop\, we will study and practice the art of brevity and selective details in scene writing. We will study how sensorial language connects with readers and our imaginations as we write. And finally\, we will talk about the elements in scene work that create the voice of a piece. Each week we will read a section from Abigail Thomas’ Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life and discuss how she achieves the depth of feeling and voice in her short chapters. The in-class exercises can be used to develop existing work or create a new piece. Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life and discuss how she achieves the depth of feeling and voice in her short chapters. The in-class exercises can be used to develop existing work or create a new piece. Whether you write fiction\, memoir\, or personal essay\, your paragraphs will become more evocative! \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\nDialogue\nEvocative details\nCharacter development\nNarrative arcs\nSentence structures\n\nTime requirements\n\nWe will read 60 pages of short essays each week\, likely an hour or two of reading outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nSafekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life\, Abigail Thomas\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is designed for prose writers of all levels interested in developing their scene work through discussion\, lecture\, and in-class generative exercises.\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/scene-stealers-details-and-dialogue/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:3 Sessions,All Levels,Mixed Genre,Workshop,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T213000
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SUMMARY:The Extreme Novelist
DESCRIPTION:Create a full first draft of your novel in three months!\nIf you struggle to get your novel written\, you aren’t alone. Most novelists never complete the story they set out to tell because they go at the job of writing book-length fiction the wrong way. Years into the attempt\, they give up. Join us to discover effective methods for making your journey to a complete rough draft of your book less stressful\, more exciting and satisfying. Many students are able to complete their stories in 8-12 weeks and are then well-prepared for tackling their revisions and polishing prior to submission to literary agents and publishers. \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\nStructure\nPlot development\nVoice & Style\nTime Management & Productivity\n\nTime requirements\n\nWriting time: 90 minutes per day/6 days per week for 8 weeks\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nAuthors interested in learning the basics and more advanced tools and processes for writing long-form fiction.\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-extreme-novelist-6/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:8 Sessions,Fiction,Intermediate/Advanced Level,Workshop,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T213000
DTSTAMP:20260407T072922
CREATED:20251125T211002Z
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SUMMARY:Playwriting I: The Playwright’s Toolbox
DESCRIPTION:Learn the core elements of playwriting and theatrical storytelling and build the first draft of your new play!\nWrite your first (or newest) play\, break that writers’ block\, and unlock your theatrical voice! During this three-month course\, a cohort of writers will learn the central elements of playwriting and write a new play from page 0 to draft 1. In the first few sessions\, class will involve a group discussion of a contemporary American play and its use of craft and an in-class writing exercise inspired by the text – then\, writers will bring in pages from their new plays and practice generative feedback as a group. By the end of the workshop\, our writers will have completed at least one draft of their new play and received one round of generative feedback from their cohort. \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\nCharacter – How can you use linguistic patterns\, repetition\, and even font size to develop your central protagonists?\nTone and world-building – What is this world you’ve invited us into?\nAdaptation – How can you be in conversation with novels\, existing plays\, and even nonfiction?\nStructure\, Themes\, and Form – Contemporary American plays have their own unique engine and dramatic structure. How can you craft the structure that fits your story and themes? What do you want this play to do?\nTheatrical gesture – You are writing a work to be performed in a space with an audience. What does your audience need to see? What must they hear\, experience?\n\nTime requirements\n\nAround 1-2 hours of outside preparation will be required outside of class. For the first part of the “semester\,” we will be reading plays in preparation to discuss and experiment with their core elements of storytelling.\n\nMaterials\n\nThese plays should be available digitally from their publishers or in print from many local booksellers (I recommend the Drama Bookshop in NYC or the Understudy in Chicago) – buying the published scripts are important in supporting the working lives of the writers!\nTHE CHINESE LADY by Lloyd Suh\nWISH YOU WERE HERE by Sanaz Toossi\nAND I AND SILENCE by Naomi Wallace\nFAIRVIEW by Jackie Sibblies Drury\nWILD GOOSE DREAMS by Hansol Jung\nLUNCH BUNCH by Adrien Einspanier\nON SUGARLAND by Aleshea Harris\nINDECENT by Paula Vogel (this is available to watch)\nPASSING STRANGE by Stew & Heidi Rodewald (this is available to watch)\nYERMA by Simon Stone\, from Llorca (this is available to rent on NT At Home) \nCRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD by Matthew Salesses (small excerpts will be referenced\, purchase not required)\nSPRING\, SUMMER\, ASTEROID\, BIRD by Henry Lien (small excerpts will be referenced\, purchase not required)\nVISIT TO A SMALL PLANET by Eleanor Fuchs (PDF will be provided)\nCRITICAL RESPONSE PROCESS by Liz Lerman (PDF will be provided)\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis course is designed for beginning playwrights who can’t seem to finish that first draft and for writers who’ve always wanted to write a play but don’t know where to start! If you have writers’ block\, if you think you just “can’t” write that play\, if you want to learn how to build your own unique craft as a playwright\, this is the beginning of that journey!\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/playwriting-i-the-playwrights-toolbox/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:10 Sessions,Beginner Level,Stage and Screen,Workshop,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T213000
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SUMMARY:Writing Personal Essays
DESCRIPTION:Journeys\, relationships\, hardships\, love\, and loss—these are just a few of the subjects personal essays explore.\nIn this workshop we’ll examine essays from magazines\, literary journals\, and newspapers to illuminate the ways imagery\, dialogue\, scene\, and crafting an “I” narrator transform a personal experience into a compelling story. You’ll generate new material each week through in-class exercises\, plus receive in-class feedback on your draft. \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\nTime requirements\n\nNo time required outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nAny author looking to generate new personal essays.\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-personal-essays-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:5 Sessions,Beginner/Intermediate Level,Nonfiction,Workshop,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260224T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T213000
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SUMMARY:Poem Fundamentals
DESCRIPTION:Create poems that succeed with editors!\nThis class aims to teach students how to write poems that surprise with imagery and ingenuity. Several poetic fundamentals will be discussed in class using example poems. Students will also workshop their poems throughout the class. Each class will include a reading of 1-2 poems\, discussion of a poetic fundamental\, and some workshopping of poems. At the end of the class each participant should have 2-3 poem drafts written that are on their way toward revision. \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 look at:\n\n Generating content\nDreams and streams of consciousness\nMetaphors and similes\nImagery\nRevision\n\nTime requirements\n\nTo prepare reading\, critiquing classmates’ poems\, and writing poems\, it takes about 2-3 hours a week.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nBeginning to intermediate students who wish to improve their poetry by writing the poems of their dreams.\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/poem-fundamentals/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:6 Sessions,Beginner Level,Poetry,Workshop,Zoom
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260301T161500
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SUMMARY:Susan Scheid and Burgi Zenhaeusern Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center welcomes Susan Scheid and Burgi Zenhausern for a launch of their respective new books\,  True Blue and White Door.  \nFREE & open to the public. RSVP below. \n\nSusan Scheid is the author of After Enchantment\, which was inspired by beloved fairy tale characters.  Scheid’s poetry has appeared in The Southern Quill\, Blue Heron Review\, The Mid-Atlantic Review\, The Orchards Poetry Journal\, Burgeon Press\, Gargoyle\, About Place Journal\, Truth to Power\, Beltway Poetry Quarterly\, Little Patuxent Review\, The Sligo Journal\, Silver Birch Press\, Tidal Basin Review\, and other journals. Her work is also included in the anthologies\, Poetic Art\, Enchantment of the Ordinary\, and Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic. Scheid served for a number of years as the Board co-chair for Split This Rock. She lives in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington\, DC. \nBurgi Zenhaeusern (she/her) grew up in Switzerland. She majored in English and Spanish Literature and Linguistics at the University of Basel\, Switzerland\, and attended workshops led by Rose Solari\, Jean Nordhaus\, Laura Fargas\, and Yvette Neisser at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda\, MD. She is the author of White Door (Carbonation Press\, 2025)\, her debut full-length poetry collection. Her chapbook Behind Normalcy (CityLit Press\, 2020) won the 2019 Harriss Poetry Prize\, chosen by Erica Dawson\, final judge\, and Kwame Alexander\, series editor. She co-edited the translations of the bilingual poetry anthology Knocking on the Door of the White House (Zozobra Publishing\, 2017\, J. Ballesteros et al.\, editor)\, which was selected by Beltway Poetry Quarterly as a “2017 Ten Best” book. Her poem “To her fury” was a runner-up in the inaugural Ashland Poetry PressBroadside Contest 2023. Work of hers appeared in a variety of journals and in the anthology From the Belly: poets respond to Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons (Karren Alenier\, editor\, The Word Works\, 2023). She volunteered behind the scene for the Café Muse reading series and served as consulting editor for the online journal River Mouth Review. She lives in Chevy Chase\, MD\, on Piscataway and Nacotchtank land. \n\nAbout True Blue\nThis book was built around poems written about and during the pandemic.  Broken into three sections\, the first one asks us to look at what we may have lost during that time\, connections we longed to have—memory\, ancestors\, family.  The middle section describes the struggles and hard feelings many experienced:  isolation\, grief\, chaos\, depression\, eventually leading us to a path of resilience\, strength and hope.  The book ends with praise poems that show how hope can be found in the smallest thing\, and in the big questions we ask.  These poems navigate life’s struggles and remind us that in end we are stronger for having lived through them. \n\nAbout White Door\nIn a wide range of formally varied and playful poems\, the speaker of White Door explores her emigration to the US from a European country as an adult: how fundamentally and irreversibly distance and longing change old perspectives and memories; how watching her child grow up in a in many ways alienating environment helped root her while challenging ideas of herself; what a complex and ambivalent web of emotions questions of home and belonging can set off; how there is no one nor any definite answer. In that sense\, the poems are largely autobiographical and self-reflective. Their poetry is firmly rooted in the speaker’s everyday and the bonds that hold her. \nIn White Door\, Burgi Zenhaeusern circles back again and again to necessary\, enduring questions—how to care for each other\, what home is—refusing to settle for anything less than the real. Despite the way exploration tends to “re-etch longing\,” despite the complexities of language and being\, these poems do not give up their hunger to understand. Intelligence and integrity shine through them. Kasey Jueds\, author of The Thicket \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/scheid-zenhausern/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260303T203000
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SUMMARY:Novelist Justin Collmann Book Release
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center welcomes novelist Justin Collmann for a reading from his debut new novel\, Thirteen Fallen Horses. \nFREE & open to the public. RSVP below. \n\nJustin Collmann lives in Washington\, DC where he enjoys spending time with family\, friends\, and his cat\, Clementine. He loves music and plays the guitar and sings. He has always had a passion for history and been fascinated by the American Civil War since childhood. \n\nAbout Thirteen Fallen Horses\nJustin Collmann’s debut historical fiction novel\, Thirteen Fallen Horses\, tells the story of Charles Russell Lowell\, a cavalry officer in the Union Army\, and explores the psychological and emotional toll of war on a young man burdened by family expectations and trauma. \nIn the spring of 1861\, Charlie\, a young man haunted by his father’s failures and troubled by a lung damaged from consumption\, is working a boring administrative job at an ironworks in Western Maryland. When the Civil War breaks out\, he becomes an officer in the Union Army and looks forward to a glorious adventure. He fights at the battle of Antietam and distinguishes himself on the field but is shocked by the immense carnage\, a total of 23\,000 casualties in a single day. \nWhen he returns home to Massachusetts to lead a new regiment\, Charlie meets a young woman and falls in love. He balances the strain of command with this new romance and feels conflicted by his desire to stay home and have a family and the continued pressure to serve a role in the war. He experiences a mutiny in which he shoots and kills one of his own soldiers. With his return to the front pending\, and haunted by the killing of his own soldier\, Charlie faces a decision between his duty to his wife and his desire to serve his country. \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/justin-collmann/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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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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SUMMARY:Creating & Writing Your First TV Pilot
DESCRIPTION:Bring your first TV pilot to life!\nYou’ll not only learn how to write your own television pilot\, but the ins and outs of the entire television industry. This workshop will give participants a “leg-up” on creating & writing that personal project you’ve always wanted to write\, a necessity for any aspiring tv writer or producer. By the end of this 8 week session you should expect to have all the tools necessary to write or rewrite any script or concept you’ve been working on or even something brand new. \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 create characters that resonate\nHow to write exposition in an entertaining\, non- “preachy” manner\nThe uses for A\, B & C stories\nWhat separates a tv script from a novel or play\nThe truth about the television industry\n\nTime requirements\n\nUp to the student!\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nBeginning or intermediate writers who want to learn how to write for television and create their own tv pilots. Writers who want to learn all about the business of television.\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-writing-your-first-tv-pilot/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:8 Sessions,Beginner/Intermediate Level,Stage and Screen,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Intermediate Novel Writing: The 8 Cs
DESCRIPTION:Let’s finish that novel you started!\nAre you serious about writing a novel but struggling? This intermediate course will examine the eight fundamental elements of the novel to help you find the strengths and weaknesses of your work-in-progress. From Concept to Conclusion\, we will study the key components of a novel\, with generative and evaluative exercises along the way. Written lessons\, curated online resources\, and targeted exercises (along with instructor and peer feedback) will help guide you as you continue to draft your novel. (Note: This course is a good follow-up to Tammy Greenwood’s Intro to the Novel workshop.) \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\nConcept\nCharacter\nCircumstances\nConflict\nComplications\nCrisis\nClimax\nConclusion\n\nTime requirements\n\n3-5 hours/week\n\nMaterials\n\nAll materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is for writers looking to deepen their understanding of the major 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/intermediate-novel-writing-the-8-cs-4/
LOCATION:Wet Ink
CATEGORIES:8 Sessions,Fiction,Intermediate Level,Wet Ink,Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T130000
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SUMMARY:Write the Day
DESCRIPTION:You will transform your day into poetry and fiction. You will make poems and stories from everyday details of your life.\nWe will read and then write poems and stories starting from close observation of our day\, from waking to preparing coffee and bread\, to recalling a dream\, to answering a nagging question from the night’s quarrel\, to walking in the woods\, to calling a friend for a chat\, to starting a virtual session with a client\, or putting on a jacket and catching a bus and taking it to the metro and then an office. \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\nTo write from dreams.\nTo consider every experience as material for poetry and fiction.\nTo write a poem in ten minutes.\n\nTime requirements\n\nNo time required outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nPoets\, fiction writers\, memoirists\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/write-the-day-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,Poetry,Workshop,Zoom
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T164500
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SUMMARY:Michael Battisto and Friends Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center welcomes Michael Battisto and friends for an afternoon of Poetry. \nFree and open to the public. RSVP by emailing poetrybethesda@gmail.com \n\nMichael Battisto is an Oakland-based poet\, essayist\, editor\, teacher\, and tutor who worked for many years as a cook and chef in high-end kitchens throughout the country. Having written thousands of poems since he was a boy\, but showing them to no one\, he began submitting work in 2020. Since then he has had over one hundred and sixty poems accepted in journals such as Rattle\, Poet Lore\, The Normal School\, HAD\, Pithead Chapel\, and others. He has lived in many places\, but now he lives in Oakland. \n\nProgram\n2:45PM: Doors Open \n3PM: Opening poets: Luther Jett\, Ron Vogel\, Lora Berg\, JC Williams \n3:20PM: Special guest poet Michael Battisto \n3:50PM: Q&A discussion led by Luther Jet \n4:10PM: Wine and cheese\, mingle
URL:https://writer.org/event/michael-battisto-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T203000
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SUMMARY:Writer Matthew Pitt in Conversation w/ Monica Prince
DESCRIPTION:The Writer’s Center welcomes writer and  Writer’s Center Emerging Writer Fellowship awardee Matthew Pitt for a reading of his debut novel\, Tear Here. Matthew is in conversation with poet Monica Prince. FREE & open to the public. RSVP below. \n\nMatthew Pitt is the author of the novel Tear Here and two collections of short fiction: These Are Our Demands and Attention Please Now. A novella\, The Be-Everything! Brothers\, is forthcoming in late 2026. Individual works appear in Cincinnati Review\, Conjunctions\, EPOCH\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, New Letters\, Oxford American\, Story\, and The Southern Review. Raised in St. Louis\, he now operates out of Fort Worth\, where he is an associate professor of Creative Writing at TCU.\n \nMonica Prince\, associate professor of activist and performance writing at Susquehanna University\, is a Guyanese American poet that writes\, teaches\, and performs choreopoems across the country. Her poetry and essays appear or are forthcoming in national and international literary journals\, and her published choreopoems include Roadmap: A Choreopoem\, How to Exterminate the Black Woman\, and FORCE\, releasing in January 2026. She shares her life with her husband\, polycule\, and three disrespectful cats. \n\nAbout Tear Here\nReflects on the dark rise and fall of an ambitious rock music collective in the upper Midwest. \nMatthew Pitt’s first novel draws from characters introduced in his debut story collection. The rock band Some Assault—comprised of dropouts and hedonists—flails from gig to gig\, directed by their volatile drummer Liddy\, who careens between foster homes and addictions. She and the band strike up a surprise friendship with Charlie Shales\, their remedial algebra teacher. At first\, this link is transactional\, with Shales seeking drugs and the band seeking a customer. Before long\, an odd and meaningful bond is formed. \nWhen Charlie later passes\, Liddy orchestrates an elaborate sonic empire\, dismissing her own health woes. She recruits new members with targeted zeal\, including Oliv\, heiress to twin fortunes in condiment packaging and shortbread cookies. Deploying Oliv’s funds to buy a shuttered women’s prison\, Some Assault converts the acreage into a farm collective and a massive recording studio dubbed The Hive. \nMisfits continue to swell Some Assault’s roster\, lured by The Hive’s promise of security and rabid praise: Andy Warhol’s Factory in an Instagram age. However\, once the band’s fifteen minutes of fame threaten to expire\, territorial violence rises\, driven by dark desires to command the public eye at all costs. Chronicled by a member who managed to flee The Hive\, Tear Here surveys the fierce fallout of cravings for celebrity that warp into cultish conduct. \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/matthew-pitt/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Revising Your Poems
DESCRIPTION:Learn new and generative approaches to the creative work of poetry revision!\nRevising can be very intimidating territory for all of us\, but in this workshop we will take a different approach from that of the cruel taskmaster that lives in many of our brains. Together\, we will approach our poems as gardeners and not police\, remembering that they are merely drafts—fertile soil for possible regenerations of an original impulse or feeling. Drawing from Rachel Zucker’s method of “radical revision\,” we will examine our own poems through lenses of re-visioning\, exploring new incarnations for our poems. And\, we’ll take a look at the revision processes of other published poets. \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 difference between revision and editing\nMethods to reimagine structure\nHow to close read your own poems as well as others’\n\nTime requirements\n\nNo time required outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nSince the focus of this course is on revision\, this workshop is designed for writers at any level who have already taken a poetry workshop before\, or who already have a body of poems they can pull from.\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/revising-your-poems-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Poetry,Workshop,Zoom
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T213000
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SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Persuasive Writing
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to change minds\, build support and make the case for your viewpoints and goals.\nLearn how to pack a powerful punch when writing persuasively! This four-week workshop covers the processes involved in writing persuasively and with confidence\, whether it is crafting newspaper op-eds and speeches or official emails\, memos\, letters and proposals. Everything starts with a core message. Think. Plan. Write. Participants will learn the techniques of audience analysis\, message development\, targeted research\, organization\, using persuasive language and effective use of “AI” in planning/strategizing. This class features hands-on writing instruction\, engaging discussion and an extensive reading list. \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 Nail Down Your Opinion and Stake Out Your Argument or Ultimate Goal\nHow to Plan and Write Strategically\nHow to Refine and Finalize Your Writing\n\nTime requirements\n\n1-2 hours weekly.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis is a great workshop for beginners and intermediate writers who want to tap into the power of “penning with persuasion.”\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/fundamentals-of-persuasive-writing/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:4 Sessions,Beginner/Intermediate Level,Nonfiction,Workshop,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T200000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club w/ Alina Stefanescu!
DESCRIPTION:Poet Lore\, America’s oldest poetry journal and The Writer’s Center welcomes poet Alina Stefanescu to our monthly Virtual Poetry Book Club for a discussion of her collection\, My Heresies. Alina 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\nAlina Stefanescu was born in Romania and lives in Birmingham\, Alabama with her partner and several intense mammals. Recent books include a creative nonfiction chapbook\, Ribald (Bull City Press Inch Series\, Nov. 2020) and Dor\, which won the Wandering Aengus Press Prize (September\, 2021). Her debut fiction collection\, Every Mask I Tried On\, won the Brighthorse Books Prize (April 2018). Alina’s poems\, essays\, and fiction can be found in Prairie Schooner\, North American Review\, World Literature Today\, Pleiades\, Poetry\, BOMB\, Crab Creek Review\, and others. She serves as editor\, reviewer\, and critic for various journals and is currently working on a novel-like creature. She would be elated if you ordered My Heresies\, her new poetry collection from Sarabande. More online at alinastefanescuwriter.com. \n\nAbout My Heresies\nRiven by the tension between hagiographies\, utopias\, belief\, longing\, and grief\, the poems of My Heresies catalog a personal and familial history originating in Bucharest\, Romania and landing in Birmingham\, Alabama. Whether through sardonic takes on old Bible myths or homage paid to French-Romanian poet Paul Celan\, Stefanescu’s poems are laden in subtext\, in imagery sometimes abstract and lush\, at other times stark and shocking. My Heresies probes the boundaries between the sacred and the profane\, and the result is a hauntological mapping of life\, love\, family\, and womanhood. \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-alina-stefanescu-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T210000
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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-march2026-1/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T210000
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SUMMARY:From Novice to Novelist
DESCRIPTION:An overview of all the moving parts involved in writing–and marketing–your novel.\nThis workshop deconstructs and demystifies the novel-writing process for struggling and/or aspiring writers. We’ll discuss everything\, from getting the nub of an idea to getting your book into the hands of expectant fans. Along the way you’ll learn how to stay organized\, the art of rewriting\, and how to overcome your writing\, and marketing fears. By the end of our time together you’ll be prepared to begin work on a novel and will be equipped with the skills to perfect it. The sessions will include time for writing\, and for being critiqued. \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:\n\nStudents will get a birds-eye view of all the moving parts involved in the novel-writing process.\nStudents will learn how to tap into their creative subconscious to access the “write-what-you-know” details of their lives that will inform their fiction.\nStudents will gain practical skills for igniting their curiosity\, enabling them to get out of their comfort zones and into the lives of people of other genders\, cultures\, and ages.\nStudents will gain practical rewriting\, proofreading\, and copy editing skills that will add depth\, texture\, detail\, and professionalism to their manuscripts.\nStudents will come away with the confidence and encouragement to start — and/or complete — their novel.\n\nTime requirements\n\nI’ll provide writing assignment “suggestions” for students who want to apply what they’re learning\, but there’s no required work outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis is primarily for people who have finally decided to get serious about writing the novel they’ve been putting off writing–sometimes for decades. It’s also for the person who has begun to write a novel\, but who feels overwhelmed and/or stuck.\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/from-novice-to-novelist-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:6 Sessions,Beginner Level,Fiction,Workshop,Zoom
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T123000
DTSTAMP:20260407T072922
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SUMMARY:Let's Write! A Generative Workshop
DESCRIPTION:What is this next story\, and how shall I tell it?\nUsing 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 consider aspects of technique\, structure and genre as appropriate\, and enjoy the enrichment of writing in community. Note: No meeting April 2 \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 learn:\n\nA number of fresh\, unique pieces.\nA greater sense of how your writing style resonates with readers.\n\nTime Requirements\n\nNo time requirement outside of class.\n\nMaterials\n\nAll materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis workshop is for beginning writers who want to explore and grow\, as well as more experienced writers who would like a fresh start\, creative inspiration\, or just some company on this often lonely journey.\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/lets-write-a-generative-workshop-2/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:4 Sessions,All Levels,Mixed Genre,The Writer's Center,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Virtual Craft Chat w/ Poets Asa Drake & Laura Cresté
DESCRIPTION:Poet Lore and The Writer’s Center present a FREE virtual chat about the craft of poetry! We’re joined by poets Asa Drake to discuss her debut poetry collection\, Maybe The Body and Laura Cresté\, author of In the Good Years. These poets are in conversation with Emily Holland\, poet and editor of Poet Lore\, America’s oldest poetry journal. \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 » (Maybe The Body) online» (In the Good Years) \n\n  \nAsa Drake is a Filipina/white poet in Central Florida. A 2024 National Poetry Series finalist\, she is the recipient of fellowships and awards from the 92Y Discovery Poetry Contest\, the Florida Book Awards\, the Rona Jaffe Foundation\, Storyknife\, Sundress Publications\, Tin House\, and Idyllwild Arts. Her poems have been published with The Slowdown Podcast\, The American Poetry Review\, The Paris Review Daily\, and The Georgia Review. A former librarian\, she currently works as a teaching artist. \nLaura Cresté is the author of In the Good Years (Four Way Books\, 2025) and You Should Feel Bad\, winner of a 2019 Chapbook Fellowship from the Poetry Society of America. She holds an MFA from New York University and has received fellowships and other support from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, the Tin House Summer Workshop\, the Community of Writers\, Monson Arts\, and the St. Botolph Club Foundation. Her work has appeared in The American Poetry Review\, Bennington Review\, Best New Poets 2023 & 2025\, The Cortland Review\, The Kenyon Review\, Poetry Northwest\, The Yale Review\, and elsewhere. She lives in western Massachusetts. \n\nAbout Maybe The Body\nA brilliant debut poetry collection by National Poetry Series finalist Asa Drake that explores the lineage and future lineage of a body shaped by economic\, ecological\, and political dissonance. \nIn her stunning debut poetry collection\, Maybe the Body\, Asa Drake witnesses firsthand the conflicts between art and patriotism\, labor and longing. She reaches for the lush landscapes—real and recounted—of the Philippines and the American South as she traces the lineage of a body shaped by economic\, ecological\, and political dissonance. As one poem reminds us\, “it’s so hard to write about love without writing about the country we live in.” These thirty-eight poems\, threaded together with a six-part braided sequence\, bind a multigenerational conversation between grandmothers\, mothers\, and aunts through a range of forms\, from pantoums to prose poems. With its vivid imagery and an unforgettable lyrical perspective\, Maybe the Body reconsiders the “natural” transactions of work\, intimacy\, and the poem itself. \n\nAbout In the Good Years\nA high-lyric historian of the human project\, Laura Cresté fixes her scrupulous gaze on the interwoven threads of this distressed anthropocene era\, taking in the whole cloth of our globalized societies while recording the singular details of our individual lives and most intimate relationships–their intricate embroidery\, characterizing stains\, and fraying hems. In the Good Years confronts a painful family legacy\, returning to the violent artistic censorship of Argentina’s military dictatorship\, her relatives’ survival of a Dirty War death camp\, and the scattered paths of their migration to safer ground. In reconstructing the past\, Cresté resists the individualistic contraction of the coming of age model\, not merely solidifying the psychological actualization of a single person as they enter adulthood but discursively expanding the notion of self\, discovering the boundaries of identity as they overlay the seams of the broader world. These poems exist because of a narrowly avoided fate\, and they bristle with the wild energy of improbable existence even as they touch on seemingly unrelated and often ordinary things: a roast chicken recipe\, an aunt’s questionable romantic advice\, flea-ridden dogs\, high school parties\, waitressing at a dive bar\, drowned newts in the swimming pool\, unruly tomato plants\, horseback riding. This stunning debut champions that ravening\, relishes the external and internal wilderness of the surrounding environment and our own human nature\, and honors appetite as an opportunity to savor each bite for as long as we get to sit at the table. Throughout\, these poems keenly subvert experience and memory\, asking how we will remember this moment\, and if the blessing of being here means we are somehow\, even now in all the present’s suffering\, living in the good years. \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/drake-creste/
LOCATION:Zoom
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