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19 events,
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$5,400.00
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$5,400.00
Venue :
Zoom
Join us for five 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. You’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. This 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.
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$2,600.00
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$2,000.00
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$395.00
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$450.00
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$295.00
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$5,400.00
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$395.00
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$395.00
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$215.00
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$295.00
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$215.00
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$215.00
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$350.00
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$115.00
Venue :
The Writer’s Center
Sessions: 2 Sessions Writers often hear about “the revision process” as if it’s a singular thing. It’s not. Revising your work entails several processes and sub-processes, from the “30,000 feet” view to macro-strategies […]
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$115.00
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18 events,
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18 events,
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17 events,
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16 events,
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$215.00
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18 events,
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16 events,
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19 events,
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$215.00
Cafe Muse Literary Salon
Venue :
The Writer’s Center
The Writer’s Center welcomes the Café Muse Literary Salon for a reading featuring writers Holly Karapetkova and Steven Leyva. The evening begins at 7 PM with Michael Davis live on classical guitar. The readings begin at 7:30 PM with opening remarks by a Café Muse co-host. FREE & open to the public. RSVP on the […] Cafe Muse Literary Salon
Venue :
The Writer’s Center
The Writer’s Center welcomes the Café Muse Literary Salon for a reading featuring writers Lola Haskins and Mary Sesso. The evening begins at 7 PM with Michael Davis live on classical guitar. The readings begin at 7:30 PM with opening remarks by a Café Muse co-host. FREE & open to the public. RSVP on the […] |
16 events,
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18 events,
Open Mic @ The Writer’s Center
Venue :
The Writer’s Center
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. Sign-up starts at 6:45pm, and readings begin promptly at 7pm. Limited to 20 readers, so arrive early if you plan to read. Sponsored by Poet Lore, America’s oldest poetry magazine. […]
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Free
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18 events,
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15 events,
The Honest Truth about the Publishing Industry: One Survivor’s Perspective
Venue :
The Writer’s Center
The Writer’s Center welcomes novelist and former instructor Amin Ahmad for a frank discussion of writing with an eye on the market, writing in genre, how agents work and different pathways to publication. Amin will be joined in conversation with Susan Coll as they discuss how these considerations led to their most recent publications, A […]
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Free
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18 events,
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15 events,
Search Party: Find Your Writing Group
Venue :
The Writer’s Center
Looking for a writing group? We want to help you meet other interested writers! The Writer's Center and The Inner Loop invite you to Search Party, a social event connecting writers to other writers interested in forming/joining a writing group. Simply show up, fill out a nametag with your genres and other areas of interest, […]
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Free
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13 events,
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13 events,
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14 events,
Disabled Writers Mixer
Venue :
The Writer’s Center
Are you a writer who identifies as disabled? Join us for an informal gathering at The Writer’s Center to hang out and talk writing! Please bring a drink or an appetizer that serves six. You’re welcome to bring a friend, too. FREE & open to all DMV writers who identify as disabled. RSVP required below. […]
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Free
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15 events,
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13 events,
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15 events,
Poet Elizabeth Hazen Book Launch
Venue :
The Writer’s Center
The Writer’s Center welcomes Poet Elizabeth Hazen for a reading and discussion of her new collection, The Sky Will Hold. Elizabeth is in conversation with Poet Rose Solari. FREE & open to the public. RSVP below. Elizabeth Hazen is a poet and essayist. Her work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Epoch, American Literary Review, Shenandoah, and […]
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Free
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16 events,
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$115.00
Collage Poetry: Telling Your Story in Pieces
Venue :
Zoom
Sessions: 1 Session How to tell your story in pieces. Create physical / digital collage poems representing your personal journey(s), origin stories, and / or future aspirations using found imagery and text. This hands-on workshop encourages creative inquiry, experimentation and expression through the art of collaging. Source, sort, and assemble with generative prompt questions in mind. Live video […]
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$60.00
Fiction Book Club w/ Megan Howell!
Venue :
The Writer’s Center
The Writer’s Center welcomes author Megan Howell to our monthly Fiction Book Club for a discussion of her debut short story collection, Softie at The Writer's Center! Megan is joined by Book Club Host, Hannah Grieco. We encourage you to order a copy of the book from your local, independent bookseller or online » FREE & […]
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Free
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14 events,
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14 events,
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14 events,
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15 events,
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12 events,
Book Launch for Poet Richard Smith
Venue :
The Writer’s Center
The Writer’s Center welcomes poet Richard Smith for a reading from his new collection, Beyond Where Words Can Go. This reading will be followed by a Q&A and signing. FREE & open to the public. RSVP below. Richard Smith’s first book, Not a Soul but Us, is a narrative in sonnets about the plague pandemic […]
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Free
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11 events,
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8 events,
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8 events,
Me Myself and I: Understanding Memoir
Venue :
Zoom
Sessions: 1 Session This workshop is a two-hour seminar for those who want to better understand the genre of memoir and the craft elements required to write it well. In this course we will: Explore the tensions inherent in being author, narrator, and subject all at once; Unpack the subjectivity of truth; Commit to treat all characters fairly; […]
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$60.00
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7 events,
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