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Writers!
Are you ready to explore an interesting genre where you let your imagination play in your everyday life? We’re offering an inspiring writing workshop on the Marvelous Magical Real. You’ll create strange stories, tall tales, and fairy fables—short stories intertwined with your daily life.
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Making the Mundane Magnificent with the Marvelous Magical Real with Christy O’Callaghan starts on September 19th and runs for four weeks. The course is an opportunity to explore magical realism, an often misunderstood and glossed-over genre. This is a weekly Zoom class with writing prompts and readings of short stories by women. Students will write one piece under 500 words each week and a prompt for 15 minutes of daily writing sessions, use their life to spark their imagination, and read an assigned short story. Students will share their work, photos, and stories they have found. Enrollment includes instructor feedback and peer workshopping. Join us for a magical workshop!
In today’s newsletter, Christy gets curious about the story behind the story, and shows you how to take an ordinary day and turn it into an extraordinary story. Check it out below!
We also have the following classes starting soon: Travel Writing 101: 2-Hour Zoom (Sept 4), Writing Short, Writing Deep (Sept 23), When Life Fissures: Writing About Grief in Fragments (Oct 7), Research: Prepping to Write Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults (Oct 7), Finding Time to Write (Oct 7), Hooked on Ekphrasis (Oct 9), Writing Disabled Characters in Fiction (Oct 15), Narrative Structures (Oct 15), Writing Horror and Gothic Fiction (Oct 15), Threading the Needle: Writing Thematic Poetry (Oct 18), and Chicken Soup Essays (Oct 28). More classes can be found below and on our Classroom Page.
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Happy writing!
Marcia & Angela
Classroom Managers
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Magical Realism and The Story Behind The Story | |
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“Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious.” – Shirin Neshat
I’m always curious about the story behind the story. What’s the hidden narrative the author was trying to tell? What’s the subversive message the writer wants to impart to me, the reader? Do they even know they’re spilling these beans? This is an important skill to develop both as a reader and a writer. Magical realism is a powerful form of writing or creating art since it began as a visual art movement while telling a story behind the story.
There’s always the surface story, which is obvious for all to see: the woman moves about her day, goes to work, comes home, makes dinner, watches a movie with her partner, and then goes to bed. Maybe something unique happens. Something out of the ordinary, making the story a bit more interesting, she’s in a hurry and runs a red light, causing a minor fender bender, and flees the scene, adding a twist to her day. As a reader, this could be a satisfying way to digest the piece, moving on with that first reading and saying it’s a story about a woman having a tough day, good enough. But does it have to stay there? As readers who are also writers, we can ask, what’s this story really about?
Magical realism offers layers and levels for exploring both the writing and reading of such a story. The woman wakes up, and everything appears the same, except that an element of the marvelous has appeared during the night, and she discovers that her cat is no longer cat size, but as large as an elephant. How does this impact her day? We follow her as she moves about this typical day with this new challenge. But what does it all mean? What could the cat represent? Why is it so large? What could a woman waking up to this traditionally small creature who has become a giant, let’s say beast, mean about a woman and her daily life? What could it imply about the role of women in the household and society? What could it say about the existence of pets in the home? Our view of them in our culture? Or perhaps it’s simply a story about a large cat.
Magical realism isn’t about how the magic appears and never requires an explanation. It’s about how the characters manage that change and what it means to their life. Waking up a cockroach, a giant foot appearing on a beach, or the yellow wallpaper with a woman trapped on the other side. These obstacles point out the obvious: the random feet mysteriously washing up on beaches in the Pacific Northwest, the drudgery of modern life, the mistreatment and misunderstanding of postpartum depression, and the everyday pressures and demands on women. Using these magical elements is a subversive way of sharing struggles, fears, and frustrations without naming them—a secret way of pointing a finger. A sneaky way to get something past the surface reader who only sees a strange story of a man turning into a cockroach or that the yellow wallpaper is driving a woman insane. At the same time, being a treasure trove for those who take the time to ask, “What is this story really about?”
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Making the Mundane Magnificent With the Marvelous Magical Real | |
Instructor: Christy O'Callaghan
Start Date: Monday, August 26, 2024
Duration: 4 Weeks
Live Zoom Classes: Thursdays, 4 pm - 5:30 pm PT; 6 pm - 7:30 pm CT; 7 pm - 8:30 pm ET
Feedback: Helpful Instructor Feedback and Encouraging Peer Workshop
Cost: $185, which includes four live Zoom classes, instructor feedback, group workshopping, and discussions.
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Description: Sharpen your pencil because this is a generative class where we will write the marvelous, magical real pulled from our everyday lives. What ordinary thing could be extraordinary as you walk through the supermarket, or what would happen if you forgot to tell the bees of a birth or death, or if the snippets pulled from grandma’s bedtime tales came to life? In this class, we will create strange stories, tall tales, and fairy fables—short stories intertwined with our daily life.
The class is an opportunity to explore the marvelous magical real, an often misunderstood and glossed-over genre. This is a 4-week class with weekly writing prompts and readings of short stories by women. Students will write one piece under 500 words each week and a prompt for 15 minutes of daily writing sessions, use their life to spark their imagination, and read an assigned short story. It is a generative class with people sharing their work, photos, and stories they have found.
Goal:
Students will let their imagination play in their everyday life. They will carve out a daily writing practice and let their world inspire them. They will share their work with their classmates. They will gain a more extensive understanding of magical realism and that there is never too much or too little magic. By the end of this class, participants will have started a habit of freewriting, gained a better understanding of magical realism, and have started at least five new stories. Mostly, they will have fun finding the strange in the everyday and capturing it on the page.
Format:
4 weeks for 90 minutes in person via Zoom each week: Thursdays, 7 pm - 8:30 pm EST. We will use a shared space on Google Docs to add prompt ideas, images, words, and quotes. It will be a space to share published stories or book titles that may inspire the group. Students will post their new stories to the space, and the rest of the class will read them before we meet. These will be first drafts and will not be perfect (which is okay). They are a chance to see how everyone interprets the prompt in their own way. We will discuss the pieces when we meet, what we enjoyed, and possibilities for consideration.
Weeks at a Glance:
- Week One: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary and the Extraordinary Ordinary
- Week Two: What The Fantastical?
- Week Three: Size and Numbers
- Week Four: Make it Vivid! Make it Moody!
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Christy O’Callaghan is a dyslexic writer and developmental editor in Upstate, NY. She is a Fiction Editor for New American Press. For two decades, she was a community organizer and educator and is currently an Academic Advisor for Empire State University. Christy loves strange stories, plants, and lore. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, Great Weather for Media, Trolley Journal, Under the Gumtree, Chestnut Review, and more. christyflutterby.com
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Partner Event: Women Writing Memoir | |
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Women Writing Memoir – Join Maggie Smith, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Melissa Febos, and Susan Kiyo Ito
6 Tuesdays:
October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov 5
1-hour classes (4-5pm PT | 7-8pm ET)
Memoir teachers Brooke Warner and Linda Joy Myers have been leading six-week and six-month memoir intensives for over a decade. Their Women Writing Memoir course two years ago was one of the most popular classes they’ve ever taught, which is why they’re bringing it back (with new teachers) this October and into November, coinciding with this consequential time for women and women’s voices.
Join Brooke and Linda Joy and this all-star roster for six weeks of support, inspiration, permission, and how and why to stay with the stories your heart is calling you to tell.
www.MagicOfMemoir.com
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Partner Event: Dirty Messy Alive - Free Memoir Workshop Series | |
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Free Memoir Writing Workshop!
Dirty Messy Alive: An Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series
Dirty Messy Alive: an Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day online event that supports you to start, write and promote your memoir while learning from 25+ skilled memoirists and writing teachers - with sessions on outlining, overcoming writer’s block, craft, revision, promotion and more.
The event is happening September 26th - 29th, with live and pre-recorded sessions and presentations from 25+ memoirists and skilled writing teachers, and it’s completely free!
Sign Up for the Free Memoir Writing Workshop
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Upcoming WOW Classes & Workshops | |
Below are some classes and workshops that are starting soon. Click on the links to be taken to a full listing that includes a week-by-week curriculum, testimonials, instructor bio, and more. Keep in mind that most class sizes are limited, so the earlier you register the better.
All the classes operate online—whether through email, private website, streaming platform, or Zoom, depending on the instructor's preferences—so unless it's a Zoom class, the workshop is asynchronous, meaning you do not need to be present at any particular time. You can work at your own pace in the comfort of your own home.
If you have any questions, please reply to this email or email us at: classroom@wow-womenonwriting.com.
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Ongoing - Starts Upon Ordering:
Editing Package (3k, 5k, or 10k) Plus Submission Suggestions | Return time: 1 Week (for 3k and 5k packages), 2 weeks (for 10k packages) | $70 (3k), $100 (5k), $200 (10k) | Editor: Chelsey Clammer
Submissions Consultation | Return time: 1 Week | $30 | Submit up to 12 pages (4,500 words) of your writing and receive 5 or more suggestions of where to submit your piece and formatting for each market | Editor: Chelsey Clammer
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Manuscript Draft Editing Package with Consultation (For Novels, Short Story Collections, and Memoirs - up to 100,000 words) $399 | includes a complete read-through of a novel manuscript up to 100,000 words by a professional editor, a revision letter, a bullet point list of strengths and revision suggestions, a 30-minute Skype consultation, and for WOW! writers only—a page of self-editing suggestions. | Editor: Margo L. Dill
Children's Novel Draft Editing Package (For Novels for Children Ages 9-12) $325 | includes a complete read-through of a novel manuscript up to 100,000 words by a professional editor, a revision letter, a bullet point list of strengths and revision suggestions, a 30-minute Skype consultation, and for WOW! writers only—a page of self-editing suggestions. | Editor: Margo L. Dill
Simplify Your Book-Writing Process with a Book Style Guide | 4 sessions | $125 | Location: Private Website | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Editor: Bernadette Geyer
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On Demand Video Classes:
You Can Start a Podcast! | 30-minute video class, which includes pre-recorded webinar, supporting handouts, and e-mail follow-up | $30 | Instructor: Renee Roberson
Online Clips for Freelance Writers: Websites vs. Portfolios - Video Class and Consultation | 30-minute video class, plus a 30-minute Zoom/Skype consultation | $40 | Password protected video | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Editor: Bernadette Geyer
Independent, Self-Paced:
Story Seedlings: Daily Prompts, Weekly Feedback, and a 5,000-word Critique | 6 weeks | $125 | Instructor: Amanda Zieba
Take Action Author Plan: Self-Publishing 101, Book Marketing 101, The ABC's of Authorpreneurship | 4 weeks | $300 | Instructor: Amanda Zieba
Beginner Blogging Bundle | 4 weeks | $80 | Instructor: Amanda Zieba
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Starts the First Tuesday of Every Month:
How to Write a TV Pilot | 4 Weeks | $150 | Location: Email | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Limit: 10 Students | Instructor: Christina Hamlett
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Making the Mundane Magnificent with the Marvelous Magical Real
Live Zoom Classes:
4 weeks starting Sept 19
Sharpen your pencil because this is a generative class where we will write the marvelous, magical real pulled from our everyday lives. What ordinary thing could be extraordinary as you walk through the supermarket, or what would happen if you forgot to tell the bees of a birth or death, or if the snippets pulled from grandma’s bedtime tales came to life? In this class, we will create strange stories, tall tales, and fairy fables—short stories intertwined with our daily life. Led by Christy O'Callaghan!
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Writing Short, Writing Deep: Prose Poetry, Short Memoir, Epistolary, Flash Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, and More
6 weeks starting Sept 23
Each week students will complete a piece of writing inspired by strategies for evoking life experiences. Participants will read from samples of “lyric memoirs” and “lyric novels” built from smaller pieces as well as selections from authors who write moving vignettes, prose poems, flash fiction and flash nonfiction. Not only is there a growing market for short writing, writing short helps us get quickly to the best writing we have inside. You’ll produce six pieces and create many more ideas for future. Led by Sheila Bender!
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Pitching, Querying, and Submitting Your Work
4 weeks starting Oct 7
Whether you write essays, short stories or novels, sending your work to an agent, editor or publisher is a daunting task. This course will teach you to assemble submission basics including a pitch and a query letter. These tools will enable you to get your work in front of industry professionals. We will also discuss how to find markets and how to manage rejection. Course materials include successful samples and tips from industry experts.
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No Matter How Busy You Are, You Can Still Find Time To Write!
4 weeks starting Oct 7
Students learn unique and creative ways to fit writing time into their busy lives, including how to set achievable writing goals, how to create a Writing Action Plan, and how to manage distractions and interruptions. Includes a free critique of up to 10 pages or a 15 minute phone consultation. Led by Kelly L. Stone, author of Time to Write, Living Write, and Thinking Write!
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When Life Fissures: Writing About Grief in Fragments
4 weeks starting Oct 7
Grief is an experience that never feels complete. Yes, you can explain the chronology of what led to someone’s death and its aftermath, but the way that we experience grief is both cyclical and fragmented. How could it not be? There is something missing from our lives now, and so it makes sense to write about grief in a way that reflects our experience of it. In this course, we will read Bluets by Maggie Nelson and a handful of craft and other literary essays that explore different ways to write about grief. We’ll look at the impact that metaphors and imagery have on grief narratives, and also focus on the importance of rhythm and pace to reflect our experience. Led by Chelsey Clammer!
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Hooked on Ekphrasis: Creative Writing From Visual Art
Live Zoom Classes:
4 weeks starting Oct 9
Ekphrastic writing is the practice of creative writing from visual art. People who love ekphrasis describe being hooked once they start, because it is a wonderful way to expand our imagination, grow our writing, and learn more about visual art. In this class, we will look at the 3000-year history of ekphrasis, and explore fun ways to create our own. We will read inspiring examples, find ideas through brainstorming and writing exercises, and talk about how and where to submit our ekphrastic poetry and stories. Led by Lorette C. Luzajic, founding editor of The Ekphrastic Review!
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Writing Horror and Gothic Fiction
7 weeks starting Oct 15
Got an idea for a horror novel, but have no idea where to start with the actual writing of your book? Does writing the Gothic appeal to you? In this seven-week course novelist Madeline Dyer will take you through the steps involved in crafting a horror or Gothic novel. Every week also contains an assignment where you’ll get individual feedback from Madeline, including chapter critiques.
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How to Write a Dystopian Novel
8 weeks starting Oct 15
Have you always wanted to write a dystopian novel but need help fine-tuning your idea? Got an idea for a dystopian novel, but have no idea where to start with the actual writing of your book? In this eight-week course dystopian novelist Madeline Dyer will take you through the steps involved in crafting a dystopian novel.
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Writing Disabled Characters in Fiction
Live Zoom Classes:
6 weeks starting Oct 15
Disabled people make up about 20% of the U.S. population, but only about 2% of disabled characters are represented on-screen and most of that representation deals with damaging stereotypes. Films and novels like Me Before You boast the dangerous notion that it’s better off to be dead than disabled. Other characters, such as those found in popular YA novels like Five Feet Apart and Everything, Everything portray chronic illness/disability as miserable and perpetuate harmful tropes. This six-week class will examine writing disabled characters in fiction. By the end of this class, students will have a 3-5-page outline and opening chapters (8-15 pages per chapter) to their novels with disabled characters. Led by Dr. Lara Ameen!
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Narrative Structures
6 weeks starting Oct 15
Are you struggling with how to structure your story? Do you want to experiment with unconventional structures? Or maybe you always eagerly begin a manuscript only to lose momentum a couple of chapters later? Or maybe you want to learn more about traditional three-act frameworks because you still dread writing the sticky middle section? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, this is the course for you! This class is aimed at writers of all levels who want to deepen their understanding of plot, narratives, and structures. Led by award-winning author Madeline Dyer.
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Threading the Needle: Writing Thematic Poetry
4 weeks starting Oct 18
Themes are important in vivid writing. Strong poetry often explores specific themes, from poems to celebrate special occasions and the natural world to poems that celebrate art and other beloved objects. In this class, students will read about 9 forms of poetry in our class texts, and then pick from the weekly themes to pen a poem for personalized instructor feedback on what is working well in their poem and what they might revisit/revise. Led by poet Melanie Faith!
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Chicken Soup Essays: Write and Receive Feedback
3 weeks starting Oct 28
Have you ever wanted to see your essay in a Chicken Soup for the Soul book? (Who hasn’t!) In this class, we will talk about guidelines, tone and voice, and students will write essays to submit to Chicken Soup’s latest upcoming themes (they have several themes with a submission deadline coming up – a perfect time to take this class and work toward a deadline.) It’s time to go for it! Led by editor Kandace Chapple!
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Writing Prose Poetry
Live Zoom Classes:
4 weeks starting Nov 4
Prose poetry is the black sheep of the poetry world, with many saying it is an oxymoron or that it doesn’t exist at all. This is no surprise, as its rise was an act of rebellion against the restrictions of formal poetry. Many writers find it liberating to create. Others are surprised at how writing poetry in the prose form improves their writing in general. In this class, we will read, write, submit, and explore prose poetry, briefly looking at its history, its greats, resources, and starting or continuing our own writing practice. Led by Lorette C. Luzajic, founding editor of The Mackinaw, a new journal of prose poetry, as well as the nine-year-old flagship journal of ekphrasis, The Ekphrastic Review!
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Self-Publish Your Masterpiece
Live Zoom: November 6,
2 PM - 4 PM ET
You have written your pièce de resistance, whether it’s a romance, thriller, how-to guide, poetry ensemble, or cookbook, and you’ve decided to go the self-publishing route to get your baby out into the world—a route, by the way, that is widely acceptable these days (many authors have been immensely successful). But how do you do it? Where do you start? This two-hour course takes you step-by-step from turning your Word document into a gorgeous hard-copy book and ebook. Led by Barbara Noe Kennedy!
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Humor: Your Best Defense Against the Hot Mess That Is the Holiday Season
4 weeks starting Nov 18
Holidays are stressful. We know this. What’s the best way to battle the annual holiday-induced chaos? Humor! Because making your relatives die of laughter does not carry the same prison sentence as actually killing them. Starting before Thanksgiving, this four-week class will gleefully prance around the different techniques that make a piece of writing humorous. The goal of this workshop is to understand the function of humor in literary texts and how it reaches beyond the ability to entertain. Led by Chelsey Clammer!
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Captured Moments: Writing Life's Stories Using Family Photographs
6 weeks starting January 13
Sometimes, it feels like we’ve lost the stories we always intended to write in our spare time—the family legends we cherish, the tales we want to pass down to our kids and grandkids. These stories, woven into the fabric of our lives, often get buried under the weight of daily routines and the passage of time. But they’re not truly lost. They linger in the corners of our memories, preserved in family photos, waiting to be rediscovered. During this six-week course, we’ll learn how to carefully select the best photos and how to use them as powerful tools to record and revive our family histories. Led by Ariela Zucker!
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From Better to Best: Writing Fictional Beginnings that Hook Readers
4 weeks starting January 24
Readers, editors, agents, and writers speak again and again about the importance of beginnings, especially in longer stories, such as novellas and novels. During this four-week workshop, we’ll explore what makes a successful beginning for a fiction project, the purpose of a start, the importance of arriving late and leaving early, some genre considerations where applicable, reasons why some beginnings fail to hook readers, how the ending can inform the beginning, and more. Led by Melanie Faith!
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Writing a Novel with a Writing Coach
4 weeks starting the first Friday of each month
Are you writing a novel? Do you need a writing coach to keep you accountable and provide feedback as you go? Do you have an idea for a novel but you don’t know how to plan or get started? Join Margo L. Dill in an online workshop environment, where you can work with her to get a first or second draft of a novel completed. Novelists for almost any genre (no erotica or extreme violence please) are welcome. Depending on your needs, Margo will also provide you with resources on writing novels and help with writing a synopsis and query letter.
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Research: Prepping to Write Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults
4 weeks, multiple dates
Nonfiction for children and teens lines the bookshelves of libraries and bookstores, fills magazines and e-zines and is used in classrooms around the world. The first step in taking your place in this market is learning to do the research. That may sound relatively simple, but done right it includes researching markets and possible topics as well as locating accurate source materials. This course will help you develop the skills you need to take on these tasks with confidence.
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Writing Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults
4 weeks, multiple dates
Biographies, science, history, how-to, and more. Nonfiction is published in book form, online and in both magazines and e-zines. Not only do teachers and school librarians seek nonfiction for their students, children and teens read it for fun. In this course, you will learn how to organize your material, write and revise not only the manuscript you workshop in class but future projects as well. Learn from Sue Bradford Edwards!
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CLASSES BY START DATE:
September 4, 2024
Travel Writing: 2-Hour Zoom | Zoom: 2 - 4 PM ET | $40 | Instructor: Barbara Noe Kennedy
September 19, 2024
Making the Mundane Magnificent with the Marvelous Magical Real | 4 Weeks | $185 | Location: Live Zoom Workshops | Feedback: Instructor feedback and peer workshopping | Instructor: Christy O'Callaghan
September 23, 2024
Writing Short, Writing Deep: Prose Poetry, Short Memoir, Epistolary, Flash Nonfiction, Flash Fiction, and More | 6 Weeks | $210 | Location: Google Groups | Feedback: Instructor feedback and peer workshopping | Instructor: Sheila Bender
October 7, 2024
When Life Fissures: Writing About Grief in Fragments | 4 Weeks | $180 | Location: Private Website Forum | Feedback: Instructor feedback and peer workshopping | Instructor: Chelsey Clammer
Research: Prepping to Write Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults | 4 Weeks | $90 | Location: Email | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Instructor: Sue Bradford Edwards
Writing Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults | 4 Weeks | $90 | Location: Email | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Instructor: Sue Bradford Edwards
Pitching, Querying, and Submitting Your Work | 4 Weeks | $90 | Location: Email | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Instructor: Sue Bradford Edwards
No Matter How Busy You Are, You Can Still Find Time to Write | 4 Weeks | $40 | Location: Email | Feedback: Instructor feedback, includes a critique up to 10 pages or a 15-minute phone consultation | Instructor: Kelly L. Stone
October 9, 2024
Hooked on Ekphrasis: Creative Writing From Visual Art NEW! | 4 Weeks | $150 | Location: Live Zoom Workshops | Feedback: Instructor feedback and peer workshopping | Instructor: Lorette C. Luzajic, founding editor of The Ekphrastic Review
October 15, 2024
Writing Disabled Characters in Fiction NEW! | 6 Weeks | $185 | Location: Live Zoom Classes | Feedback: Weekly instructor feedback and peer workshopping | Instructor: Dr. Lara Ameen
Writing Horror and Gothic Fiction | 7 Weeks | $185 | Location: Private Website | Feedback: Instructor critique and feedback on all assignments | Instructor: Madeline Dyer
How to Write a Dystopian Novel | 8 Weeks | $185 | Location: Private Website | Feedback: Instructor critique and feedback on all assignments | Instructor: Madeline Dyer
Narrative Structures | 6 Weeks | $185 | Location: Private Website | Feedback: Instructor critique and feedback on all assignments | Instructor: Madeline Dyer
October 18, 2024
Threading the Needle: Writing Thematic Poetry NEW! | 4 Weeks | $185 | Location: Private Group | Feedback: Weekly instructor feedback | Instructor: Melanie Faith
October 28, 2024
Chicken Soup Essays: Write and Receive Feedback | 3 Weeks | $150 | Location: Private Group & Email | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Instructor: Kandace Chapple
November 4, 2024
Writing Prose Poetry NEW! | 4 Weeks | $150 | Location: Live Zoom Workshops | Feedback: Instructor feedback and peer workshopping | Instructor: Lorette C. Luzajic, founding editor of The Ekphrastic Review and The Mackinaw, a new journal of prose poetry
Research: Prepping to Write Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults | 4 Weeks | $90 | Location: Email | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Instructor: Sue Bradford Edwards
Writing Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults | 4 Weeks | $90 | Location: Email | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Instructor: Sue Bradford Edwards
Pitching, Querying, and Submitting Your Work | 4 Weeks | $90 | Location: Email | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Instructor: Sue Bradford Edwards
November 6, 2024
Self-Publish Your Masterpiece: 2-Hour Zoom | Zoom: 2pm - 4pm ET | $40 | Instructor: Barbara Noe Kennedy
November 18, 2024
Humor II: Your Best Defense Against the Hot Mess That Is the Holiday Season | 4 Weeks | $180 | Location: Private Website | Feedback: Weekly instructor feedback and peer workshopping | Instructor: Chelsey Clammer
December 2, 2024
Research: Prepping to Write Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults | 4 Weeks | $90 | Location: Email | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Instructor: Sue Bradford Edwards
Writing Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults | 4 Weeks | $90 | Location: Email | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Instructor: Sue Bradford Edwards
Pitching, Querying, and Submitting Your Work | 4 Weeks | $90 | Location: Email | Feedback: Instructor Feedback | Instructor: Sue Bradford Edwards
January 7, 2025
Introduction to Storytelling Forms: Flash Fiction, Short Stories, Novels, Poetry, Screenplays, Personal Essays, and Memoir (Including Portfolio Creation) | 12 Weeks | $285 | Location: Private Website | Feedback: Instructor critique and feedback on all assignments | Instructor: Madeline Dyer
Narrative Structures | 6 Weeks | $185 | Location: Private Website | Feedback: Instructor critique and feedback on all assignments | Instructor: Madeline Dyer
Writing Horror and Gothic Fiction | 7 Weeks | $185 | Location: Private Website | Feedback: Instructor critique and feedback on all assignments | Instructor: Madeline Dyer
How to Write a Dystopian Novel | 8 Weeks | $185 | Location: Private Website | Feedback: Instructor critique and feedback on all assignments | Instructor: Madeline Dyer
January 13, 2025
Captured Moments: Writing Life's Stories Using Family Photographs NEW! | 6 Weeks | $180| Location: Private Group | Feedback: Instructor feedback & peer workshop | Instructor: Ariela Zucker
January 24, 2025
From Better to Best: Writing Fictional Beginnings That Hook Readers NEW! | 4 Weeks | $185 | Location: Private Group | Feedback: Weekly instructor feedback | Instructor: Melanie Faith
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