What would it mean to tell a story, to tell a story only you can tell, and to tell it in your own voice? Whether you write stories or songs or poems or plays, this weeklong workshop will help you answer that question. Each day, we’ll turn our attention to a different kind and style of writing, … [Read more...]
Using Object and Memory as Springboards into the Past – Writespace
Learn how to use objects and/or memories, both personal and those shared by family members or history, as prompts for imaginative rumination and writing. This highly interactive class also will include joint exercises in creating meaning and exploring literary possibility from a provided object and … [Read more...]
How to Finish Your Novel – Writespace
Come to this workshop by award-winning writer, teacher, and editor Sarah Cortez to learn strategies used by professional novelists in these exact situations and more. If you would like to schedule a private critique with Sarah in which she helps you determine what your novel needs from a craft … [Read more...]
Critiquapalooza Happy Hour – Writespace
Join us for Critiquapalooza, a fast and fun, yet in-depth look at dozens of craft elements essential to creating great stories. At Critiquapalooza you'll learn what an editor looks for when he or she is determining whether to publish a submission. The first six writers who send in the first three … [Read more...]
Starting Your Novel – Writespace
Have a great idea for a novel but don't know how to start? Stuck in the middle of novel-drafting and don't know why? Much of writing a novel through to its end is about what is set up by its premise. Bring your novel ideas or incomplete novels to this workshop on novel premises. We will discuss the … [Read more...]
Make it Shine! Polish Your Picture Book to its Fullest Potential! – Writespace
In this hands-on revision workshop, we’ll take a fresh look at your characters, setting, plot, and picture book language. Participants will complete exercises to polish their prose, as well as create a dummy to see how your text fits into a picture book format. Feedback in small groups will help … [Read more...]
Science Fiction and Fantasy (Hybrid) – Writespace
This course will provide an overview of the SFF genre. The group will consider those elements of writing which are crucial to crafting compelling speculative stories, such as building our own worlds, extrapolating the fantastic from reality, and creating compelling non-human characters. In addition … [Read more...]
Books, Journals, and More: Where and How is Poetry “Out There” (Online) – Writespace
Participants will enter the workshop with two poetry goals, one public (getting involved with a magazine or reading series, writing a review, interviewing an author etc.) and one personal (putting together a book or chapbook manuscript, sending work out to journals, reading at an open mic, etc). You … [Read more...]