Elements of Scene Workshop
Elements of Scene Scenes are dramatized moments that engage characters or speakers in action and dialogue. Scene writing is one of the...
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Nov 28, 20201 min
Writing for Happiness Workshop
Writing for Happiness Many folks write anticipating joy, but instead encounter doubt, fear, or defeat. 2020 was an especially difficult...
Aug 23, 20201 min
New Workshop: Discover Your Writing Temperament
Story, Structure, Music, and Imagination are what Gregory Orr calls the natural temperaments of writers. Together we will discover which...
Aug 12, 20201 min
New Workshop! Playwriting 102
Playwriting 102 (Limited Seating) Enrollment Closed Meet the Teaching Artist: Kelly Bancroft’s plays have been produced in Youngstown, ...
Aug 9, 20201 min
New Workshop! Building an Author Website
Building an Author Website Meet the Teaching Artist: Ashley Dillon is a digital media artist working primarily in sound and moving image....
Aug 3, 20201 min
Believe It or Not: Writing surreal, weird, and speculative worlds
Believe it or Not? Writing surreal, weird, and speculative worlds If your writing contains out-of-this-world elements or the suspension...
Jul 14, 20201 min
How to Acquire a Literary Agent and Beyond
*This class has been postponed until spring* How to Acquire a Literary Agent and Beyond This class will give writers a basic introduction...
Jul 3, 20201 min
Writing Workshop: Personal Narrative as Resistance
Putting the “I’s’ in Activism: Personal Narrative as a Form of Transformative Resistance Sharing stories is one of the most fundamental...
Jun 13, 20201 min
Playwriting Workshop: The Power of Ten
The Power of Ten The Power of Ten: a Playwriting Workshop. Wednesdays, July 8-29, 5:30-6:45 p.m., on Zoom. Course fee is $25 (or pay as...
Jun 6, 20201 min
Workshop: Writing a Strong Humanities Graduate School Application
Applying to graduate school in the humanities is confusing and, let’s face it, until you actually have to write these documents, most...
Jun 2, 20201 min
Have a Class or Workshop Idea?
We pay $250 for a 5-6 week workshop or $150 for a half day “short.” Our participants vary, from emerging to experienced writers, teens to...
Mar 15, 20201 min
Workshop: Writing as the Character in Poetry
Writing as the Character in Poetry Whether humorous, intense, dramatic, or morbid, poets use persona as the speaker in poems to bring the...
Jan 16, 20201 min
Flash Fiction Workshop Enrollment Open
“Cinema of the Mind” — Flash Fiction Through the Camera’s Lens Pulitzer Prize-winning author and teacher Robert Olen Butler teaches a...
Dec 20, 20191 min
Glimpses of My Past: Memoir Workshop
This workshop has been rescheduled. Glimpses of My Past: A 7-Week Memoir Workshop This workshop is full. This workshop will follow the...
Jul 21, 20192 min
Scene and Summary Writing Workshop
“Show, Don’t Tell” but also “Less is More”: Using Scene and Summary in Short Story Writing Most narratives rely on plot to engage...
Mar 24, 20191 min
Submitting Poems & Short Prose for Publication
This workshop will focus on submitting poems and short prose (fiction, nonfiction, essay) for literary journals, anthologies and...
Feb 19, 20191 min
Flash Fiction Workshop
The Flash Fiction workshop will focus on experimentation and practice of flash fiction forms as well as the questions—what is flash...
