Class Types

Craft Talk

These are primarily discussion-based classes that focus on one or more essential elements of craft or of a particular genre/type of writing. Sometimes these are panel discussions on a specific topic (e.g., the nuts and bolts of publishing or writing genre fiction).

Other Class Types

Writing Accountability Group

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Upcoming Classes & Workshops

Writer Interrupted: Making Room for Writing as Parent

$

30

/

FREE!

Class Level:

Pen Parentis Leader Joline ScottRoller will present tips, strategies, and stories to help parents maintain their creative practice.

Dangerous Visions: Getting Political in Your Science Fiction

$

30

/

FREE!

Class Level:

We'll look at ways to use science fiction to speak truth to power.

Writing Process

Intro to Developing a Writing Habit - December 2024

$

35

/

FREE!

Darlene Montonaro

Class Level:

This two-hour lecture will provide the foundational concepts that we’ll work with in the four-week Developing a Writing Habit Class.

Business of Writing

Everything You Need to Know about Publishing - Jan 2025

$

35

/

FREE!

Class Level:

Learn how publishing works and what it takes to achieve your goal.

Business of Writing

I’m Ready to Submit My Writing to Magazines and Journals—But How?

$

35

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FREE!

Class Level:

In this workshop, you’ll learn where to find publications that are looking for work, proper manuscript format, and submission etiquette.

Getting Started with Historical Fiction - Feb 2025

$

35

/

FREE!

Katharine Beutner

Class Level:

Bring the past to life with a master class on the craft of historical fiction

Business of Writing

Writing a Successful Nonfiction Book Proposal

$

35

/

FREE!

Class Level:

This class will provide a toolkit for writing a successful book proposal.

Writing Process

Let the Writing Make the Rules

$

35

/

FREE!

Class Level:

In this intensive course, we will deepen our understanding of the voice, the shape, and the themes that our work seeks to articulate.

Business of Writing

Self-Publishing Made Simple: A Complete Guide to Publishing, Marketing, and Growing Your Author Career

$

70

/

FREE!

Barbara Howard Phipps

Class Level:

In this 4-hour session, we’ll walk you through the steps of the self-publishing process, from designing a professional book to promoting and funding it

Secondary Characters: Populating Your Story with Figures Who Entice & Intrigue

$

35

/

FREE!

Peter Gelderloos

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This craft talk will help us look at some of our favorite secondary characters in speculative fiction and what makes them work so well.

Turning Research into Compelling Nonfiction - March 2025

$

35

/

FREE!

Raechel Anne Jolie

Class Level:

In this class we'll explore how to turn research into compelling nonfiction (for essays or a book project).

Grand Openings: The All-Important First Page

$

35

/

FREE!

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This intense focus on the first page enables participants to identify specific techniques that they can then use to strengthen and shape their first pages.

Writing Beyond Our Wounds

$

35

/

FREE!

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Participants will learn ways to use writing and creativity to find their way back to themselves and to persevere through challenging times.

Poetry Mad Libs: Borrowing Form to Reinvigorate Writing

$

35

/

FREE!

Class Level:

In this workshop, we’ll look closely at mentor poems to study the specifics of their structure and then use them as a mad-libs-style frame for our own work.

The Art of Multiperspectivity

$

35

/

FREE!

Kayla Degala-Paraíso

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We’ll specifically analyze what multiple perspectives do for a story (and why we can’t achieve the same effect with only one perspective).

To Live: Giving Voice to the Nonhuman Narrator

$

35

/

FREE!

Avitus B. Carle

Class Level:

In this generative workshop, participants will study various examples of flash that give voice to the often-silent characters in our lives.

Business of Writing

Negotiation for Writers: How to Ask For & Get What You Deserve

$

70

/

FREE!

Class Level:

This workshop covers strategic tips and best practices to help you ask for and get what you deserve.

Writing Process

Intro to Developing a Writing Habit - April 2025

$

35

/

FREE!

Darlene Montonaro

Class Level:

This two-hour lecture will provide the foundational concepts that we’ll work with in the four-week Developing a Writing Habit Class.