The Six-Month Spark: Plan and Build Your Novel with Sarah Terez Rosenblum
Before you take the plunge for Novel in a Year, join us for the Six-Month Spark.
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YOUTH: Writing About Music with Chris L. Terry
In this seminar, we will look at various models of music writing and students will write and share an original piece.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Writing the Body with Camille Dungy
In this craft class, Camille Dungy will discuss some approaches to writing the body in literature.
PJ Seminar: Master Class on How to Draw Your Narrative Structure with Ivy Pochoda
The best stories have structures that depart dramatically from the conventional. And there are many creative ways to unlock and access these. In this seminar we will look at visual ways of shaping narrative.
Writing Fake Memories with Meghan Lamb
In this class, we’ll explore the unique creative advantages of writing fiction from foggy, fragmented, and otherwise unreliable memories.
PJ Seminar: Master Class on the “Dime a Dozen” Problem in Memoir with Lacy Crawford
We will focus not only on what makes a work sellable but rather on how various authors have oriented themselves to the near-universal experiences in their telling in order to make their work more sophisticated, emotionally engaging, and, yes, unique.
Creative Writing Essentials with Sarah Terez Rosenblum
Discover the elements at the heart of all good fiction and nonfiction in this eight-session introduction to creative writing. It’s your first step on the path to writing the stories or essays you’ve always wanted to tell.
Based on a True Story with Dionne Irving
We will consider how memoir influences autofiction and the ways in which a kernel of truth can take us into a fully imagined world.
TV Writing with Mary Ruth Clarke
This class is for anyone who has an idea (comedy or drama, any genre) that could make a great series and who wants to learn the crucial basics of how to write it.
Travel and the Modern Short Story with Dipika Mukherjee
This four-session introduction to writing the modern short story will cover the elements that make up an effective story, including character development, plot, dialogues, and editing for publication.
Yes, And: Improv Techniques in Writing with Eric Rampson
Each week, we’ll discuss a different aspect of improv and how it might apply to our work as writers. Then, in the spirit of improv, we’ll engage in several wiring exercises and share our work with the group.
Book-Length Revision with Julia Fine
We’ll look at strategies for making revision less daunting, discuss structural logistics, and try different revision techniques with the goal of finding the right path for each project.