Write Past Your Barriers with Lindsay Hunter
In this class, we won’t pretend writer’s block doesn’t exist. We’ll talk about ways we can trick ourselves into sitting down and working.
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The Six-Month Spark: Plan and Build Your Novel with Sarah Terez Rosenblum
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PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Writing Humorous Fiction with Rajesh Parameswaran
*NEW DATE* – April 12. In this class, we will examine approaches to writing humorous fiction. We’ll analyze stories in terms of the writer’s handling of plot, character, and most importantly, tone.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Writing for a Reader with Rumaan Alam & Lynn Steger Strong
This class will explore how working with an early reader (or two or three) can help prepare your work for its audience.
PJ Seminar: Assembly Required: A Master Class on Building a Whole From Parts with Jill McCorkle
For those compulsive note takers and collectors who often have many loose parts and ideas, I hope to discuss the ways to go about finding and building a whole.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on The Invisible Art: Re-seeing Revision with Peter Ho Davies
Through examples, exercises and discussion, our evening will aim to reintroduce you to revision as a fun, inspiring, and vital activity.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Reading Your Own Work Like an Editor & Understanding Publishing with Megha Majumdar
In the first part of this class, which is craft and process-oriented, we will consider how an acquisitions editor might read your work—what they might look for in an opening, and what questions they might ask of a manuscript. Then, in the second part of this class, which is more career-focused, we will discuss the acquisitions process as well as publishing process.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Making a Scene with Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Scenes are a foundational element for prose writers. Whether you are writing creative nonfiction or fiction, the ability to build a convincing scene is a critical skill.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Containing Big Themes with Joyce Maynard
This class will be devoted to the container story—a small story that allows a writer to explore (and contain) big, hard, unwieldy themes.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Developing An Idea: How To Ask The Questions That Unlock Stories with Gwenda Bond
Asking the right questions allows your subconscious to begin putting your characters through the motions before you ever start writing. It can also serve as a technique to find a new path when you’re stuck.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Poet as Bandleader with Hanif Abdurraqib
In this workshop, we will deconstruct the musicality of language and think about the language we choose in our work, and why.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Unleashing the Incomparable Power of Persona with Patricia Smith
In this workshop, we’ll examine the versatility of the shifted perspective and will conjure persona poems of our own.