PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Unsettling Histories with Naomi J. Williams
Are you writing about historical events or people in your fiction, creative non-fiction, or poetry? Explore how to write with integrity and joy about the past.
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PJ Seminar: A Master Class on the Acoustics, Syntax, and Style of the Sentence with Matt Bell
We’ll explore a wide-ranging survey of styles at use in contemporary fiction, paying special attention to sentence construction, syntactical possibilities, and acoustic effects.
PJ Seminar: Dismantling the House: A Master Class on Endings as Beginnings with Paul Lisicky
In this P.J. Seminar, we’ll talk about struggles and strategies that feel true to this moment of isolation, survival, eagerness, guardedness, grief, and next steps.
PJ Seminar: The Fictional is Political: A Master Class on Writing Real Worlds with Asali Solomon
This workshop seeks to give each participant the tools create their own individual framework for approaching the realms of the political, as a part of an overall richer process for writing the fiction of your dreams.
Summer Novel Series: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends with Joseph Scapellato
In this class, we’ll walk through some practical strategies specific to the beginnings, middles, and endings of novels.
Summer Novel Series: Character Development with Sahar Mustafah
How can you meaningfully develop a nuanced character who experiences both pain and pleasure?
Taming the Lizard Brain with Jen Jones Donatelli (Midday Class)
In this one-time workshop, attendees will identify negative self-talk messages that are stopping them from moving forward (and learn how to combat/rise above them).
Summer Novel Series: From Premise to Promise with Vu Tran
At some point in a novel project, whether at the start or 100 pages in, it can be helpful to step back, consider what we have, and give it a foundational dramatic shape that either directs or illuminates all the promise in the material.
Creative Writing Essentials with Sheree L. Greer
Explore your writer self as an artist, taking time to discover the basic elements of fiction and nonfiction craft and holding space to better understand who we are as inspired, dedicated creatives called to the literary arts.
Novel Summer Series: The Art of Perfect Pacing with Alison Hammer
Pacing. It’s the invisible thread that holds a story together, and it can make the difference between a book you can’t put down and one that loses your interest.
Summer Novel Series: Imagery & Descriptions with Eric Charles May
In this course, award-winning novelist Eric Charles May will discuss and present strategies and examples, from an array of genres, for getting effective imagery—from the concise to the elaborate—on the page to engage and enchant your readers.
Writing for Self-Care with Jennifer Coffeen
This short class will be in introduction to Freewriting, and how to use writing as a daily tool for self-care. We’ll have prompts, writing resources, and timed writing exercises.