Novelist Rebecca Makkai presents six online lectures on aspects of the novel, addressing the writer's work plan, novel structure and outlining, backstage decisions, pacing, character, and editing.
Add to cartJoin us in person! CWE Workshop is designed for intermediate writers or beginning writers who have taken Creative Writing Essentials and would benefit in putting those skills into practice in a workshop-focused class.
Read moreWhether trying to revise a stand-alone chapter or considering the broader arc of your full manuscript, these revision techniques are graspable, effective, and empowering.
Add to cartThis two-hour class is open to both genre and literary fiction writers curious about featuring non-human characters in their stories that subvert common cliches and stereotypes.
Add to cartThis generative class will introduce students to writing in found forms, also known as "hermit crabs" after the creature that makes its home out of whatever form it finds.
Add to cartWe’ll be using the Tarot’s striking and powerful imagery to tap into your imagination and uncover surprising new things about your story and characters—you don’t need to know anything about Tarot cards to benefit from this workshop.
Add to cartWe'll talk about the larger purpose of memoir, as well as moral questions that arise for the memoirist in the process of writing.
Add to cartIn this fiction PJ Seminar, we’ll look at the intimidating statistical realities of the publishing world, then we’ll focus on ways to improve our openings scenes to tilt the odds in our favor.
Add to cartThis in-person workshop examines how memory lives in the body, using our own stories and experiences as a contribution to a wider cultural and political dialogue that centers human beings.
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