Writing Trauma in Traumatic Times with Katherine Standefer
In this 3-hour workshop with author and trauma specialist Katherine Standefer, learn how the physiological processes of trauma and shame interact with a writing process.
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Book Ends of the Publishing Landscape with Gabriel Levinson
In this class, we’ll navigate the pros and cons of all your options so that you can determine the most beneficial path in guiding your novel from manuscript to published book.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Writing What You Know: Using Autobiography in Fiction with Nina McConigley
In this craft class, we’ll talk about how to take real life experience and fictionalize it.
Poetry, Fairytales, and Intuitive Magic with David Welch
How do our sentences and scenes intuitively move? How does one “formalize magic,” anyway?
Regional Fiction with Jessica Chiarella (IN PERSON)
This class will help writers to see setting as an additional “character” in their piece and examine the methods a writer can employ to make the world feel accurate, rich, and compelling
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Worldbuilding and the Bivalve Heart of the Story with Brenda Peynado
This craft talk will discuss the bivalve heart of the story that unifies all of these elements—world building, plot, character, and theme.
Genre-Bending Fiction with Lara Ehrlich
We’ll talk about how to mix genres and bend their “rules” to write memorable fiction.
Romantic Comedy with Mary Ruth Clarke
We will do a deep dive into what makes for a successful romantic comedy, in all its iterations.
Jumpstart Your Novel with Blair Hurley
In this class, we’ll explore the elements of strong, vivid, and moving creative writing and the structure and construction of the novel form.
Writing Your Middle-Grade Novel with Kate Hannigan
In this six-week course you will focus on the crucial elements to writing your middle-grade novel.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Writing Across Genres with Elizabeth Crane
In this PJ seminar, we will discuss writing across genre and how to play with form.
Life After Publication with Rebecca Makkai
In this weekend intensive, we’ll discuss everything that happens both before and after the book enters the world.