YOUTH – Inspiration Station: a NaNoWriMo Workshop
In this workshop, we will discuss the importance of ‘play’ in our busy lives as well as some exercises you can do to welcome great ideas to work on. Open to youth in grades 7-12.
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Creating a Sustainable Writing Practice with H.V. Cramond (IN PERSON)
This workshop will help you develop mindsets, rituals and ways of work that allow you to continue writing during the life you have now.
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.
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
Genre-Bending Fiction with Lara Ehrlich
We’ll talk about how to mix genres and bend their “rules” to write memorable fiction.
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.
Picture Book Bootcamp with Juliet Bond
Students will take part in discussion and writing exercises to learn the rules of picture book writing, common story arcs, and how to get published in this popular market.