The Six-Month Spark: Plan and Build Your Novel with Sarah Terez Rosenblum
Before you take the plunge for Novel in a Year, join us for the Six-Month Spark.
Fiction
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YOUTH: Writing About Music with Chris L. Terry
In this seminar, we will look at various models of music writing and students will write and share two new original pieces.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Sentence Writing with Daniel Torday
In this class we’ll give the entire session over to thinking about sentence-level writing.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Writing the Body with Camille Dungy
In this craft class, Camille Dungy will discuss some approaches to writing the body in literature.
PJ Seminar: Master Class on How to Draw Your Narrative Structure with Ivy Pochoda
The best stories have structures that depart dramatically from the conventional. And there are many creative ways to unlock and access these. In this seminar we will look at visual ways of shaping narrative.
Writing Fake Memories with Meghan Lamb
In this class, we’ll explore the unique creative advantages of writing fiction from foggy, fragmented, and otherwise unreliable memories.
Detail and Design with David Welch
This multi-genre workshop explores these possibly paradoxical ideas in order to offer a studio and workshop based on games, experimentation, and a tip of the hat toward what flummoxes us as well as what we love.
Reaping the Harvest: Generative Writing Across Genres with Tara Betts
In this multi-session, open-genre generative class, we’ll look at a range of texts and objects that can inspire stories.
PJ Seminar: Compelling Conversations – A Master Class on How Authors and Playwrights Create Gripping and Realistic Dialogue with David Heska Wanbli Weiden
In this seminar, we’ll examine techniques used by playwrights and literary and genre writers for crafting effective dialogue.
The Art of the Pitch: Making Your Query Letters Stand Out with Blair Hurley
We’ll examine what makes a query letter polished and professional, as well as the dos and do nots of pitching.
Jumpstart Your Novel with Sheree Greer
In this class, we begin with intellectual and creative inquiry, asking the tough questions of our characters, our stories, and ourselves.
PJ Seminar: A Master Class on Ways to Approach Key Challenges of the Novel-Writing Process with Lan Samantha Chang
We will discuss the novel form and explore its major challenges to writers.