The Pajama Seminars: Move Your Body with Marie Mockett
Not only do we need to make our ideas move across the page, but we also need to make people move in scenes.
Fiction
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The Pajama Seminars: Writing Dangerous Satires with Rion Amilcar Scott
Ridiculous times call for ridiculous responses.
The Pajama Seminars – Looking for a Mind at Work: Telling and Showing in Narrative Prose with Kate Harding
“Show, don’t tell” is one of the most commonly offered pieces of writing advice, but it’s not necessarily the best approach for every story or essay.
The Pajama Seminars – Do Leave Them Hanging: Why Suspense is Critical in Any Fiction And How To Create It with Anna Solomon
This session will explore the critical role suspense plays in any fiction and help reframe our notions of what constitutes and creates suspense.
The Pajama Seminars: How to Write a Sentence with Christian Kiefer
Sentences are the vehicle of our stories, our characters, our themes, but as fiction writers we seldom get to talk about the details of what makes a good sentence.
The Pajama Seminars: What to Write When You Think You Can’t Write with Juan Martinez
This class will include practical advice as well as three targeted exercises designed to jumpstart your writing.
The Pajama Seminars: Unlocking the “Why” of Powerful Writing with Alan Heathcock
WE’RE SORRY, THIS CLASS IS SOLD OUT. You can put your name on the waitlist in case a spot opens up.
The Pajama Seminars – Writing Real People: Empathy and Generosity in Fiction with Claire Lombardo
We’ll explore how to create fully three-dimensional characters using a twofold approach, striving for both technical mastery and deep emotional generosity.
A Writer’s Toolbox: Concrete Recommendations From CHIRB Exec. Editor Todd Van Luling
In this single-session, the Chicago Review of Books Executive Editor, Todd Van Luling, will highlight unexpected physical and digital tools to enhance the quality of your writing.
The 9 People You Meet in Fiction: Master Class with Eleanor Brown
Learn more about how to use the Enneagram’s nine personality types to create well-rounded characters.
Writing Humor with Rebekah Frumkin
We will talk not only about humor in fiction – what’s funny and what’s not and why we punch up instead of down – but also about the idea of levity as an opportunity to write with poignancy and impact about the Very Serious Subjects that deserve literary airtime.
Voice Through the Noise: Master Class with Pablo Cartaya
A generative writing workshop, with an emphasis on children and young adult literature, that focuses on personal histories and the writer’s unique voice.