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Groups+Workshops
Making Magic: A Workshop on Narrative Voice with Conor Bracken
Once a week Mondays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT February 19 to March 11, 2024
Read work by popular writers and practice grammatical, syntactic, lexical, and atmospheric ways to draw forth the dynamic, ineffable, human voice...
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Groups+Workshops
Troubleshooting the “Revise and Resubmit” Rejection with Sarah Cypher
Saturday, 11:00 am EDT - 2:00 pm EDT March 23, 2024
Consider strategies for reassessing your work and making the right revisions for the right agent; receive an outside perspective on previous rejections...
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Groups+Workshops
The Art of the Diary with Daniel Saldaña París (February 2024)
Saturday & Sunday 11:00 am EDT - 2:00 pm EDT February 24 to February 25, 2024
Review excerpts of personal diaries by authors and comment on them collectively, understanding the practice of journaling as a private literary...
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Groups+Workshops
How to Map Out Your Novel with Mathangi Subramanian
Friday—Sunday February 16 to February 18, 2024
Work together to structure your novel, focusing on the building blocks of fiction, through a series of generative exercises and workshops on craft decisions.
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Groups+Workshops
Writing Bilingual and Bicultural Characters in Fiction: Immigrants, Parents, and Travelers with Elysha Chang
Once a week Wednesdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT February 14 to March 20, 2024
Explore characters who don’t speak the language you are rendering them in, with a focus on short readings, generative exercises, and workshops.
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Groups+Workshops
Writing Powerful, Characterizing Dialogue in Fiction with Joanna Cantor (March 2024)
Once a week Mondays, 6:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT March 11 to April 15, 2024
In Person | Examine writers such as Bryan Washington, Emma Cline, and Jhumpa Lahiri, focusing on how to write pithy, characterizing dialogue...
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Groups+Workshops
The Literary Ecosystem with Caroline Christopoulos and Lauren Harr
Once a week Mondays, 6:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT February 12 to March 4, 2024
Prepare for the publishing world: explore each role in the literary ecosystem; traditional vs. self-publishing; working with agents, publishers...
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Groups+Workshops
Get Signed: Find an Agent, Land a Book Deal, and Become a Published Author with Lucinda Halpern (in-person) (February 2024)
Monday, 6:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT February 12, 2024
Learn to present your work in a way that will capture an agent’s or publisher’s attention and receive feedback on your own live pitches...
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Groups+Workshops
A List Is a Letter: Techniques for Creating the Catalog Poem with Jessie McCarty (February 2024)
Saturday & Sunday 12:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT February 10 to February 11, 2024
Examine your diary entries, to-do lists, planners, receipts, and reading lists to investigate how lists, order, and memory function to enhance the art of poetry.
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Groups+Workshops
Crafting Your Novel's Opening with Danielle Lazarin
Saturday & Sunday 10:00 am EDT - 1:00 pm EDT February 10 to February 11, 2024
Examine the openings of novels to see what they communicate to the reader about the experience ahead and learn to apply these techniques by workshopping...