Holiday Catalog: Picks for Kids!
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Groups+Workshops
Story Structure: A Close Investigation with Debra Jo Immergut
Once a week Mondays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:30 pm EDT February 5 to February 26, 2024
Break down contemporary and classic stories, investigating their architecture via structural mapping, and practice these storytelling strategies...
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Writing with James Baldwin and Toni Morrison with Eraldo Souza dos Santos
Saturday & Sunday 1:00 pm EDT - 4:00 pm EDT February 3 to February 4, 2024
Explore the lives and work of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, and learn to write with their signature motives and techniques.
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Writing the Novel-in-Verse with Melissa Lozada-Oliva (in-person)
Once a week Wednesdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT January 31 to February 21, 2024
Explore the craft of writing the novel-in-verse, telling a story non-linearly, and having a poem that stands on its own while moving the plot forward.
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Writing Without Thinking with Josh Krigman (in-person) (January 2024)
Saturday, 12:00 pm EDT - 4:30 pm EDT January 27, 2024
Experiment with auto-writing, blind contours, and different ways of writing without thinking, and examine the effect that conscious intent has...
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Writing a Crime Novel: Getting Started with David Gordon (January 2024)
Saturday & Sunday 1:00 pm EDT - 4:00 pm EDT January 27 to January 28, 2024
Receive the background and encouragement you need to commit to, and solve, your first crime novel with vital topics like plotting, character development...
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Write 100 Pages in 10 Weeks: Using Fairy Tales, Magical Realism, and Childhood Tales to Break Through Writer's Block with Soraya Palmer
Once a week Thursdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT January 25 to March 28, 2024
Tap into the childhood parts of your imagination that make writing fun in order to push through feelings of self-doubt and writer’s block...
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The Science of Writing a Short Story with Zeynep Özakat
Once a week Wednesdays, 6:30 pm EDT - 8:30 pm EDT January 17 to March 6, 2024
Identify the problems that come up in storytelling and discuss the best techniques to solve them through generative writing prompts and experiments.
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Transforming Trauma into Writing with Alcy Leyva
Once a week Wednesdays, 7:00 pm EDT - 9:00 pm EDT January 17 to February 7, 2024
Delve into the intricate and emotionally charged realm of trauma in storytelling, exploring how writers such as Toni Morrison and Colson Whitehead...
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Writing Fiction for Social Justice with Ruth Mukwana (January 2024)
Once a week Tuesdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT January 16 to March 5, 2024
Review fiction stories and excerpts from novels that deal with social justice issues and discuss questions of craft with dedicated time for writing with prompts.
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Writing a First Novel with David Gordon (January 2024)
Once a week Tuesdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT January 16 to March 19, 2024
Receive the techniques, guidance and support that a first-time novelist needs to embark on—and see through—the process with lessons on plotting...
