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Improve your writing by reading exciting poets! If you're a beginning reader of poetry or an already practicing poet, come discover the secrets of poetic form, metaphor, imagery, rhythm, and much more by looking deeply into the works of a wide range of poets – from Shakespeare and the classics to the best international, American, and LA poets—such as Kaveh Akbar, Nick Laird, Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Clifton, Charles Bukowski, Wallace Stevens,...
THE PROCESS OF REVISION The 90-Day Rewrite is a guide through the second pass of your manuscript. The workshop will take you through an analysis of your material beginning with a new outline, and then dive into an examination of the story, character, dialogue, and prose. My goal as a teacher is to help you stay connected to your original impulse by asking the right questions. In the rewrite, it is often tempting to sterilize the complexity or...
Is it your dream to write the great American novel? Finishing a book is a tough thing to do even for the seasoned professional. In this 6 week intro novel writing workshop, successful novelist Lauren Strasnick will teach you the fundamentals of long form fiction! She’ll also teach you techniques for creating a thrilling story arc, irresistible dialogue, characters and conflict. If you like, you can even bring in up to 1200 words of your...
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SF Creative Writing Institute @ Virtual Classroom
Send your book out without self-doubt. Instead, work with one of our editors to get your manuscript in shape. In this month-long one-on-one intensive, an experienced published author will closely read your entire book and mentor you, giving focused editorial feedback on the first 25 pages and an editorial letter to guide revision of the rest. There will be significant opportunity for extended correspondence with your mentor, who will provide...
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom
Explore William Carlos Williams, the literary doctor who illuminated the essence of American modernism. Discover his blend of observation, vernaculars, and the haunting history of the nation, as well as his impact on the postwar avant-garde. Uncover his influence of Williams on writers and artists such as Langston Hughes, Allen Ginsberg, and Steve Reich in this captivating course.
Our Online Level I workshop is an introduction to the philosophy on which The Writers Studio was founded in 1987 by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Philip Schultz. Persona writing, a method of borrowing the voice and temperament of accomplished writers, offers writers the imaginative distance and perspective they need to overcome their negative inclinations, their fear of self-exposure and endless doubt. This method also helps writers try on different...
This four-week workshop will lead you through the construction of a short story, from conception to revision, with the goal of having a potentially publishable piece to submit to literary journals or genre fiction magazines by the end of the class. Students will read two short stories per week, develop a story of their own through exercises and drafting, critique one another’s first draft, and then submit a revised piece at the beginning of the...
This 4-week workshop offers a brief history and introduction to the intersection of new media and poetry. We will read and write poetry that crosses boundaries and engages modern technology and media tools to make poetry more accessible and appeal to a broader audience. Students will study the work of a new generation of tech-savvy young writers, who are transforming poetry by combining graphics, video, podcasting and other social media with traditional...
The Writers Studio has been helping writers online for 20 years using our custom, easy to use online classrooms. Our online students publish, win awards, and achieve full creative expression. Students get personal feedback from the teacher every week. Are you a dedicated prose writer, but sometimes just want to write a poem? (As Vladimir Nabokov wrote, “You have to saturate yourself with English poetry in order to compose English prose.”) Have...
Unleash your storytelling skills and embark on a transformative journey with our online workshop that guides aspiring memoir writers aged 50 and above. Dive into the art of memoir writing, exploring different narrative techniques and learning from established authors in the genre. Join us to unravel the truths of your life and craft a compelling memoir that will resonate with readers.
Your favorite writers and poets of speculative literature (including science fiction, fantasy, and horror) use narrative techniques like persona narrators, point of view, and tone as well as worldbuilding to craft fantastic and imaginative worlds that parallel, reflect, and critique our own real world. Imagining utopias, dystopias, dinosaurs, aliens, monsters, magical beings and systems, and sentient cities and starships to speculate about past...
The Big Frame: Poetry as a Tool for Re-Seeing the World Your perspective matters. How you see the world—the way you meet even the smallest moment—affects everyone and everything in the world around you. The stories you tell yourself and others create the big conversation—what are we doing here? What does it mean to be alive? But practically speaking, how do we change our perspective? How might our stories limit us? How do we re-see...
Your Book Is Your Hook LLC @ Online
Learn how to pitch and present your book or screenplay to industry professionals and gain the tools and confidence to succeed as a bestselling author or screenwriter at the Next Bestseller Workshop. Get practical training and feedback from seasoned experts in the publishing and entertainment industries, and learn how to engage decision-makers with compelling hooks that will set your project apart. Don't miss this opportunity to turn your writing dreams into reality.
You already know how to write a poem, but you want to reinvigorate and nourish your writing practice. If you’re looking for feedback, community, a reason to write more, a way to break through blocks, and find fresh ideas and inspiration, if you are looking to take your poetry to the next level, write and revise new work, give and receive feedback, and get your work published, this is the class for you! In this six-week workshop poets will read,...
Alaa Al Aswany Creative Writing Workshop
In this class, students learn the basic elements of a short story and practice different writing techniques: imaginative composition, creating vivid characters, making a dramatic beginning, organizing the structure of a literary text, using remembrance, implicit description, and focused, semantic dialogue. Each student in class 3 will write short stories and a critical essay. During 10 weeks, the professor and students will discuss each student...
Is it your dream to write a graphic novel or a comic book? Are you an artist who’d like to learn how to turn your characters and concept into a compelling story? Or maybe you have a visionary concept for a comic book or graphic novel that could turn into prestige streaming series or a blockbuster film? If so you’ll need something more valuable than an eight-figure budget: Commercial IP. Agents, execs and producers love it and having your own...
Enhance your storytelling skills and bring your project to life with the latest tools and techniques in the Pitch Deck Workshop at Writing Pad. Learn how to create compelling visual sales tools such as pitch decks and sizzle reels to captivate producers, execs, agents, and managers. Get actionable feedback and pitch your deck by the end of the class.
Alaa Al Aswany Creative Writing Workshop @ 16 Beaver St, New York, NY
Fiction represents an abundance of rich and creative possibilities. In this workshop course, students gain a higher level of training in the craft of writing by mastering rhythm, tempo, tone, and brevity. They will explore the process of developing lively characters, mapping out a plot, describing realistic settings, adding subtext and layers of meaning, and penning captivating fiction. Students will mature as fiction writers, facilitating the next...
Alaa Al Aswany Creative Writing Workshop
Through the magic of imagination, fiction takes us deep inside worlds and into the lives of characters. This online workshop course teaches students to recognize the qualities that make for spellbinding fiction, including the natural rhythm and tone, mapping the structure, and shaping the content. The short story exemplifies a unique genre of writing. The workshop teaches the essential short story elements: sketching a story, creating a compelling...
Deepen your relationship with the world through the power of poetry. Explore the connections between outer and inner landscapes as you build bridges of words with the self, others, and the natural world. Discover how a poetic practice can transform your perspective in this transformative playshop.
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