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Writing Gothic Fiction with Francesca Lia Block
Learn to write your own Gothic story by examining setting, character, plot, voice and theme. Weetzie Bat author Francesca Lia Block will be your guide in this 4-week class.
Short Story Mechanics with Richard Thomas
In two weeks, Richard Thomas will help you nail the mechanics of the short story. Perfect if you're a beginner, but anyone who wants to do some serious, fast-and-furious writing is welcome.
Write What You Fear with Gemma Files
Get to the root of what scares you and produce the sketch of a submission-ready story in this two-week workshop.
Logic and the Unconscious: How to Write Like a Maniac, Then Like an Engineer
An intuitive approach involving the utilization of a more urgent, language and image-driven process to create text, which you will then edit with precision.
Unfolding the Mystery with Noah Dorsey
An immersive dive to unlock the mysteries of writing a mystery.
200 Proof Storytelling With Craig Clevenger
Master the fundamentals of dramatic storytelling while eliminating the dead wood that drags down your prose in this four-week master class with Craig Clevenger.
A Screenwriter's Approach to Story Prep with Scott Myers
A 4-week Master Class in the Screenwriter's Approach to Completing Your Story by "Breaking it in Prep." Great for screenwriters and highly applicable for novelists, too.
Age of Immersion with Lidia Yuknavitch
In this workshop we will write six short fictions that reflect the spirit of our existence inside immersion technologies, embracing the intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and other dimensions.
Anatomy of Archetypes with Nik Korpon
In this two-week class, learn fiction's classic character archetypes—then learn how to subvert those archetypes and make them your own, so you take something old and make it new again.
Become a Demigod with Delilah S. Dawson
In this two-week crash course version of Delilah S. Dawson's hit workshop, learn to build a living, breathing, fantastical world—with real rules, real stakes, and real mechanics.
Become a God with Delilah S. Dawson
In this four-week workshop, learn to build a living, breathing, fantastical world—with real rules, real stakes, and real mechanics.
Beginning the Novel with Christopher Bram
In this 6-week online writing class, you will explore key techniques and core attitudes for successfully beginning and sustaining a book-length work of fiction that you'll feel compelled to finish.
Bestseller Bootcamp with Ania Ahlborn
Writing a novel is like climbing a mountain—without a clear path, you'll find it's riddled with pitfalls. You need a plan. Bestselling author Ania Ahlborn is here to help in this four-week workshop.
Between the Sheets with Rachel Kramer Bussel
Writing about sex is so much bigger than one little Grey trilogy. Learn to write about sex with skill and grace, and then how to sell it, in this four-week workshop.
Bizarro Fiction 101 with J. David Osborne
Think Bizarro is just weird for the sake of weird? Think again. Learn to utilize weird elements to engage the reader in this four-week workshop with J. David Osborne.
Bizarro Fiction 101 with Rose O'Keefe
Think Bizarro is weird for the sake of weird? Think again. Learn to utilize weird elements to engage the reader in this four-week workshop with Eraserhead Press publisher Rose O'Keefe.
Build Your Book From The Ground Up with Christoph Paul
Learn to to write a book that will hook readers from the very first paragraph.
Charming with the Truth with Ed Sikov
An intensive five-week class for writers of narrative non-fiction. Learn to turn your journal entries, observations, and brief personal essays into publishable work.
Chimeras with Gemma Files
Every genre has tropes, but they're especially abundant in horror. This workshop with critically-acclaimed and award-winning author Gemma Files breaking those tropes to create something new.
Concrete Storytelling with Melissa Olson
Writing a novel can be overwhelming. After all, that's a lot of words—all in a row, and they even have to make sense! Learn how to build the foundation for a book in this four-week workshop.
Crafting Compelling Sci-Fi with Georgia Clark
In this two-week online writing class, you'll craft compelling science fiction by drawing upon your own sociological, political, and economical conditions.
Crafting Sexual Tension with Jeffe Kennedy
The key element for taking a scene from ho-hum to cold-shower-worthy is sexual tension. Learn how to draw out suspense, build expectation, and deliver that crucial climax.
Creating Complex Characters with David Corbett
Dive deeper into the beating heart of your characters with acclaimed author David Corbett, in the newest iteration of his hit four-week writing workshop.
Crush Your Query with Kristi Belcamino
From crafting your query, to researching agents, to writing the dreaded synopsis, to tracking your progress until you get THE CALL—Kristi Belcamino will be your guide through the query trenches.
Drafting Your Dissent with Jen Fitzgerald
Learn your lineage, claim your space, and respect your art. Jen Fitzgerald will nurture the activist impulse and show you why socially-engaged poetry is necessary.
Drawing up the Devil with Samuel Sattin
In this two-week crash course, you'll delve into what makes us identify with anti-heroes and villains, and how to successfully create them—without crossing the line into caricature.
Ecstatic States: Sex, Death and Memoir with Lidia Yuknavitch
Go beyond the clichés of sex and death to create powerful, original creative non-fiction from the inventive core of human experience in this five-week master class.
Embracing the Practice With Holiday Reinhorn
A 6-week deep dive into sustainable writing practice and the unique demands and rewards of the short story.
End of Innocence: Writing Coming of Age Horror with Tom Deady
Growing up can be horrific. Learn to write coming-of-age horror with Bram Stoker Award-winning author Tom Deady in this 4-week workshop.
Everyone's a Critic with Ed Sikov
Contemporary media is overflowing with crap criticism. Learn to stand out by finding your critical voice in this two-week workshop with film critic and memoirist Ed Sikov.
Exploring Hybrid Lit with Lindsay Lerman
Merge the theoretical with the fictional to produce unique forms of hybrid writing.
Fairy Tales As Inspiration with Francesca Lia Block
Craft a contemporary fairy tale using classical inspirations: multifaceted characters, enthralling plot twists, mesmerizing otherworlds, and timeless themes.
Fantasy World Building with Stephen Aryan
In this two week workshop, Stephen Aryan delivers a guide to fantasy world building to help ensure everything in your story feels genuine—and the world is immersive for readers.
Fiction Innovation Laboratory with Grace Krilanovich
In this two week workshop with Grace Krilanovich, expand your idea of what you can do with fiction—and learn nuts-and-bolts tools for getting that fiction down on paper.
Finding the Agent Who is Right For You with Bree Ogden
Break out of fear and bridge the impasse from completed manuscript to knowing how to approach agents with confidence and find the right one for you. Clear guidance from and experienced agent.
Fleshing Out the Hero with Zoraida Córdova
Learn how to make your protagonist the true hero of your story with this 2-week class.
Found Footage with Gemma Files
From Dracula To Slender Man—this three-week workshop led by award-winning horror author Gemma Files will teach you to write epistolary narratives for the 21st century!
From Cliche to Clever with Elle Nash
Learn how to identify and remove cliches from your work, and develop your unique voice, in this three-week workshop with acclaimed author Elle Nash.
From Good to Great with Bradley Beaulieu
How do you make a good book great? You work with Bradley Beaulieu. In this four-week workshop the acclaimed fantasy author will teach you what it takes to keep your readers glued to the page.
Funny Pages with Patrick Wensink
In this four-week workshop, Patrick Wensink will teach you to develop your sense of humor in your writing—and then how to use the tools of comedy to write stronger plots.
Getting It Done with Gwenda Bond
Hack your process and achieve your writing goals in this 2-week workshop with NYT bestselling author Gwenda Bond
Going Dark with Benjamin Whitmer
Learn how going to the edge of your comfort zone and getting a little dark can illuminate your writing in this four-week writing workshop.
Grammar 101 with Taylor Houston
Build a solid foundation for your writing in this two-week crash course on English grammar and usage.
Grammar 102 with Taylor Houston
Want to get your writing to a publishable standard? This is how you do it. Because, let's admit it, we've all forgotten most of what we learned in grammar school...
Gutter Opera with D. Foy
An amalgam of principles, techniques, strategies, and perspectives deployed singly and in unison to achieve a vision that couldn’t otherwise be achieved. Therein lies the heart of gutter opera.
Horror Among the Kudzu: Writing Modern Southern Gothic with Kristi DeMeester
Uncover the unsettling traditions of Southern Gothic literature while learning how to bring those horrors to life in the modern world.
How to Write and Sell the Young Adult Novel with Mandy Hubbard & Dawn Ius
In this four-week writing intensive, you'll learn how to write Young Adult fiction that sells—straight from Mandy Hubbard and Dawn Ius, both accomplished in the field of Young Adult fiction.
I Can Be Your Hero with Zoraida Cordova
Can't connect with your protagonist? Award-winning author Zoraida Córdova will outline her own methods and worksheets, and detail step-by-step character development, in this two-week workshop.
Immersive Fiction: Making It Real with Kathe Koja
A story is a plot, characters, setting—but where it comes alive, or doesn’t, is in its details.
Into the Dark with Samuel Sattin - December 2014
Learn what makes us identify with anti-heroes and villains, and how to successfully write them in this four-week workshop—without crossing the line into caricature.
Intro to New Adult with Rhonda Helms
New Adult novels, featuring protagonists aged 18 to 25 who are emerging into adulthood, have made a huge splash with readers. Get in on the fun in this four-week workshop.
Intro to Writing Comic Books & Graphic Novels with Bree Ogden and Sterling Gates
A six-week workshop on the craft and business of writing comic books and graphic novels, led by literary agent Bree Ogden and professional comic book writer Sterling Gates.
Intro to Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction
Want to write sci-fi and/or fantasy? Don't know the difference between an elvish sword and a lightsaber? Kat Howard will teach you to write effective, exciting, fantastical stories.
Intro to Writing Graphic Novels with Bree Ogden
A course in all the essential elements of writing and publishing the graphic novel.
Just the Gist with Rob Hart
Condensing several hundred pages of a novel into a short query or synopsis is tough. Editor and author Rob Hart will show you how to summarize your work with attention-grabbing brevity.
Keep it Brief with Richard Thomas
Flash fiction is about brevity, so we'll keep this short: Click here, sign up, learn stuff, write harder. Boom.
Kill City Blues: Writing Dark Urban Fantasy with Richard Kadrey
Take your audience on a wild ride through the mean streets that straddle the line between darkness and light.
Leading with Voice: How to Create Compelling First Person Narrators Who Drive Your Fiction with Vanessa Veselka
A 5-week fiction master class that will lead you to a new level in generating strong, authentic first person narrators for voice-driven storytelling.
Lean, Mean Writin' Machine with John Skipp
Want your writing to pack punch? Want every word to leave readers gasping for more? Whatever your genre, John Skipp will show you the moves in this intensive four-week training session.
Leather/Kink/BDSM with Sassafras Lowrey
This is about more than sex. It's about power exchange. It's about the different forms of desire. It's about community. In this three week workshop, learn what it means to share your story.
Like Your Life Depends On It with Duane Swierczynski
In this four-week workshop, learn to write a breakneck, no-holds-barred, addictive story, all in service of keeping a reader turning the pages—even if his or her house is on fire.
Literary Mash-Ups with J. S. Breukelaar
The barbarians are at the gates of literary fiction. It's time to think differently about “genre”. J.S. Breukelaar is here to guide you to the final frontier—where anything goes.
Magical Realism with Francesca Lia Block
Learn how to make the magical feel real and the real feel magical in this 4-week workshop led by Weetzie Bat author Francesca Lia Block.
Making a Monster with Ania Ahlborn
Writing villains is easy. Writing believable villains that elevate your fiction from cliché to unforgettable is a lot harder. Let acclaimed horror author Ania Ahlborn show you how it's done.
Mastering Setting with Nicolas Obregon
Become a black belt in backdrop in this three-week workshop with acclaimed author Nicolás Obregón, where you'll learn to make your setting just as vital as your characters.
Minimalism with Chuck and Suzy
Minimalism. What is it? How does it work? Come find out in this two-week workshop led by Chuck Palahniuk and Suzy Vitello.
Monster Mash with Gwendolyn Kiste
Take your horror from stale to scary. Reinvent familiar monsters and myths in horror lit with this 4-week workshop.
Multiple Viewpoints with Suzy Vitello
Navigate the various options related to point of view in this 10-day intensive under the guidance of Suzy Vitello, den mother of Portland's hottest writing group.
My Little Town: Writing Small Town Horror with Tom Deady
Small towns breed excellent horror. Bram Stoker award-winning author Tom Deady will take you behind the white picket fences and smiling neighbors to uncover the nightmare within.
NaNoFixMo with Delilah S. Dawson
National Novel Writing Month is over. Now you've got a giant mess of words. Take the steps toward shaping that mess into a book under the guidance of Delilah S. Dawson. December is NaNoFixMo.
Narrator as Cinematographer
Third person POV can read every bit as close as first—it just takes some skill to manufacture that ever important camaraderie between the reader and main character. Joshua Mohr will show you how.
New Year's Bootcamp with Joshua Mohr
Talent is important, but work ethic is better. Start the new year off right, with prompts, weekly page targets, and craft lectures, all aimed at getting you in the habit of producing new work.
Nuts & Bolts with Samuel Sattin - August 2013
In this two-week workshop, Samuel Sattin will teach you how to properly situate your characters and the world of your novel, so you can proceed on steady footing.
Plaracterization with Joshua Mohr
In this four-week workshop, Joshua Mohr will teach you how to get out of the way of your characters, and let them take the story where it's supposed to go.
Plot and Pattern with Sarah Gerard
'Plot' is so many different things. So instead of thinking about plot, think about pattern—the repetition around which we form expectations. Sarah Gerard will show you how in this four-week workshop.
Plotlines with Joshua Mohr
Finding a balance between story and character is tough. Best-selling author Joshua Mohr will show you how to do it in this four-week workshop. After this, you'll never lose the plot again.
Polish & Publish Your Personal Essay with Chloe Caldwell
Want to learn how to write effective personal essays and place them for publication? Then check out this four-week workshop with Chloe Caldwell!
Prepping for NaNoWriMo with Juliana Brandt
Prepping isn’t just for end times, it’s for writers hoping to successfully write 50k words of a novel during the month of November! Join Juliana Brandt for a 4-week class preparing for NaNoWriMo.
Publish or Perish with Steve Weddle - August 2013
Fiction magazine editors aren't normal readers—so what are they looking for? One of the gatekeepers—Steve Weddle of NEEDLE—is here to tell you in this two-week course.
Publish or Perish with Tobias Carroll
Fiction magazine editors aren't normal readers—so what are they looking for? Tobias Carroll, managing editor of Vol. 1 Brooklyn, is here to tell you in this two-week course.
![Pure Poe POV with "Ghost Eaters" author Clay McLeod Chapman](https://zerocool.litreactor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/header-medium/images/classes/clay_mcleod_chapman_-_pure_poe_pov_no_date.jpg "Pure Poe POV with "Ghost Eaters" author Clay McLeod Chapman")
Pure Poe POV with "Ghost Eaters" author Clay McLeod Chapman
Nurture your inner unreliable narrator in this three-week workshop focusing on first person fiction.
Putting Other People's Words in Your Mouth with John F.D. Taff
Make sure the dialog you're writing for your characters sounds like real people actually said it, ensuring they come off as authentic.
Reclaiming Archetypes in Witch Lit with Stephanie M. Wytovich
Immerse yourself in the rich literary history of witchcraft and create fictional work that showcases how our interpretation of witches has evolved over time.
Revision from the Inside-Out with Arya Samuelson
Do you have a story gathering dust? Arya Samuelson will guide you through the maze of revision and help you discover your story’s fullest, most potent expression.
Roadmap for Plotters and Pantsers with Zoraida Cordova
Plotter? Pantser? Or somewhere in between? Learn how to harness the power of the outline with award-winning author Zoraida Córdova in this 2-week workshop.
Romance Writing 101 with Jeffe Kennedy
Award-winning author Jeffe Kennedy offers a broad introduction to the Romance genre—-and its various subgenres-—in this three-week online workshop.
Say It Like You Mean It: 10 Days to Better Dialogue with Suzy Vitello
In this ten-day crash course, Suzy Vitello—den mother of Chuck Palahniuk's writing group—will teach you the secrets of writing dialogue that sings.
Science Fiction & Fantasy Toolbox with Bradley Beaulieu
There are four primary building blocks to writing a breakout novel—regardless of genre. Bradley P. Beaulieu will walk you through them in this four-week workshop.
Seductive Beginnings with Suzy Vitello
In this two-week intensive, you'll learn to identify your strengths as a writer—and how to capitalize on those strengths in pursuit of publishing success.
Show Don't Tell with Seth Harwood
We’ve all heard this dictum time and time again. Seth Harwood is here to show you what it really means to do this on the page in this four-week online writing workshop.
Something Out Of Nothing with Patrick Wensink
In this three-week workshop, use the tools and tricks of improv comedy to build momentum in your stories and write stronger plots.
Splash Page with Alex Segura
Got a brilliant idea for a comic book? Don't know what to do with it? Let Alex Segura—comic book editor, writer, and marketing exec—school you on pitching in this two week class.
Splash Page: Bonus Edition with Alex Segura and Alex de Campi - November 2018
How do you pitch a comic book idea? How do you write a script? We enlisted two seasoned comic pros to answer those questions in this four-week workshop.
Staging the Conflict with David Corbett
In this four-week workshop, award-winning author David Corbett will guide you through an exploration of how to frame the conflict of a story through compelling, essential characters.
Stakes in Storytelling with Hannah Fergesen
Write your way out of narrative quicksand and craft a query that will leave agents desperate to read more when you create compelling character stakes.
Storybreaking with Delilah S. Dawson
Forget brainstorming. Get ready for storybreaking. Got an idea that begs to be a story? Don't know where to start? NYT-bestselling author Delilah S. Dawson is here to help in this four-week workshop.
Structuring Your Novel with Joseph Nassise
Building a novel is like building a house. It's only going to work if you start with a strong foundation. Find your story foundation with best-selling novelist Joseph Nassise in this six-week course.
Taboo Topics with Juliet Escoria
We all have secrets. Things too shocking to reveal in polite company. In this four-week workshop, learn how to exorcise your demons on the page and use them to create writing with real impact.
Talking Scars with Jack Ketchum
A four-week intensive exploration of the needs, demands, and possibilities of horror and suspense writing, led by a grand master of the form.
The Architecture of Fiction with Nick Mamatas
Where do you start? Where are you going? How do you get there? Answer those questions in this four-week workshop with author Nick Mamatas.
The Art of No Plot with Chloe Caldwell
Who needs plot? In this four-week workshop with acclaimed author Chloe Caldwell, you'll learn that in order to stay true to the surprises and twists in your life, you may need to put plot aside.
The Art of Subversion with J. David Osborne
In this two-week workshop, learn to kill those those bad habits that come with using tropes in fiction, and create a living, breathing world that surprises your reader and makes you stand out.
The Art of the Query Letter with Literary Agent Bree Ogden
Learn to write and pitch an effective query letter that grabs the attention of the reader, under the guidance of Bree Ogden, an agent at Red Sofa Literary.
The Art of the Query Letter with Literary Agent Maria Vicente
Learn to write and pitch an effective query letter that grabs the attention of the reader, under the guidance of Maria Vicente, an agent at P.S. Literary Agency.
The Art of the Query Letter with Pam van Hylckama Vlieg
Learn to effectively write and pitch a query letter under the guidance of a literary agent in this two-week course.
The Art of the Query Letter with Sarah LaPolla
Learn to effectively write and pitch a query letter under the guidance of a literary agent in this two-week course.
The Basics of Scene with Wally Rudolph
This four-week workshop will focus on the mechanics of scene writing, drawing from a cross-section of genres and mediums—from playwriting to literary fiction to screenwriting.
The Big Idea
What’s the big idea that’s going to hook your reader, keep them turning the pages, and force them to look at the world in a new light?
The Character of Crime with David Corbett
Four week crime writing master class with David Corbett. Explore key distinctions and foundational skills for effective and boundary pushing crime fiction.
The Character of Plot with David Corbett
Forget arbitrary plot points and formulaic three-act structure. Learn to build plot from strong characters with profound needs and desires in this four-week workshop.
The Choreography of Violence with John Skipp
Want to write great fights, chases, deaths, and escapes? Exciting, powerful encounters that leap off the page? No matter your style or genre, John Skipp will show you how.
The Craft of Character with David Corbett
In this 4-week course, award-winning author David Corbett will teach you the techniques for situating complex characters in compelling stories, and how to render them on the page.
The First 50 Pages with Eric Obenauf
Master the power of a strong opening, how to create and maintain conflict and fiction, and how to stack the deck on your protagonist, all while keeping an editor riveted through your First 50 Pages.
The Gripping Read with Seth Harwood
You know the feeling when the sense of reading falls away, and you find yourself completely immersed in a book’s action? Seth Harwood is here to teach you how to do just that: Engage.
The Horror, The Horror II: Writing Horror Fiction with Substance
This four-week workshop will teach you how to write horror that goes beyond the scares and beyond the gross-out, to compel, challenge, and move the reader.
The Horror, The Horror III: Writing Horror Fiction with Substance
This four-week workshop will teach you how to write horror that goes beyond the scares and beyond the gross-out, to compel, challenge, and move the reader.
The Horror, The Horror IV: Writing Horror Fiction with Substance
This four-week workshop will teach you how to write horror that goes beyond the scares and beyond the gross-out, to compel, challenge, and move the reader.
The Horror, The Horror V: Writing Horror Fiction with Substance
This four-week workshop will teach you how to write horror that goes beyond the scares and beyond the gross-out, to compel, challenge, and move the reader.
The Horror, The Horror VI
This four-week workshop will teach you how to write horror that goes beyond the scares and beyond the gross-out, to compel, challenge, and move the reader.
The Horror, The Horror VII: Writing Horror Fiction with Substance
This four-week workshop will teach you to dig down on the mechanics of horror writing—from weird fiction to POV to setting to editing your stories to a fine point...
The Horror, The Horror VIII
This four-week workshop will teach you to dig down on the mechanics of horror writing— word choice, to evoking empathy, to developing characters, to engaging the five senses...
The Horror, the Horror: Writing Horror Fiction with Substance
In this four-week intensive online writing class, you'll explore and master the basic elements for constructing horror fiction to a professional standard.
The Human Perception Manual with Sam Westcott
Perception is reality—for us and the characters we create. Learn how to better understand your own perception and harness it to create richer characters and more complex stories in this 2-week class.
The Magic in the Mundane with Keith Rosson
Magical Realism is more popular than ever, and can open a whole new world of storytelling possibilities for you as a writer.
The Mechanics of Successful Crowdfunding with Kelly Thompson
Kelly Thompson set a Kickstarter record with the crowdfunding campaign for her novel. And she's here to share her secrets in this two-week workshop.
The New Myth with Francesca Lia Block
Blend your personal experience with a traditional myth from any culture to create a story that is both timeless and uniquely yours.
The Next Draft with Johnny Shaw
Got a manuscript you can't crack? Stalled on your screenplay? In this four-week workshop, Johnny Shaw will teach you the art of the rewrite—where the real magic happens.
The Source Code of Storytelling with Rob Hart
There’s a source code to telling a good story. Basic tenets that, once you see them, you can never un-see. Let Rob Hart open your eyes in this four-week class.
The Spine of Crime with David Corbett
A 4-week master class in setting, structure, and suspense for crime stories.
The Truth of the Matter with Alan Black
Writing a column requires leanness and precision. Master the form while developing your voice in this two-week workshop with 'San Francisco Chronicle' writer Alan Black.
Tough Dames with Christa Faust
Christa Faust is one of crime fiction's most badass writers. And she'll teach you how to write women who kick as much ass as she does, using the rules of hardboiled and noir fiction.
Trim the Fat with Richard Thomas
In this two-week workshop, Richard Thomas will teach you how to edit your work like a surgeon—to kill your darlings, trim the fat, and leave only the best bits of the story behind.
Turbocharge Your Characters with Delilah S. Dawson
Master the art of creating compelling, unforgettable characters through dynamic action and punchy dialog in this four-week course with award-winning author Delilah S. Dawson.
Urban Fantasy 101 with Joseph Nassise
In this four-week online workshop, best-selling urban fantasy novelist Joseph Nassise will guide you through the essential elements and techniques needed to write urban fantasy.
Write Like An Animal with Gayle Brandeis
Tap into the inspiration of the animal world to write your most potent, authentic work.
Write the Pitch Before You Draft with Annie Neugebauer
Save time, work, and heartache by writing your pitch before you draft your novel. Then use that pitch to work backward, creating a functioning, sellable project from your seed idea.
Write Your Way Out of a Rut with Arya Samuelson
Wake up your creativity in just fifteen minutes a day with Arya Samuelson's expert guidance.
Writing About Relationships with Chloe Caldwell
How do we face our families and friends after we've plumbed the depths of our relationships with them? Chloe Caldwell can teach you how in this four-week workshop on the art of personal essays.
Writing Contemporary Teen with Suzy Vitello - September 2014
Young Adult is bigger than dystopian landscapes and overly-complicated sorting rituals. In this four-week class, learn to accurately render real teens in contemporary settings.
Writing Crime Fiction with David Corbett
An introduction to the Dark Arts: Crime Fiction in Theory and in Practice
Writing High-Octane Fiction with Weston Ochse
There's an art to action fiction. And SEAL TEAM 666 author Weston Ochse—a former intelligence officer and special operations soldier—will show you how it's done.
Writing Humor with Andrew Shaffer
Whether you’re a novelist, screenwriter, poet, or social activist, New York Times bestselling humorist Andrew Shaffer will provide tips on utilizing satire to make your audience laugh and think.
Writing the Coming of Age Novel with Francesca Lia Block
Find your authentic young voice and use it to craft arc-driven protagonists and character-based settings to create your unique coming-of-age novel.
Writing the End of the World with Francesca Lia Block
What do we do when we feel the world is ending? We write through it, together.
Writing The New Surrealism with Sarah Rose Etter
Learn to write from your subconscious to create the structures, characters, and symbolism that will take your stories from the everyday to the strange and surreal.
Writing the Other with Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford
Diversity is good. Stereotypes are not so good. In this two-week workshop, Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford will show you how to write diverse characters while avoiding common pitfalls.
Writing the Rainbow with Nita Tyndall
Nita Tyndall, a queer YA author, will teach you how to render honest gay, lesbian, and bisexual characters in your fiction—as well as how to avoid common stereotypes and misconceptions.
Writing the Silence with Jen Fitzgerald
Poetry and Essay share a cerebral kinship. They follow their own paths, but are born of living. In this three-week workshop, learn how to draw from your life to create art.
Writing the Vampire with Stephanie M. Wytovich
Uncover the blood-soaked history and folklore surrounding the vampire while learning how to explore its archetype and leave new bite marks on the modern world.
Writing the Weird with JS Breukelaar
In this four-week workshop, you'll work with JS Breukelaar to create characters, structures, and settings that defy convention and push you into unfamiliar—and daring—territory.
Writing Through Trauma with Sean Davis
Learn to use humor when writing about traumatic experiences to create powerful scenes and stories in this four-week workshop with memoirist Sean Davis.
Your Life Story is Five Pages Long with Stephen Graham Jones
A four-week master class with Stephen Graham Jones that expands and perfects a class concept he taught for a single intensive week to an exclusive MFA group last summer.
Your Personal Essay with Chloe Caldwell
Got a personal essay you've been sitting on that needs a polish and then a home? Chloe Caldwell comes to your rescue in this two-week version of her hit personal essay class.
