Introduction to Writing Genre Fiction
Take the whirlwind tour! Learn the conventions of eight major fiction genres, try them out, and figure out your niche.
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Plan On It: Essential Novel Planning Workshop
Set your novel up for success! In this six-week workshop, instructor Dennis Foley will help you craft a plan to handle the essential demands and choices you’ll face as you write your novel.
How to Firm Up the “Mushy Middle” of Any Story
Ensure a strong middle throughline for any story. Say goodbye to the “mushy middle,” and hello to stories that work.
Embodied Writing: Somatic Practices to Improve Your Work
Have a grand time with specific physical exercises that honor your health, generate imaginative ideas, explore deeply and make your creative writing entertaining.
Overcome Writing Anxiety: Boost Your Storytelling Confidence in Four Short Weeks!
“Who are you to want to write?” Someone great, that’s who! Politely ask Mr. or Ms. Fear to step aside while you sign up for this fun, freeing and functional adventure.
Writing with Tarot
Jump-start your creative juices, and explore a world of divination, symbolism, and imagery right at your fingertips: learn short story and novel writing through Tarot.
Writing Autobiographical Fiction
Learn to depart from “what really happened,” and write compelling fiction from your own life experiences.
But What Is Your Story Really About? Finding the Core of Your Short Memoir, Story, or Personal Essay
Take a four-week writing adventure deep into the core of your story, to find the true theme of your personal essay, short story, or short memoir.
Essentials of Character Development: How to Create Characters that Move and Breathe and Can’t Stop Talking
Bring your characters to life in this in-depth character development class with Gloria Kempton.
Experiments in Genre: Finding Creative Inspiration by Messing Up the Rules
Can you translate the movement of a dance into a poem? What happens when you write a story in the form of a multiple-choice quiz? Learn to take your work in rich and unexpected new directions by subverting and blending genre conventions.
