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Eight Questions About the Novella, Answered

January 14, 2020 by Fred Meyer Leave a Comment

In this interview, Writers.com instructor Jack Smith answers our top eight questions about the novella form—everything from “How many words in a novella?” to his best advice on learning the novella form, writing, and maybe even publishing your own novella. 1. What is a novella, and how many words are there in a novella? What distinguishes […]

10 Character Development Questions to Ask Your Characters

November 26, 2019 by Meghan Christie 1 Comment

Good characters have depth, experience growth, have flaws—they’re real people. Asking yourself a defined set of character development questions is one way to develop these kinds of characters, who jump off the page with realistic and compelling personalities. In this article, we’ve rounded up many helpful character development exercises into a list of ten questions […]

January

The Next Fifty Pages of the Novel
With

Sandra Novack

January 22, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks NEW!

So now that you have your opening novel pages, what next? Get detailed, constructive feedback on your work-in-progress, wherever you’re at in writing it.

Writing Mindfulness: Sensual World/Poetry Mind
With

Marc Olmsted

January 22, 2020

$175 | 4 Weeks

A four week class, melding the language mind with the sensual: How to turn detailed observation into a poem. With Marc Olmsted.

A Novel First Draft in 70 Days
With

Dennis Foley

January 29, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

For novelists ready to write daily and intensively to finish the first draft of their novel in ten weeks.

No More Excuses! Four Weeks to Finish and Submit Your Personal Essay or Short Memoir
With

Giulietta Nardone

January 29, 2020

$250 | 4 Weeks NEW!

Join us for this insightful four-week “get the writing done” program, give and receive thoughtful comments from your fellow writers and the instructor, and enjoy heaps of encouragement and writing wisdom along the way.

February

Humor Is The New Black!
With

Giulietta Nardone

February 5, 2020

$175 | 4 Weeks

Ready to add a splash of fun to your writing life? Join us for a four-week humor writing class. We’ll read. We’ll laugh. We’ll write. We’ll experiment.

Poetic Prose: The Prose Poem
With

Barbara Henning

February 5, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Explore the border between prose poetry and flash fiction. For writers of fiction, poetry, essay and memoir.

The Craft of Poetry
With

Jonathan J.G. McClure

February 5, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

Poetry is alive and well. Contemporary poets can be touching, terrifying, and laugh-out-loud funny. Join us for an exploration of writing and reading poems.

Writing the Short Story
With

Tantra Bensko

February 5, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Create new work with fresh language, universal themes, sustained mystery and memorable characters. Stimulate your imagination.

Deepening and Organizing Our Stories: Autobiography, Memoir and Autobiographical Fiction
With

Anya Achtenberg

February 6, 2020

$430 | 10 weeks

For writers of memoir, creative nonfiction and fiction, with some experience. Particularly helpful to writers in the midst of a longer work.

The Art of Storytelling
With

Gloria Kempton

February 12, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

It’s an age-old art form—storytelling—and you can learn the craft.

Write from the Untamed Mind
With

Susan Vespoli

February 12, 2020

$260 | 6 Weeks

Join Susan in two writing circles each week: intimate spaces for writers to free-write together, saying yes to whatever shows up, followed by group read-arounds. These writing sessions are spontaneous, intimate, freeing, and transformative.

Plot Your Novel
With

Jack Smith

February 19, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

Over eight weeks, you’ll develop a solid basis in the fictional elements—protagonist, setting, secondary characters, point of view, plot, and theme—while you develop the outline of your novel. You’ll receive feedback at all stages from your fellow writers and your instructor.

Next-Level Creative Nonfiction: Elevating Essays, Memoir, Travel Writing & Literary Journalism
With

Wendy Call

February 26, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Elevate your memoir, travel writing, literary journalism, & lyric and personal essays.

March

Crafting Your Collection: Next Steps In Poetic Craft
With

Jonathan J.G. McClure

March 4, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

Hone your poetic craft by writing 6-7 new poems and combining them with previously-written poems to create a chapbook, or short poetry collection.

The Watching Eye: Writing Flash Fiction
With

Barbara Henning

March 4, 2020

$215 | 5 Weeks

Write tiny fictions while experimenting with 3rd person point of view and analyzing how that point of view affects the craft of fiction writing. With Barbara Henning.

Creating the Visual Journal
With

Lissa Jensen

March 11, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

Go beyond narrow definitions of “journaling” to include visual images and let writing give what is seen a new voice. Surprise yourself.

Discover Your Writing Niche
With

Gloria Kempton

March 18, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

Fiction or nonfiction? Article, short story, or how-to book? Do you want to write for children, teens, adults? There is a type of writing that is best suited for you, and the discovery process can be an adventure.

Writing the Novella
With

Jack Smith

March 25, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Write the entire first draft of a novella, with plenty of feedback from stage to stage, and finish with a plan for revising toward a publishable manuscript.

April

The Hero's Journey For Storytellers
With

Gloria Kempton

April 8, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Structure your story and give it meaning with Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey.

May

From Journal To Poem Or Prose: The Chronology Of Mind
With

Barbara Henning

May 6, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Gather material through writing and experimenting with journaling, researching and taking notes to develop into poems or prose works.

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