CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
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- Registration closes 24 hours before start time or when workshop fills. No walk-ins, please.
- Please read our workshop policies before registering.
- Can't attend without a scholarship? Apply here.
May Workshops
WRITEFEST WORKSHOP: Science Fiction and Fantasy with TEX THOMPSON
TIME: Monday, May 27th - Thursday, May 30th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Sunday, March 31st: $375. Between Sunday, March 31st and Saturday May 25th: $425. After Saturday, May 25th: $495. Workshop tickets include the weekend festival. Scholarships available here.
All Writespace members receive a 15% off discount code via email for use with any Writefest tickets. Become a member here. If you are already a member and have not received a code, please email us.
TIME: Monday, May 27th - Thursday, May 30th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Sunday, March 31st: $375. Between Sunday, March 31st and Saturday May 25th: $425. After Saturday, May 25th: $495. Workshop tickets include the weekend festival. Scholarships available here.
All Writespace members receive a 15% off discount code via email for use with any Writefest tickets. Become a member here. If you are already a member and have not received a code, please email us.
WRITEFEST WORKSHOP: Literary Fiction with THOMAS MCNEELY
TIME: Monday, May 27th - Thursday, May 30th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Sunday, March 31st: $375. Between Sunday, March 31st and Saturday May 25th: $425. After Saturday, May 25th: $495. Workshop tickets include the weekend festival. Scholarships available here.
All Writespace members receive a 15% off discount code via email for use with any Writefest tickets. Become a member here. If you are already a member and have not received a code, please email us.
TIME: Monday, May 27th - Thursday, May 30th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Sunday, March 31st: $375. Between Sunday, March 31st and Saturday May 25th: $425. After Saturday, May 25th: $495. Workshop tickets include the weekend festival. Scholarships available here.
All Writespace members receive a 15% off discount code via email for use with any Writefest tickets. Become a member here. If you are already a member and have not received a code, please email us.
WRITEFEST WORKSHOP: Flash Fiction with Kathryn Kulpa
TIME: Monday, May 27th - Thursday, May 30th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Sunday, March 31st: $375. Between Sunday, March 31st and Saturday May 25th: $425. After Saturday, May 25th: $495. Workshop tickets include the weekend festival. Scholarships available here.
All Writespace members receive a 15% off discount code via email for use with any Writefest tickets. Become a member here. If you are already a member and have not received a code, please email us.
TIME: Monday, May 27th - Thursday, May 30th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Sunday, March 31st: $375. Between Sunday, March 31st and Saturday May 25th: $425. After Saturday, May 25th: $495. Workshop tickets include the weekend festival. Scholarships available here.
All Writespace members receive a 15% off discount code via email for use with any Writefest tickets. Become a member here. If you are already a member and have not received a code, please email us.
WRITEFEST WORKSHOP: Memoir and Creative Nonfiction with DONNA M. JOHNSON
TIME: Monday, May 27th - Thursday, May 30th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Sunday, March 31st: $375. Between Sunday, March 31st and Saturday May 25th: $425. After Saturday, May 25th: $495. Workshop tickets include the weekend festival. Scholarships available here.
All Writespace members receive a 15% off discount code via email for use with any Writefest tickets. Become a member here. If you are already a member and have not received a code, please email us.
TIME: Monday, May 27th - Thursday, May 30th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Sunday, March 31st: $375. Between Sunday, March 31st and Saturday May 25th: $425. After Saturday, May 25th: $495. Workshop tickets include the weekend festival. Scholarships available here.
All Writespace members receive a 15% off discount code via email for use with any Writefest tickets. Become a member here. If you are already a member and have not received a code, please email us.
WRITEFEST WORKSHOP: Short Stories with KIRK WILSON
TIME: Monday, May 27th - Thursday, May 30th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Sunday, March 31st: $375. Between Sunday, March 31st and Saturday May 25th: $425. After Saturday, May 25th: $495. Workshop tickets include the weekend festival. Scholarships available here.
All Writespace members receive a 15% off discount code via email for use with any Writefest tickets. Become a member here. If you are already a member and have not received a code, please email us.
TIME: Monday, May 27th - Thursday, May 30th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Sunday, March 31st: $375. Between Sunday, March 31st and Saturday May 25th: $425. After Saturday, May 25th: $495. Workshop tickets include the weekend festival. Scholarships available here.
All Writespace members receive a 15% off discount code via email for use with any Writefest tickets. Become a member here. If you are already a member and have not received a code, please email us.
June Workshops
Revising Your Personal Essay for Publication with CAMERON DEZEN HAMMON
TIME: Saturday, June 8th, 1-4 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Monday, June 3rd: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After Monday, June 3rd: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
Poet Diane Glancy wrote, "I think in terms of revision because I have been revised." Our finished work should reflect personal growth, rather than remain a static example of who we were in a specific time and place. In this workshop we’ll learn valuable strategies for revising a personal essay for publication, including shaping a reliable narrator, knowing when (and how) to cut your favorite paragraph, and determining when to ask for feedback (and when to ignore it.). Read more . . .
TIME: Saturday, June 8th, 1-4 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Monday, June 3rd: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After Monday, June 3rd: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
Poet Diane Glancy wrote, "I think in terms of revision because I have been revised." Our finished work should reflect personal growth, rather than remain a static example of who we were in a specific time and place. In this workshop we’ll learn valuable strategies for revising a personal essay for publication, including shaping a reliable narrator, knowing when (and how) to cut your favorite paragraph, and determining when to ask for feedback (and when to ignore it.). Read more . . .
Members-Only Poetry First Page Feedback Session with DR. CYNTHIA CHILDRESS
TIME: Sunday, June 9th, 3-6 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Tuesday, June 4th: $20 for members. After Tuesday, June 4th: $35 for members. Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
Are you a poet who has wondered what a critique from a professional editor is like? Do you wish you could have an editor’s support and feedback, but you don’t feel ready to incur the cost? Or are you just starting out and would like to know what’s important to keep in mind as you begin to write poetry? Read more . . .
TIME: Sunday, June 9th, 3-6 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Tuesday, June 4th: $20 for members. After Tuesday, June 4th: $35 for members. Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
Are you a poet who has wondered what a critique from a professional editor is like? Do you wish you could have an editor’s support and feedback, but you don’t feel ready to incur the cost? Or are you just starting out and would like to know what’s important to keep in mind as you begin to write poetry? Read more . . .
Interviewing 101 with ICESS FERNANDEZ ROJAS
TIME: Saturday, June 15th, 1-4 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Monday, June 10th: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After Monday, June 10th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
Have you ever been frustrated by the interview process? Wondered what sort of questions to ask in order to get the answer you need? Had no idea what to do when your subject’s answer isn’t for the question you asked? Know deep down in your bones that something else is there, but you don’t know how to get at it? Read more . . .
TIME: Saturday, June 15th, 1-4 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Monday, June 10th: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After Monday, June 10th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
Have you ever been frustrated by the interview process? Wondered what sort of questions to ask in order to get the answer you need? Had no idea what to do when your subject’s answer isn’t for the question you asked? Know deep down in your bones that something else is there, but you don’t know how to get at it? Read more . . .
Character Arcs and Architecture with TEX THOMPSON
TIME: Saturday, June 22nd, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Monday, June 17th: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After Monday, June 17th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. . Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
A protagonist should be likable, they say—but what if you want to explore the darker side of human nature? And characters should allegedly grow and undergo a significant change in the course of the story—but how does that apply when you're writing a twenty-book series? And what if the story you're telling really does need half a dozen point-of-view characters? Read more . . .
TIME: Saturday, June 22nd, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Monday, June 17th: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After Monday, June 17th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. . Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
A protagonist should be likable, they say—but what if you want to explore the darker side of human nature? And characters should allegedly grow and undergo a significant change in the course of the story—but how does that apply when you're writing a twenty-book series? And what if the story you're telling really does need half a dozen point-of-view characters? Read more . . .
The Guide to Greaseless Self-Promotion with TEX THOMPSON
TIME: Saturday, June 22nd, 1-4 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Monday, June 17th: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After Monday, June 17th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. . Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
"Yeah, writing is great, but I’ll tell you what I really love: constantly shilling my book to a crowd of indifferent strangers!” Said no writer, ever.
Self promotion may be an unavoidable task for the modern writer, but it doesn’t have to be an unbearable chore. If you’re disappointed, burned out, or just wondering where to start, this workshop is for you. Read more . . .
TIME: Saturday, June 22nd, 1-4 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Monday, June 17th: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After Monday, June 17th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. . Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
"Yeah, writing is great, but I’ll tell you what I really love: constantly shilling my book to a crowd of indifferent strangers!” Said no writer, ever.
Self promotion may be an unavoidable task for the modern writer, but it doesn’t have to be an unbearable chore. If you’re disappointed, burned out, or just wondering where to start, this workshop is for you. Read more . . .
Fix Your Story with Point of View with JOY PREBLE
TIME: Sunday, June 23rd, 3-6 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Tuesday, June 18th: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After Tuesday, June 18th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
Point of view is one of the most important choices an author can make because it impacts how readers see and respond to the story. If a story doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, often the problem lies in point of view. Perhaps we aren’t telling the right character’s story. Or we are telling the right character’s story, but we aren’t telling her story from the right point of view. Read more . . .
TIME: Sunday, June 23rd, 3-6 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Tuesday, June 18th: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After Tuesday, June 18th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
Point of view is one of the most important choices an author can make because it impacts how readers see and respond to the story. If a story doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, often the problem lies in point of view. Perhaps we aren’t telling the right character’s story. Or we are telling the right character’s story, but we aren’t telling her story from the right point of view. Read more . . .
Writing Concrete Details: A Hands-On Workshop with ANDREANA BINDER
TIME: Saturday, June 29th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Monday, June 24th: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After Monday, June 24th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
Feeling stuck on an existing project? Would you love to write more but don’t know where to begin? In this workshop, we will explore writing exercises inspired by one or more of the five senses: taste, scent, touch, sight, and sound. We’ll experiment with writing prompts based on fragrance, as well as visual and auditory prompts, to generate ideas for both new and ongoing projects. We’ll also explore how the senses . . . Read more . . .
TIME: Saturday, June 29th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Monday, June 24th: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After Monday, June 24th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
Feeling stuck on an existing project? Would you love to write more but don’t know where to begin? In this workshop, we will explore writing exercises inspired by one or more of the five senses: taste, scent, touch, sight, and sound. We’ll experiment with writing prompts based on fragrance, as well as visual and auditory prompts, to generate ideas for both new and ongoing projects. We’ll also explore how the senses . . . Read more . . .
Crafting Unconventional Narratives with MARK HABER
TIME: Sunday, June 30th, 3-6 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Tuesday, June 25th: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After June 25th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
Not content with traditional ways of telling a story? Hoping to resist cliche? Looking for novel ways to write a novel? Whether it’s stream of consciousness, point of view, shifts in time, or experimenting with language and form, creating an original narrative isn’t easy. We’ll look at novels that have succeeded in creating powerful narratives through unique and idiosyncratic writing styles. Read more . . .
TIME: Sunday, June 30th, 3-6 PM
PRICE: Early-Bird until Tuesday, June 25th: $45 for members, $60 for non-members. After June 25th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members. Become a member here. Scholarships available here.
Not content with traditional ways of telling a story? Hoping to resist cliche? Looking for novel ways to write a novel? Whether it’s stream of consciousness, point of view, shifts in time, or experimenting with language and form, creating an original narrative isn’t easy. We’ll look at novels that have succeeded in creating powerful narratives through unique and idiosyncratic writing styles. Read more . . .
READ ME!
- Registration closes 24 hours before start time or when workshop fills. No walk-ins, please.
- Please read our workshop policies before registering.
- Can't attend without a scholarship? Apply here.