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Join Tom Bromley for a writing master class and finish your first draft in 3 months.
Write Vividly in Any Genre
GrubStreet
In this trauma-informed, skilled based workshop, you will learn embodied writing techniques from a playwright and actor. Whether you are a fiction writer, a memoirist, or a screenwriter, incorporating these embodied writing techniques will create a more vivid reading/viewing experience for your audience.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/seminar/write-vividly-in-any-genre...
Categories: Short Story
Start date:
July, 2024
Price:
$75.00
Based in Boston
Level: Any
Class size: 12
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Thrills & Chills: Horror Story Writing With Nino Cipri
Atlas Obscura
Trace the roots of the horror genre and begin crafting a story of your own. In this seminar, award-winning author and lifelong horror fan Nino Cipri will guide students through the process of writing horror, from generating ideas to the final revision and submission process.
Website: https://www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/horror-writing-c...
Categories: Short Story
Start date:
June, 2024
Price:
$225.00
Online course
Level: Any
Class size: 30
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Crafting Your Life into Story
The Writer's Center
Learn how to identify several pivotal events of your life and shape one of them into a work of fiction or non-fiction. Following a tried-and-true formula, you will learn how to identify, begin, and structure an autobiographical story, whether fiction or non-fiction.
Website: https://writer.org/event/crafting-your-life-into-story/
Categories: Short Story
Start date:
September, 2024
Price:
$100.00
Based in Washington
Level: Any
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Plot Like a Pro
The Writer's Center
Understanding how to structure a well-conceived story around a main character and central conflict, while paying attention to pacing, can make the difference between a finished, publishable manuscript and an abandoned work-in-progress. Think you can’t plot? Join us for this course, and we’ll show you how!
Website: https://writer.org/event/plot-like-a-pro-2/
Categories: Short Story
Start date:
June, 2024
Price:
$50.00
Based in Washington
Level: Beginner
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Developing Your Short Fiction
GrubStreet
In this course, we'll learn and practice the tried-and-true elements of fiction—style, voice, character, narrative, dialogue, point of view, and revision—with an emphasis on the short story form. Classes will include discussions on various elements of craft and close readings of essays on writing and published stories.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/developing-your-s...
Categories: Short Story
Start date:
July, 2024
Price:
$560.00
Based in Boston
Level: Intermediate
Class size: 12
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Find Your Voice in Fiction
GrubStreet
In this class, we’ll discuss strategies for developing and implementing an engaging voice to carry a compelling story. We’ll cover the importance of point-of-view and its relationship to voice in fiction.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/seminar/find-your-voice-in-fiction...
Categories: Short Story
Start date:
June, 2024
Price:
$75.00
Based in Boston
Level: Any
Class size: 12
Prerequisites: Come prepared to write, and bring a brief one to two paragraph description of your project.
Far Out: World-Building in Short Stories
GrubStreet
In this class, we’re exploring the art of inventing new worlds in the small space that is the short story. We’ll experiment with different tools for developing speculative worlds, whether they be sci-fi, fantasy, surrealism, magical realism, horror, or otherwise
Website: https://grubstreet.org/workshop/far-out-world-building-in...
Categories: Short Story
Start date:
July, 2024
Price:
$360.00
Based in Boston
Level: Intermediate
Class size: 10
Prerequisites: Please come to the first class with a copy of "an elevator pitch" for your memoir.
The Rules of Writing Romance
Writing NSW
In this writing workshop with author and editor Melanie Saward, we will discuss the rules of writing romance: the structure, tropes, and different subgenres. Then we’ll break down the tropes and explore how to use them along with structure to plan an on-trend Australian romance novel.
Website: https://writingnsw.org.au/whats-on/courses/the-rules-of-w...
Categories: Short Story
Start date:
August, 2024
Price:
$210.00
Based in Sydney
Level: Any
Class size: 20
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Voice and Point of View for Fiction Writers
Writing NSW
In this course, internationally best-selling author Hayley Scrivenor will guide you through voice and point of view with readings, practical exercises and space for reflection, all with the aim of strengthening narrative voice to craft compelling fiction.
Website: https://writingnsw.org.au/whats-on/courses/voice-and-poin...
Categories: Short Story
Start date:
July, 2024
Price:
$210.00
Based in Sydney
Level: Beginner
Class size: 20
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
The Art of Immersive Setting
GrubStreet
Setting and place are a collection of details that will captivate readers. We will uncover the ways to use place and setting to make your story sing. We'll discuss how to make the setting a natural extension of your characters and how to choose the right descriptive details.
Website: https://grubstreet.org/seminar/the-art-of-immersive-setti...
Categories: Short Story
Start date:
June, 2024
Price:
$75.00
Based in Boston
Level: Any
Class size: 12
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
Speculative Fiction Workshop
GrubStreet
Speculative fiction is an exciting and fast-evolving genre. This course will offer writers the chance to develop one to two speculative short stories and to participate in a critique workshop with peers. Along the way, study craft and learn from stories written by some of today's most prominent voices, such as Rivers Solomon, Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia Butler and more!
Website: https://grubstreet.org/workshop/speculative-fiction-workshop
Categories: Short Story
Start date:
July, 2024
Price:
$360.00
Based in Boston
Level: Any
Class size: 12
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
What a Character!
The Writer's Center
An introduction to the key elements and craft strategies of fiction, with a focus on creating and refining character-based stories (whether short stories or novels).
Website: https://writer.org/event/what-a-character/
Categories: Short Story
Start date:
July, 2024
Price:
$280.00
Based in Washington
Level: Any
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: No prerequisites
