Our COURSES
We offer genre-focused workshops that cover every angle of the craft modern writers need to know. Our professional workshop leaders are dedicated to helping you reach your writing goals!
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Starfish Serenade: Writing the Surreal
Through guided exercises and inventive prompts, you’ll explore how surrealism can elevate emotion, deepen themes, and unlock unexpected truths in your writing. You’ll leave with fresh creative tools, daring new ideas, and the confidence to make the fantastical feel real.
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Nostalgia Sells – Writing Coming-Of-Age Horror Stories
Join Tom Deady, 2016 Bram Stoker Award-winning author of HAVEN for this live 90 minute webinar. Explore all facets of the coming-of-age journey. Create and grow a believable, likable protagonist to star in your story. Learn how to how to use the everyday struggle of growing up as a backdrop to your story. And more!
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Unconventional Descriptions and Subjectivity-infused Storytelling
Join Ai Jiang’s exclusive workshop to elevate storytelling skills. Learn valuable techniques to infuse narratives with captivating subjectivity. Discover the art of leveraging unconventionality, atmospheric elements, and immersive storytelling. Unlock the secrets of impactful prose and harness the power of imagination. Enroll now and unleash your creative writing potential.
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How To Write A Book A Year (Even If You Have No Time) — Live Workshop
Join best-selling award-winning author, Cerece Rennie Murphy, as she shares the process that enabled her to write and publish over 13 books and short stories in 12 years. She held down a full-time job, raised two kids, and started an online convention at the same time. If she can do it, so can you!
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Keep It Short: Writing Flash Fiction
Writing flash and micro fiction can be a satisfying, quick way to tell stories and there are an increasing number of markets for both forms. Getting a story right in under 1000 words, or in the case of micro fiction, under 250, is a challenge. This workshop will be part lecture and part workshop, including…
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Creating Horror Short Stories That Sizzle And Sell
The horror genre is experiencing a resurgence, with many magazines and anthologies seeking new short stories to haunt their pages. Whether you’re new to horror or looking to hone your craft, you’ll learn how to create captivating short stories that will stay with the reader long after the final sentence.
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The Second Draft & Beyond: Strategies for Revising Your Novel
The first draft of any novel is a unique challenge, but getting to that next draft (and the one after that) can tax a writer to their breaking point. In this workshop, you will learn to critically analyze the manuscript you’ve written, identify its weak spots, and develop an organized revision plan. You’ll also get…
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Writing The Short Story – From Conception To Sale
Join Lavie Tidhar, author of 200+ published short stories, and award-winning novelist. Learn how Lavie takes a short story from a simple opening paragraph to its eventual sale, using a real-world example of his own. You’ll leave with a process you can use for your own stories.
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Creating an Effective First Page
Join us for an immersive workshop where we dissect the essential components of a captivating first page in genre fiction. From creating a gripping opening line to introducing compelling characters and establishing the story’s inciting incident, we will explore the art of hooking your readers from the beginning. Through lecture, discussion, and hands-on exercises, you…