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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Second Person and You
Learn how to leverage second person with as much flexibility in distance as first or third, as well as when it might be the best choice—or not—for your piece.
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Building and Deepening Characters
This workshop will explore a variety of ways that authors can not only build their characters, but move beyond expected types and tropes to give characters depth and make them feel fully realized and well-rounded. During the workshops, we will discuss examples of characters whose stories are engaging and compelling, and look at specific details…
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The Cozy Horror Debate
This course will broadly focus on the Cozy Horror debate, but will also explore sub-genres such as Sweetweird, Noblebright, Hopepunk, and Squeecore.
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How to Write Authentic Queer Characters
Diversity in fiction is a hot topic, and there are ways it can be achieved that are organic and honest. Join author Mark Allan Gunnells as he gives tips for creating authentic and complex queer characters.
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The Beginner’s Guide to Querying Agents
One of the most imposing things we do as a writer involves searching for representation. Finding someone trustworthy who will represent your work and who will be your advocate in the labyrinthine world of publishing can be difficult and stressful.
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The Art of Finishing – Live
Do you have three-quarters of a novel? Eighteen short stories without endings? A dozen half-poems? Like everything else, finishing projects is a skill that can be taught. We’ll cover common barriers to finishing, the joy of crappy first drafts, and provide each student with a roadmap to finish that thing they’ve been meaning to finish!