Take Your Storytelling to the Next Level
We believe that creative writing can play a vital role in personal development. Our writing classes are open to everyone. We provide a warm, supportive writing community for writers of all levels. Gemini Ink offers excellent, fair-cost workshops by published writers year-round.
Gemini Ink is an approved TEA provider for CPE (Continuing Professional Education). Educators seeking recertification can attend our classes and earn a certain number of credits for partaking in the workshop.
Parking at Gemini Ink
Gemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full, do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
Monday(s), Sep 15, 22, 29 & Oct 6, 6:30-8:30pm CT, Hybrid
YA 4U: Young Adult Writing with Gume Laurel
Do you have an idea for a Young Adult (YA) novel simmering in your mind? Have you always wanted to write YA but thought you were too old to connect with young readers? Learn to write YA from a place of lived experience in this four-session workshop series!
Wednesday(s), Sep 17, 24 & Oct 1, 8, 22, 29, 6:30-8:30pm CT, via Zoom
Short and to the Point: Writing Microfiction with Lyzette Wanzer
Learn the art of microfiction! This genre challenges and sharpens your skills by teaching you how to write an attention-demanding story in only a few words. In this six-session workshop, writers will discover the key to successful microfiction: a well-defined character and plot, all compressed into an impactful short story.
Saturday(s), October 4 & 11, 10-11:30am CT, online via Zoom
Literary Masters Lecture Series
Twists, Turns, and Call-backs: How to Shape Your Story with Marcela Fuentes
In this two-part intensive lecture, award-winning fiction writer Marcela Fuentes will share how to pick an excellent shape for your story, create a strong opening, and evoke striking images.
Tuesday(s), October 7, 14, 6-9pm CT via Zoom
Introduction to Playwriting with Mikaela Simon
Join New Jersey-based playwright Mikaela Simon in this three-session course which will cover the fundamentals of writing a play. Workshop participants will learn how playwriting differs from other genres, what “show don’t tell” means when writing for the stage, and how to use it to create dynamic storytelling.
Tuesday(s) October 7, 14 & 21, 6-8pm CT, via Zoom
Deep Revision with Katey Schultz
This three-session workshop is designed to empower writers with revision techniques for memoir, essays, flash, short stories, or novels. Whether trying to revise a stand-alone chapter or considering the broader arc of your full manuscript, these techniques are graspable, effective, and empowering.
Saturday(s), November 1 & 15, 10am–12:30pm CT, Hybrid (in-person and online via Zoom)
Get to “The End”in Style: A Prose Workshop with Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Are you stuck trying to finish a great story? The journey to completing a first draft is always bumpy and nebulous, but having the right vehicle (writing exercises, plotting devices, and writing mode) can get your story to “The End” in style.
Thursday(s), November 13 & 20, 6:30–8pm CT, online via Zoom
Literary Masters Lecture Series
Writing in the Land with Emmy Pérez
Have you been seeking a more intentional connection to nature? Writing about the land is an intimate way to slow down and reconnect to earth with purpose. In this two-part lecture, led by 2020 Texas Poet Laureate Emmy Pérez, we will discuss poems, songs, and prose that center the land and our connections to places and the environment.
Saturday, December 13, 10am–1pm CT, online via Zoom
Poetry as Praise with Amanda Johnston
In this one-day workshop led by Texas Poet Laureate Emeritus Amanda Johnston, participants will explore poetic forms of praise, learn how to identify and celebrate the awe-inspiring everyday moments of life, and craft new works that can be given as gifts to loved ones.
Attention parents, guardians, and mentors! If you know a teen (ages 13-19) who loves writing or wants to try it out, please share this opportunity with them. The Teen Writing Circle (TWC) meets on the last Saturday of every month. Teens can explore different writing styles, share their work (optional), and have fun! Learn more.
Thank you to the H. E. Butt Foundation and Impact San Antonio for their generous support of this program!
Enjoy these free online mini-lessons from some of our Partner Classes faculty!:
For our multi-session workshops, we’ve partnered with Wet Ink, the only online platform designed exclusively for writing workshops to bring top-notch creative writing workshops to you. Led by published, professional writers, our classes are intentionally small so that each writer can get the time and attention their work deserves.
Our classes meet in a dedicated online classroom where you can interact with your classmates and instructor. Craft materials, lectures, reading assignments, and writing prompts are all available through the online classroom. Students also post their work, and provide and receive feedback within the Wetink platform.
What you get:
Wetink and Zoom meeting links will be sent via email to all registered participants 30 minutes prior to the start of the first class. If you don’t see it in your Inbox, please check your Spam folder.
For detailed instructions on how to use Zoom, see Zoom video tutorials here.
