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The Real Writing is in the Revision with Jasminne Mendez

Online via Zoom

If you find revision to be an intimidating and messy process, then this class is for you! In this two-part lecture, writers at any stage in their craft will learn practical revision strategies to help refine and reimagine their works-in-progress. We will discuss how to assess what needs to be revised, including beginnings and endings, scenes and plots, syntax and diction, metaphors and more. Then, we’ll explore visual organization tools such as note cards, sticky notes, and highlighters.

$90

Sex is Not a Four-Letter Word with Laura Castoro

Gemini Ink 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, United States +1 more

Are you a writer looking for a fresh approach to sex scenes? Learn how to write memorable sex scenes that fit your characters and your plot! This is a frank, fun, respectful workshop about the “birds and the bees,” and what goes on between the sheets, or on the kitchen floor, or maybe out at sea. This class allows participants to explore the many ways of writing about sex no matter the genre.

$150

Recurring

Open Writer’s Labs

Online via Zoom

These peer-driven workshops, held the last Monday of each month, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry, flash fiction, and short creative non-fiction.

Free
Recurring

Veterans Writing Collective with Sarah Colby

Online via Zoom

The Veteran’s Writing Collective encourages the art of writing in a workshop environment where participants are offered honest, positive, and constructive peer-to-peer and mentor feedback. The workshop is open to all active-duty military, veterans, retirees, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome.

Free

Delving into the Levant: Inspiration from International Poets with Veronica Golos

Online via Zoom

Join master poetry teacher Veronica Golos on an international poetry tour. Next stop: the Middle East! In this four-week generative poetry workshop we will read, discuss deeply and draw our inspiration from foundational poets Mahmoud Darwish (Palestine), Etel Adnan (Lebanon), Saadi Youssef (Iraq), and contemporary Iranian-American poet Solmaz Sharif. We will explore each poet’s craft tools and apply these techniques to our own work.

$200

Recurring

Open Writer’s Labs

Online via Zoom

These peer-driven workshops, held the last Monday of each month, are free and open to writers of all levels and focus on poetry, flash fiction, and short creative non-fiction.

Free
Recurring

Veterans Writing Collective with Sarah Colby

Online via Zoom

The Veteran’s Writing Collective encourages the art of writing in a workshop environment where participants are offered honest, positive, and constructive peer-to-peer and mentor feedback. The workshop is open to all active-duty military, veterans, retirees, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome.

Free

The Art of Bad Poetry with Abby E. Murray

Online via Zoom

In this class, writers of all levels will strive to expand their understanding of the art of poetry, first by weeding out our judgments of “good” and “bad” poetry, then shaping poetry’s elusive boundaries by playing with work that challenges our notions of value and weakness. Expect laughter. Anticipate letting go of fears that limit us. Plan to write.

$155

Writing an Identity Not Your Own with Alex Temblador

Online via Zoom

In this two-session workshop, Mixed Latine award-winning author Alex Temblador of Writing An Identity Not Your Own will discuss one of the most contentious topics in creative writing: crafting a character whose identity is not your own. We will examine bias and how it might influence the text through stereotypes, harmful storyline tropes, character descriptions, dialogue, and more. 

$135