WEBINAR | Looking Back, Moving Forward: Writing About Grief, Loss & Trauma
Zoom
June 28, 2025
Lise Funderburg
SEMINAR |The Self-Editor’s Toolkit: 10 Tools, Tips and Techniques to Develop Your Memoir or Personal Essay
Zoom
July 2, 2025
Allison K Williams
SEASON PASS | Webinar Subscription Special
Zoom
July 2, 2025
Jennifer Leigh Selig
WEBINAR | Essential Questions: Unlock Your Writing’s Power
Zoom
July 6, 2025
Nancy McCabe
8-WEEK WORKSHOP | The Shapes of Stories: Exploring Forms to Find the Right One for Your Story
Zoom
July 9, 2025
Laraine Herring
WEBINAR | It’s Complicated: Finding Your Way Back to Writing
Zoom
July 16, 2025
Nina B. Lichtenstein
WEBINAR | Your Body, Your Stories: Diving into Your Exclusive Archive
Zoom
July 19, 2025
Kristin Owens
SEMINAR |Short & Sweet: Maximizing the Power of Flash Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
Zoom
July 23, 2025
Ethan Gilsdorf
WEBINAR | The Art of the Scene: Craft Riveting Narrative Moments in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
Zoom
August 17, 2025
Dorian Fox
8-WEEK WORKSHOP | Revising Your Essay Toward Submission Shape!
Zoom
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“Thank you so much Sharla for the incredible work you’ve put into these CRAFT TALKS! I found this workshop really informative and useful & I’m definitely going to sign up for more.”
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“The course was everything I hoped it would be and more. The material was comprehensive, the advice actionable, and you were so generous in sharing your expertise.”
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Discover Our Offerings
From one-off Webinars to in-depth Masterclasses, sentence craft to marketing, CRAFT TALKS delivers the learning options you need as a beginning, emerging, or experienced writer.
Webinars
Explore story, structure and publishing for memoir, novels and creative nonfiction. Learn practical craft and the business of writing in 90-minute classes. Replays always available.
Unleash your creative mind in generative workshops with instruction and guided in-class writing. Multi-week Masterclasses include personal feedback and/or office hours.
Dive more deeply into a single topic with notable teachers. Longer sessions and multi-day classes include advanced learning, generative writing, and take-home exercises.
What’s a CRAFT TALK like? Here are some highlights from past webinars!
Join Allison K Williams, Sharla Yates and our special guests for this lively, funny hour of frank talk about author platform, audience engagement, and just plain getting people to read your book. Always FREE, all welcome!
CRAFT TALKS are a convenient, affordable and accessible opportunity to learn and practice the art, craft, and business of writing, curated by Sharla Yates and Allison K Williams. Our presenters are professional authors, agents and editors, in touch with literary and market trends.
