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SUMMARY:SEMINAR | The Art of Applying: How to Win Grants\, Residencies\, and Fellowships
DESCRIPTION:Who couldn’t use a little extra time or money to start or finish a writing project? Learn tips and tricks for your next funding application—and what makes a successful ask\, for writers at every level.\n\n\n\nFor All Writers \n\n\n\nLive on Zoom | Saturdays\, November 7 & 14 | 3-5 pm Eastern \n\n\n\nMost writers would benefit from more support for their writing—whether a travel grant to research your latest piece\, a one-month residency to draft new pages\, or a fellowship to pay your bills while you finish a manuscript. But how do you find those opportunities? And once you find them\, how do you figure out if it’s worth your time (and application fees!) to apply?  \n\n\n\nChelsea Biondolillo will share tips and tricks for finding fellowships\, grants\, and residencies to support a wide range of projects and writers at every level. We will go over the language of applications—how to know if you are “emerging” or “mid-career\,” or if your work is “innovative” or “enduring\,” the difference between honoraria and stipends\, and how to determine the actual costs of attending a “free” residency.  \n\n\n\nBring your application drafts and conundrums to share during the second week; we will live-edit participant application materials to show how small changes can improve your application’s readability\, tailoring\, and effectiveness. You will leave with a handout full of resources\, improved confidence for navigating applications\, and a clearer sense of how to get the support your work needs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOver these two weeks\, you will …\n\n\n\n\nDISCOVER ways to get external support for specific projects or your writing life\n\n\n\nEXPLORE resources for fellowships\, residencies\, and grants to enrich your writing process or practice\n\n\n\nLEARN to “read between the lines” of official application guidelines to find the right resources for your project or goals\n\n\n\nPRACTICE writing a statement of purpose or cover letter\n\n\n\nWATCH as participant work is live-edited to improve tailoring\, and apply those edits to your own work\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nDay 1\nIntros / course intro / go over schedule Grant\, fellowship\, residency—what’s the difference?The application Trinity: Cover letter\, statement of purpose\, writing samplePrompt (artist’s statement)—10 min breakIntro homework / options for feedback (work submitted by Thursday night is eligible for live edit) / review how to give feedback \n\n\n\n\nDay 2\nCheck-in—what opportunities did folks find?Discussion: on “reading between the lines” of calls for entriesPrompt (the paramedic method of revision)—10 min breakLive editing of participant workQ & A \n\n\n\n\nThis course is for writers who are …\n\n\n\n\nplanning their next (or first!) application season\n\n\n\nready to apply for a funding opportunity and needing a little more confidence\n\n\n\nhoping their application materials stand out and impress selection committees\n\n\n\nunsure why their past applications weren’t successful\n\n\n\nin the midst of an active project\, looking for funding to help continue it\n\n\n\nplanning a project that could benefit from funding during research or development\n\n\n\nlooking for some time away to work on a piece of writing (either as a funded staycation or residency)\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss a class? No worries\, replays will be available. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKnown for packing her courses with deep knowledge\, actionable information\, and fun facts\, Chelsea Biondolillo is a collage artist and the author of The Skinned Bird: Essays and two prose chapbooks\, Ologies and #Lovesong. \n\n\n\nHer essays have been collected in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016\, The Lyric Essay as Resistance\, and How We Talk to One Another: An Essay Daily Reader and is forthcoming in The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay. \n\n\n\nChelsea’s paper and mixed media collages have been shown in Oregon\, Washington\, and New York. Her image and text essay\, “Weeds” was the winner of CRAFT Literary’s inaugural hybrid writing contest. She has a BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and an MFA from the University of Wyoming. She currently lives in Eugene\, Oregon. \n\n\n\nTestimonials from past students\n\n\n\n“I was too intimidated to apply for writing residencies in the past. Chelsea’s ‘Art of Applying’ workshop gave me the tools and encouragement I needed to create a compelling application. I was just awarded my first residency ever\, thanks in large part to what I learned from her.” ~ S LeDuc \n\n\n\n “I took an online workshop with Chelsea two years ago. As a fiction writer venturing into nonfiction\, I needed a lot of guidance\, and I got it. Chelsea’s lessons and feedback  were immensely helpful to me. An essay I began in that class was later accepted by a well known online magazine. I still go back to the material Chelsea provided as support when starting new projects. I can wholeheartedly recommend Chelsea as a mentor and teacher. ” ~ L Doyle \n\n\n\n“I took Chelsea’s intensive flash nonfiction class and was deeply impressed by her commitment\, feedback\, and warm teaching style. The class was online\, but Chelsea managed to create a respectful and intellectually stimulating sense of community.” ~ J Zarankin \n\n\n\nTHE FINE PRINT \n\n\n\nWe understand that life can get in the way of your plans. We want you to be able to get the most out of your course\, and our refund policy is designed to balance your need for flexibility with our deadlines and obligations to our teachers. \n\n\n\nBefore the class\, you may request a refund less a $10.00 processing fee. \n\n\n\nPlease keep in mind that no refunds or credits will be issued after class begins. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Time Traveler: How to Manipulate Time on the Page
DESCRIPTION:Beyond the chronology of a story\, we can speed up and slow down time within scenes\, immersing the reader more fully in the moment. Explore four kinds of time in this write-along webinar. \n\n\n\nFor creative nonfiction\, nonfiction\, and fictionIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nTime on the page creates tension\, amplifies emotion\, and controls the pace of the story. This can be the time it takes characters or the narrator to move across a room\, a montage of the past or flashbacks within the present scene\, and the time created by different verb tenses and points of view.  \n\n\n\nWriters most often work with four types of time:  \n\n\n\n\nLinear/logical time that sustains plot and point of view\n\n\n\nThe Continuous Present\, which brings immediacy to the page and can support multiple or collective points of view\n\n\n\nLong Time\, with which we can depict extraordinary amounts of time passing in a flash piece and show how the deep past informs the present and the future\n\n\n\nMeticulous Time\, when the time within the story is actually shorter than the amount of time it takes to read it. By slowing time and examining smaller details and moments\, greater emotion is created on the page or the reader’s focus is controlled. \n\n\n\n\nWith examples and instructions\, explore the fascinating craft of creating\, expanding\, and contracting time by rewriting a single scene in each of the four times. You’ll finish our action-packed hour with a deeper understanding of how time elapses within scenes and flash pieces and a stronger understanding of when and why to use each type of time.  \n\n\n\nThis webinar will also help you find a well of creativity and freedom to draw from in connection to how you replicate time on the page. \n\n\n\nCome ready to write! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nLEARN about four different types of time to use in creative writing\n\n\n\nHEAR examples that illuminate the advantages of using different time elements\n\n\n\nEXPLORE how time is its own craft element\, helping writers guide their readers through plot\n\n\n\nWRITE in four kinds of time to truly understand this craft technique\n\n\n\nKNOW how\, when\, and why to expand and contract time in your work\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for …\n\n\n\n\nintermediate and advanced fiction and nonfiction writers who are obsessed with time—how it moves\, bends\, and plays tricks on the page\n\n\n\nwriters looking to explore fresh aspects of craft and push past familiar techniques\n\n\n\nwriters whose scenes feel flat or rushed and want to learn how to stretch a moment until it earns its weight\n\n\n\nwriters struggling with pacing—either everything moves too fast\, or nothing moves at all\n\n\n\nwriters who want their prose to mirror the way memory\, boredom\, or deep focus actually feel\, instead of defaulting to straightforward chronology\n\n\n\nwriters ready to experiment with structure and are looking for a framework to do it with intention\, not just instinct\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn informal-but-informed teacher focused on actionable results\, Sherrie Flick is the author of six books\, including the short story collection I Have Not Considered Consequences (Autumn House Press\, 2025). She is co-editor for the Norton anthology Flash Fiction America and senior editor at SmokeLong Quarterly. Her work has been performed at Symphony Space for NPR’s Selected Shorts and has appeared in many journals and anthologies\, including Ploughshares\, New England Review\, Prairie Schooner\, and Flash Fiction Forward. An essay from her debut essay collection\, Homing: Instincts of a Rustbelt Feminist (University of Nebraska Press)\, was listed as notable in The Best American Essays 2023. Her most recent awards include a Creative Development Grant from the Heinz Endowments and a Writing Pittsburgh fellowship from the Creative Nonfiction Foundation. She is a visiting professor in the West Virginia Wesleyan low-residency MFA program.REFUNDS (less a $10 processing fee) ARE AVAILABLE before the replay is sent out. For a refund\, EMAIL us at info@WritingCraft.com. Canceling your Zoom invite will not initiate this process. \n\n\n\nThere are no refunds after the replay is sent.Questions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
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SUMMARY:3-WEEK WORKSHOP | Build Your Bold Creative Practice: For Writers to Jump-start\, Reset\, and Connect
DESCRIPTION:Creativity is a practice that requires showing up. Get the support and guidance you need to take risks and build a bold writing practice.\n\n\n\nOpen to 25 writers | 2 need-based scholarships are available—please email info@writingcraft.com to inquire before purchasing. \n\n\n\nLive On Zoom | Every other Sunday\, November 15–December 13\, 12–1:30pm EST \n\n\n\nDo you remember what brought you to writing? Have you lost your momentum and curiosity along the way? Writing is hard and life is full of (important!) interruptions\, but with real structure and a cohort that has your back\, you can return to your writing practice with courage and honesty. \n\n\n\nIn Art and Fear\, David Bayles and Ted Orland write about the fears that keep us from making work at all\, and in The Artist’s Way\, Julia Cameron insists that creativity is not a rare gift but a practice—one that requires showing up\, again and again\, especially when it’s uncomfortable. This course draws from both\, alongside additional interviews\, videos\, and texts\, to guide us in building a sustainable creative practice. \n\n\n\nThis is not a craft lecture series. Instead\, the course is designed to give you space for introspection and artistic risk-taking. To allow you to commit—to yourself and to the group—to showing up at the page and to build the muscle that makes showing up possible long after the class ends.  \n\n\n\nEach session\, you’ll commit to one artistic exercise to bring back and share at our next meeting. You’ll take yourself on weekly artist dates. You’ll journal daily. You’ll be asked to stretch and take risks with a cohort who will quickly become your writing community.  \n\n\n\nBetween our three main sessions\, you’ll also have an optional co-writing hour\, where we’ll put the week’s exercises into practice together\, in real time. You’ll also have access to a private online forum to check in\, connect\, and share with your cohort. \n\n\n\nThis is the first time this particular group will be doing this particular thing. Much of what we build here\, we’ll be building together for the first time.  \n\n\n\nIf that excites you more than it scares you (or if it scares you exactly the right amount)\, join us. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\nSession 1 (Nov 15)—Where have you been? Why are you here? Where are you going? We start by taking stock: what’s brought you to this practice\, what’s gotten in the way\, and what you’re actually hoping to build. Expect honest reflection and the first artistic commitment of the course. \n\n\n\nCo-Writing Hour (Nov 22): 12-1 pm EST  \n\n\n\nSession 2 (Nov 29) — Working in Uncertainty. The messy middle. With two weeks between sessions to actively pursue the finicky muse\, we’ll sit with not-knowing\, explore what it means to make work without a guaranteed outcome\, and share the exercises from Session 1. \n\n\n\nCo-Writing Hour (Dec 6): 12-1 pm EST \n\n\n\nSession 3 (Dec 13) — Making Plans and Promises. The last week includes a culminating discussion. We close by naming what we want to carry forward—concrete commitments to our own practice—and share the final round of work. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this workshop\, you will …\n\n\n\n\nRECONNECT with why you create and identify what’s been getting in the way\n\n\n\nBUILD a sustainable\, repeatable creative practice\n\n\n\nCOMPLETE exercises to discover surprise and new avenues \n\n\n\nCOMMIT to yourself and your work\n\n\n\nPRACTICE sharing unfinished\, risky\, or vulnerable work in a small\, trusted group\n\n\n\nSIT with uncertainty instead of rushing past it\n\n\n\nLEAVE with concrete plans and promises for your ongoing practice\n\n\n\n\nThis course is for writers …\n\n\n\n\nwant to jump-start a creative practice that’s stalled or start a conscious practice for the first time\n\n\n\nare willing to stretch and take risks\n\n\n\nare ready to commit to weekly accountability\n\n\n\nwant a variety of exercises and approaches to draw from\n\n\n\ndesire a community and mutual accountability over solitary practice\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss a class? No worries\, replays will be available. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith over 20 years of teaching and writing experience\, Sharla Yates is devoted to helping people recognize that their creative pursuits matter—more than that—are vital. She’s the author of the poetry chapbook What I Would Say if We Were to Drown Tonight (Stranded Oak Press\, 2017). She hosts CRAFT TALKS\, a webinar series for writers\, and co-hosts The Writers Bridge with Allison K Williams. Her essay “Address\,” published on Short Reads\, was a finalist for the 2015 Columbia Journal Writing Contest and the 2016 Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award. She teaches creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh. \n\n\n\nTestimonials From Past Students\n\n\n\n“Sharla has a clear passion for what she teaches!”  \n\n\n\n“I really enjoyed Yates’ class. She did a good job at channeling your inner ‘creative process.’ Def recommend!!!” \n\n\n\n“I like the variety of exercises we were assigned that let us try different forms of writing.”“She did a great job organizing specific workshops and readings to make sure that we knew what we were working on and how to accomplish what we wanted out of the project.” \n\n\n\n“I grew not only as a writer but also generally as a creative. I was a big fan of the journal and journal prompts.” \n\n\n\nTHE FINE PRINT \n\n\n\nWe understand that life can get in the way of your plans. We want you to be able to get the most out of your course\, and our refund policy is designed to balance your need for flexibility with our deadlines and obligations to our teachers. \n\n\n\nBefore the first class\, you may request a refund (less a $25 processing fee).After class begins\, you may request a refund for the remaining value of the course (less a $25 processing fee). No credits or refunds will be available after the 2nd class. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/creative-practice/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops and Masterclasses
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Why Does Your Memoir Matter? Finding the Heart of Your Story to Connect with Readers
DESCRIPTION:Your memoir is not what happened to you—it’s why it mattered. Memoirs that sell connect a single focus from your story with readers. \n\n\n\nFor memoiristsIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nOne of the most challenging things for memoirists to do is find the singular story out of a lifetime of stories they’re telling in their memoir. A memoir is a single lens on an aspect of a life—not an entire biography\, and memoirists must learn to distill their work. The events they choose to dramatize must be those most relevant to the internal growth trajectory of the narrator. In other words\, they must learn to ask “who cares?” ruthlessly about key events in their lives. Not a task for the faint of heart!  \n\n\n\nIn this interactive webinar\, we’ll explore powerful questions to help you find the heart of your memoir. If you aren’t sure yet what your story is\, these questions can help you understand what’s missing! We will also look at the concept of a misbelief and learn how tracking a character’s misbelief leads us to the memoir’s theme and point. Whether you’re just starting your memoir\, already have several drafts\, are struggling with a proposal or are getting rejections for “I didn’t connect” or “I don’t know who the audience is\,” these exercises will strengthen your understanding of your work. \n\n\n\nPlease bring writing materials and be prepared to write! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE examples of memoir “points”\n\n\n\nUNDERSTAND the difference between plot and story (what and why)\n\n\n\nLEARN how point and theme are connected\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY the scene that their memoir requires in order to exist\n\n\n\nPRACTICE finding the heart of their memoir\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for intermediate and advanced memorists…\n\n\n\n\nwho are struggling to complete a memoir draft\n\n\n\nwho can’t see the forest for the trees in their story\n\n\n\nseeking clarity on their memoir’s focus\n\n\n\nwho are writing book proposals and stuck on the overview or the audience\n\n\n\ncurious about how their narrative connects with a larger audience\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFunny\, kind\, and direct\, Laraine Herring is a popular CRAFT TALKS presenter and one of our strongest voices on deeply personal writing that powerfully connects with readers. \n\n\n\nLaraine’s memoir\, A Constellation of Ghosts: A Speculative Memoir with Ravens\, was released in 2021 from Regal House. She’s the editor of the anthology Becoming Real: Women Reclaim the Power of the Imagined through Speculative Nonfiction (Pact Press\, 2024) and a trilogy of writing books from Shambhala\, including Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic Voice. A retired professor of creative writing and psychology\, Lariane has worked with writers for thirty years.  \n\n\n\nShe’s also an illustrator and a grief counselor and creator of The Grief Forest: a book about what we don’t talk about. She founded the online ‘zine Hags on Fire\, a place for women to share stories about menopause\, and co-designed The Imaginal Memoir Cave immersion program with Gayle Brandeis. Laraine’s work has appeared in The New York Times\, Tiferet\, The Rumpus\, The Manifest-Station\, and many more. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and an MA in Counseling Psychology and lives in the mountains of northern Arizona with many cats.REFUNDS (less a $10 processing fee) ARE AVAILABLE before the replay is sent out. For a refund\, EMAIL us at info@WritingCraft.com. Canceling your Zoom invite will not initiate this process. \n\n\n\nThere are no refunds after the replay is sent.Questions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
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SUMMARY:SEMINAR | Essential Structures: Building Successful Fiction and Memoir
DESCRIPTION:An intensive three-hour seminar exploring the hidden architectures that make stories compelling\, memorable\, and emotionally effective. \n\n\n\nFor Memoir and Fiction \n\n\n\nLive on Zoom | Saturday\, November 28 | 2-5 pm Eastern \n\n\n\nDiscover a range of narrative structures used in contemporary fiction and memoir\, including three-act design\, lyric and fragmented forms\, braided narratives\, epistolary structures\, frames\, and modular storytelling. Rather than treating structure as a formula\, we’ll examine how writers shape reader attention\, tension\, revelation\, and emotional momentum via crucial structural decisions. \n\n\n\nExamine key structural principles to determine whether a manuscript succeeds or stalls. We’ll discuss the difference between what writers want to communicate and what readers actually want to experience\, what “showing” truly means on the sentence and scene level\, and the most common pitfalls that weaken fiction and memoir projects.  \n\n\n\nIn this seminar\, you’ll gain a solid sense of the basic principles for constructing your own fiction or memoir narratives that are vivid\, dynamic\, engaging\, original\, and structurally sound. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this three-hour seminar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nDISCOVER the range of narrative frameworks that turn ideas and material into compelling stories\n\n\n\nLEARN TO CLOSE READ for the architecture behind stories that resonate and endure: Journey\, Mystery\, Braid\, Mosaic\n\n\n\nMATCH the essential shape your particular story needs with the proven structural template that best supports your material\n\n\n\nTRANSFORM your initial inspiration into reader-friendly\, memorable\, complete narratives\n\n\n\nEXAMINE hidden mechanics of withholding\, pace\, and revelation.\n\n\n\nTRACE and strengthen the A-to-B change trajectory that gives stories both momentum and meaning.\n\n\n\nREPLACE simplistic “show\, don’t tell” advice with a more powerful understanding of how narrative information and story momentum actually work for readers.\n\n\n\n\nWhether you’re getting ready to write your first memoir or in the midst of revising your fifth novel\, you’ll find a place in this course. The common denominator is not experience level but commitment: participants should be actively working on a project or wanting to do so and ready to engage deeply with questions of structure. \n\n\n\nThis course is ideal for ambitious beginners to seasoned writers …\n\n\n\n\nwho want their fiction or memoir to find—and move—readers \n\n\n\nwith an idea (or 2 or 3) for a story or book project—but who are struggling to get the project off the ground\n\n\n\nwhose project is up and running\, but it has been difficult to bring to completion\n\n\n\nwho have a project in mind or in the works and who have taken at least a few writing classes or seminars\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss a class? No worries\, replays will be available. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Heather Sellers has been teaching for over thirty years\, and she doesn’t teach like anyone else. Her classes are innovative and groundbreaking\, and students describe them as fun\, lively\, and warm—the kind of workshop where you laugh out loud and walk away having learned an enormous amount.  \n\n\n\nShe is the author of You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know\, a popular memoir about family and face blindness. An Oprah Book-of-the-Month Club selection and Editor’s Choice at the New York Times Book Review\, the award-winning book was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered\, Dick Gordon’s The Story\, Dateline\, The Today Show\, and Good Morning America with George Stephanopoulos. Her essays appear in The New York Times\, The Sun\, Reader’s Digest\, Good Housekeeping\, The Best American Essays\, and numerous journals and anthologies. She is the author of four books on the craft of writing\, including The Practice of Creative Writing. \n\n\n\nHer fifth collection of poetry\, Women in Tampa Talking About Alligators\, is just out from Lynx House Press. Currently\, she is a member of the MFA faculty at the University of South Florida\, where she won the university’s highest teaching award. She also offers in-person workshops and private lessons for writers at all levels. \n\n\n\nTestimonials from past students\n\n\n\n“This was one of the most substantive classes I’ve taken. The craft insights were deep\, but everything was presented in a clear\, usable structure that made revision feel possible instead of overwhelming.” – Anon \n\n\n\n“I loved how rigorous the content was without ever feeling dry. The pacing\, humor\, and energy kept me completely engaged—and I left with concrete tools I used immediately.” – Grace L\, New York \n\n\n\n“What stood out most was how intentional the teaching was.” –Kate S\, NJ \n\n\n\n“I expected inspiration\, but I didn’t expect this level of craft depth. The class was smart\, funny\, and incredibly well organized.” – Constance\, Holland\, MI \n\n\n\n“You can feel how much thought has gone into the structure of the presentation. Nothing felt random—everything connected\, and Heather is so personable and smart and fun.” – BethAnn\, Tampa\, FL \n\n\n\nTHE FINE PRINT \n\n\n\nWe understand that life can get in the way of your plans. We want you to be able to get the most out of your course\, and our refund policy is designed to balance your need for flexibility with our deadlines and obligations to our teachers. \n\n\n\nBefore the class\, you may request a refund less a $10.00 processing fee. \n\n\n\nPlease keep in mind that no refunds or credits will be issued after class begins. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/essential-structures/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Fix It\, Make It Better: The Fine Art of Revising Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Revision\, some say\, is the hardest part of writing\, but this stage can also be the most rewarding and pleasurable.\n\n\n\nFor Memoir and Nonfiction ProseIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nCapturing our memories—vividly\, thoroughly\, and carried along by palpable emotion—takes skill and concerted effort. But the task of writing compelling memoir doesn’t end there. Once we’ve given the story our best shot\, once we’ve powered our way through an early draft or two\, how do we take what we’ve created and use the powerful tools of revision to make the memoir shine? \n\n\n\nContrary to common wisdom\, this is one task where it’s often not productive to start at the beginning. A story has multiple moving parts—sentences\, paragraphs\, chapters\, the beginning\, and the end. Successful revision happens when we learn to step back from our writing\, making deliberate choices about when to intervene\, where to intervene\, and what changes will work best. \n\n\n\nThe key to effective revision—whether you’re writing a memoir or a six-page personal essay—is understanding that revision can take multiple approaches. Learn how to weigh those choices with intention\, and walk away with tools you can apply to any project\, in any genre. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nLEARN how to enjoy revision\, looking forward to it with anticipation\n\n\n\nDISCERN which revision approach works best at what stage of the writing\n\n\n\nOVERTURN that nagging feeling that you have been “revising forever”\n\n\n\nFIND the best ways to establish what should be included in the memoir and what should be left out\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers at any level\, at any stage who…\n\n\n\n\nare uncertain how to effectively improve early drafts\n\n\n\nworry they spend too much time polishing and re-polishing sentences\n\n\n\nfind revision unpleasant or worrisome\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of our most popular and beloved presenters\, DINTY W. MOORE is author of the memoirs Between Panic & Desire and To Hell With It and the writing guides Crafting the Personal Essay and The Mindful Writer\, among other books. His insightful teaching\, calm sensibility\, and wicked sense of humor make his classes a delight as well as bringing useful techniques for every writer. Dinty has published essays and stories in Harper’s\, The New York Times Magazine\, Georgia Review\, Kenyon Review\, Southern Review\, Short Reads\, and elsewhere. He is the founding editor of Brevity\, the preeminent journal of flash nonfiction\, and an editor at The Brevity Blog.REFUNDS (less a $10 processing fee) ARE AVAILABLE before the replay is sent out. For a refund\, EMAIL us at info@WritingCraft.com. Canceling your Zoom invite will not initiate this process. \n\n\n\nThere are no refunds after the replay is sent.Questions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/fix-it/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:3-WEEK WORKSHOP | Crash Course in Flash Nonfiction: Unlock the Power of Writing Short
DESCRIPTION:Flash nonfiction is a powerful form for personal stories. Learn how to write punchy\, poetic flash essays that make a lasting impact on readers. \n\n\n\nFor Creative Nonfiction\, Flash Nonfiction\, Literary Nonfiction \n\n\n\nLive On Zoom | Thursdays\, Dec 3 – 17\, 2026 | 7-9 pm Eastern \n\n\n\nFlash nonfiction is the art of telling true stories from one’s life with power and brevity (in 1\,000 words or less). During this three-week generative workshop\, participants will learn the craft of writing flash nonfiction narratives\, write new drafts\, and receive feedback to practice what they’re learning.  \n\n\n\nTogether\, we’ll explore examples of expertly crafted flash nonfiction narratives and define what makes them effective. You’ll learn how to make your personal stories connect with readers by using theme and plot\, compression and layering\, and images and lyricism. Discover what editors look for when selecting flash nonfiction pieces for publication\, and write your own powerful pieces.  \n\n\n\nThis course will include readings\, writing prompts\, in-class writing time\, writing homework\, and Q&A. Instructor feedback on two flash-length narratives is available as a $50 add-on at the point of purchase (limited to 25 people). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOver these three weeks\, you will …\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE the key elements of flash nonfiction and how they work together to create powerful essays\n\n\n\nLEARN to create emotional resonance so that readers will be thinking about your piece long after they read it\n\n\n\nEXPLORE tips for writing engaging and powerful flash nonfiction that literary magazine editors will love\n\n\n\nDISCOVER how to use compression\, layering\, and lyricism to make each sentence pop\n\n\n\nWRITE flash nonfiction that’s powerful\, punchy\, personal\, and poetic\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\n\nWeek 1. Make it Powerful: Theme\, Plot\, & Research \n\n\n\nWeek 2. Make it Personal: Voice\, Vulnerability & Emotional Intensity\n\n\n\nWeek 3. Make it Punchy: Compression\, Lyricism\, & Form \n\n\n\n\nThis course is for intermediate writers who \n\n\n\n\nWant to generate new flash nonfiction work \n\n\n\nWant their flash nonfiction pieces to grab the attention of editors and readers\n\n\n\nWant to write more powerfully when writing short\n\n\n\nSeek to increase the impact of their prose\n\n\n\nHope to publish flash nonfiction pieces in literary magazines\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss a class? No worries\, replays will be available. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBethany Jarmul is an Appalachian writer\, poet\, writing coach\, and workshop instructor. She’s the author of a poetry collection\, Lightning Is a Mother\, and a mini-memoir of flash nonfiction pieces\, Take Me Home. Her work has been published in more than 100 literary magazines\, including Brevity\, River Teeth\, and Chestnut Review. Her writing was selected for Best Spiritual Literature and Best Small Fictions\, and nominated for the Pushcart Prize\, The Best of the Net\, and Best Microfiction. Twice\, she earned first place in Women On Writing’s quarterly flash essay contest. Connect with her at bethanyjarmul.com or on social media: @BethanyJarmul. \n\n\n\nTestimonials from past students:\n\n\n\n“I love taking webinars taught by Bethany Jarmul and always get so much out of them. Bethany has a strong record of publication success and is skilled at sharing her techniques. In her webinars\, which are both affordable and easy to sign up for\, Bethany provides a huge amount of valuable information and writing strategies in clear\, concise\, easy-to-follow presentations.” – Beth Mulcahy  \n\n\n\n“Bethany’s workshops are helpful\, worthwhile\, and enjoyable. She is well organized and her workshops include step-by-step\, actionable strategies that help writers take their craft to another level. The techniques I learned in her workshops helped to generate more writing in different genres and improved the quality of my writing overall. I’m always happy to attend one of her classes.”  – Angelle McDougall \n\n\n\n“Bethany is prepared\, specific\, and encourages questions. I’ve attended several of her webinars\, even in a genre I don’t normally work in\, and found myself stretching into this new area. Highly recommend her work and her webinars.” – Mare Biddle  \n\n\n\n“Bethany is a wonderful presenter. So grateful for how generous she was with examples\, her own writing\, suggestions for submissions\, suggestions for continued diving into the craft…all in.” – Robin Perry \n\n\n\n“Bethany is a wonderful presenter\, speaks clearly and with enthusiasm. VERY present.” – Winnie Ganshaw \n\n\n\nTHE FINE PRINT \n\n\n\nWe understand that life can get in the way of your plans. We want you to be able to get the most out of your course\, and our refund policy is designed to balance your need for flexibility with our deadlines and obligations to our teachers. \n\n\n\nBefore the first class\, you may request a refund (less a $25 processing fee).After class begins\, you may request a refund for the remaining value of the course (less a $25 processing fee). \n\n\n\nNo credits or refunds will be available after the 1st class. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/crash-course-in-flash/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops and Masterclasses
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Sentencing: Power\, Precision\, and Purpose in Every Line
DESCRIPTION:Break out of your habitual syntax\, and harness the energy in the smallest\, most important narrative unit.\n\n\n\nFor Memoir and Nonfiction ProseIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nWriting lives or dies at the sentence level. So what makes a sentence work? Learn the nuances of sentence craft and make sure every line carries its weight. \n\n\n\nThe sentence is the essential building block of any piece of writing—and it must do multiple kinds of work at once: convey meaning\, generate emotion\, and sustain momentum. Yet many writers underestimate how much power resides at this level and how deliberately sentences must be shaped to carry that weight. This isn’t about grammar or a particular “literary voice\,” but about understanding the mechanics of sentence craft to carry out your true\, distinct voice while delivering a powerful story. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we take a focused look at the art of the sentence. You will learn to shape sentences that create authority\, distinctiveness\, and voice; build fresh new patterns that sustain reader interest from line to line; and diagnose the hidden strengths and weaknesses in your own sentence-level habits. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY the sentence habits that limit a manuscript’s effectiveness \n\n\n\nAPPLY three key sentence techniques—compression\, expansion\, and rhythm control—to create more compelling prose\n\n\n\nBUILD special sentence-level craft skills\, including strategic withholding\, revelation\, and syntactic variation\n\n\n\nLEARN how to revise ordinary sentences into memorable\, voice-driven lines that carry greater emotional and narrative impact AND\n\n\n\nDESIGN purposeful sequences of sentences that generate momentum\, surprise\, and flow on the page\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for beginning writers or seasoned pros in need of a tune-up.\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Heather Sellers has been teaching for over thirty years\, and she doesn’t teach like anyone else. Her classes are innovative and groundbreaking\, and students describe them as fun\, lively\, and warm—the kind of workshop where you laugh out loud and walk away having learned an enormous amount.  \n\n\n\nShe is the author of You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know\, a popular memoir about family and face blindness. An Oprah Book-of-the-Month Club selection and Editor’s Choice at the New York Times Book Review\, the award-winning book was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered\, Dick Gordon’s The Story\, Dateline\, The Today Show\, and Good Morning America with George Stephanopoulos. Her essays appear in The New York Times\, The Sun\, Reader’s Digest\, Good Housekeeping\, The Best American Essays\, and numerous journals and anthologies. She is the author of four books on the craft of writing\, including The Practice of Creative Writing. \n\n\n\nHer fifth collection of poetry\, Women in Tampa Talking About Alligators\, is just out from Lynx House Press. Currently\, she is a member of the MFA faculty at the University of South Florida\, where she won the university’s highest teaching award. She also offers in-person workshops and private lessons for writers at all levels.REFUNDS (less a $10 processing fee) ARE AVAILABLE before the replay is sent out. For a refund\, EMAIL us at info@WritingCraft.com. Canceling your Zoom invite will not initiate this process. \n\n\n\nThere are no refunds after the replay is sent.Questions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/sentencing/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:SEMINAR | When Things Happen: Mastering Chronology in Fiction and Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:Learn to manipulate your reader‘s experience of time to create pace\, surprise\, and deeper engagement with your words.\n\n\n\nFor Fiction and Creative Nonfiction\, Essay and Memoir \n\n\n\nIn the real world\, we live our lives forward\, chronologically\, and at the same rate as everyone else. But writers can master time to speed up and slow down the reader’s experience\, move through time for emotional effects\, and alter time to support dramatic moments.  \n\n\n\nIn this session—equally helpful for both fiction and nonfiction writers—we’ll examine how narratives by such authors as Cheryl Strayed\, Ryan Van Meter\, Michelle Kuo\, Jaquira Diaz\, JRR Tolkien\, Jeannette Walls\, Nicholson Baker\, and others all strategically manipulate the reader’s experience of time and to what effect.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll examine the pacing of a story (how quickly through time we move)\, the sequence of storytime (whether the story is being told chronologically or not)\, and the use of flashback and flashforward. We’ll also examine the use of narrative summary versus scene and learn techniques like sentence length\, visual layout\, and more to alter the experience of time and increase reader engagement in a story. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this seminar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE the key elements of manipulating time in your narratives and what effects they have on readers\n\n\n\nDISCOVER alternate storytelling structures for fiction and nonfiction\n\n\n\nLEARN HOW to break free of traditional\, linear time management in your narratives\n\n\n\n\nThis course is ideal for all writers …\n\n\n\n\nat all levels\, from experienced writers to those new to their genre\n\n\n\nwho feel stuck in “this happened\, and this happened\, then this happened” structures\n\n\n\nwho’d like to experiment with structure to make sure their work captures the attention and engages their readers\n\n\n\nstruggling with where and how to use flashbacks or add backstory\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss a class? No worries\, replays will be available. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEthan Gilsdorf is a writer\, teacher\, performer\, and a huge nerd. A sharp\, funny instructor\, Ethan is the author of the award-winning memoir Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks. His work appears in the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Esquire\, Wired\, O\, Oprah Magazine\, Huffington Post\, Brevity\, Electric Literature\, Poetry\, and The Southern Review and has been named twice as “Notable” in Best American Essays.  \n\n\n\nNoted for his thoughtful\, generous\, and encouraging feedback\, Ethan teaches at GrubStreet\, where he leads the Essay Incubator program; at LitArts RI and CRAFT TALKS; is on the faculty of Solstice MFA Program at Lasell University; and teaches anyone how to play Dungeons & Dragons.  \n\n\n\nTestimonials from Past Students\n\n\n\n“My work is taken seriously in Ethan’s workshops\, and I am taken seriously as a writer.” \n\n\n\n“What a master teacher.”  \n\n\n\n“This may be the best writing class I’ve ever taken.”  \n\n\n\n“You really are one of the best writing teachers I’ve had.” \n\n\n\n“I’m grateful beyond measure for the care that Ethan has taken in teaching us.” \n\n\n\nTHE FINE PRINT \n\n\n\nWe understand that life can get in the way of your plans. We want you to be able to get the most out of your course\, and our refund policy is designed to balance your need for flexibility with our deadlines and obligations to our teachers. \n\n\n\nBefore the class\, you may request a refund less a $10.00 processing fee. \n\n\n\nPlease keep in mind that no refunds or credits will be issued after class begins. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/when-things-happen/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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SUMMARY:SEASON PASS | Webinar Subscription Special
DESCRIPTION:Unlock every CRAFT TALKS webinar from January to June 2027 (plus office hours) with one simple pass!\n\n\n\nYour Season Pass registers you automatically for all 25 CRAFT TALKS webinars through June 2027\, with live access\, replays\, and follow-up materials for each. You’ll also get three drop-in\, live-editing office hours with writing coach and editor Allison K Williams\, where you can ask questions\, meet other writers\, and get feedback on your pages. And you’ll have access to a private forum just for Season Pass holders. \n\n\n\nHere’s what that means…\n\n\n\nSeason Pass holders are registered for all 25 webinars this season. No sign-ups. No stress. Less worry about missing the next great webinar. \n\n\n\nFor each webinar\, you’ll receive:\n\n\n\n\nLive access to each session\, where you can ask questions and take away ideas you can put into action right away.\n\n\n\nA replay and downloadable materials (slides\, notes\, and any follow-up resources)\, delivered to your inbox within 3 business days of the live event. Download them within 30 days\, and they’re yours to keep permanently.\n\n\n\nA private online forum to check in\, connect\, and share with other season pass holders!\n\n\n\n\nYou don’t need to attend live to get full value from the pass. Many season pass holders watch on their own schedule. \n\n\n\nPlus\, drop-in office hours with Allison!\n\n\n\nThree sessions with writing coach\, editor\, and co-founder of CRAFT TALKS\, Allison K Williams (dates TBD). Think of them as small-group conversations\, where you get to: \n\n\n\n\nAsk questions about craft and your current project\n\n\n\nLearn from watching live edits on submitted work\n\n\n\nGet feedback if you submit pages and attend the hour\, even if Allison doesn’t live-edit yours\n\n\n\n\n“Pages” means whatever you’re working on now\, whether that’s a memoir\, essays\, fiction\, or something you’re just getting started on. You bring what’s on your desk! \n\n\n\n\n“I am always in awe of Allison’s wise and perceptive edits and observations and will look forward to more in the next season of CRAFT TALKS.” — Donna C. \n\n\n\n\nThroughout the season\, you’ll learn from acclaimed teachers and authors across the craft of writing\, the writer’s life\, and the business of writing.  \n\n\n\nWebinar lineup \n\n\n\nJanuary \n\n\n\n\nJan 6: Bethany Jarmul\, Goal Setting for Writers\n\n\n\nJan 13: Allison K Williams\, Newsletters and Substack\n\n\n\nJan 20: Amy L. Bernstein\, The Goldilocks of Book Research: Infusing Just the Right Amount Into Your Nonfiction or Fiction\n\n\n\nJan 27: Patrick Madden\, Writing the Undramatic Narrative Essay\n\n\n\n\nFebruary \n\n\n\n\nFeb 3: Dinty W. Moore\, Embracing the Power and Flexibility of Hybrid Memoir\n\n\n\nFeb 10: Katie Bannon\, The Dreaded So What? How to Build Stakes\n\n\n\nFeb 17: Michelle Cutler\, Memoir and Reported Nonfiction\n\n\n\nFeb 24: Ethan Gilsdorf\, Understanding Point of View\n\n\n\n\nMarch \n\n\n\n\nMar 3: Allison K Williams\, Reaction\, Reflection\, Narrative\n\n\n\nMar 10: Andrea A. Firth\, Submit Smarter\n\n\n\nMar 17: Tiffany Yates Martin\, Backstory\n\n\n\nMar 24: Brenda Miller and Holly J. Hughes\, Mindfulness and Writing\n\n\n\n\nApril \n\n\n\n\nApr 7: Katie Bannon\, How to End a Memoir\n\n\n\nApr 14: Allison K Williams\, Spiral Structure Scenes\n\n\n\nApr 21: Ethan Gilsdorf\, The Braided and Research Essay\n\n\n\nApr 28: Brenda Miller\, Speculation and Creative Nonfiction: Embracing Imagination\n\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 5: David Wogahn\, Self-Publishing Foundations\n\n\n\nMay 12: Laraine Herring\, Remembering Your Why: Inspiration\, Hope\, and Strategy for Writers in Unstable Times\n\n\n\nMay 19: Tiffany Yates Martin\, Flashback\n\n\n\nMay 26: Brenda Miller\, Micro and Flash: Writing Small to Write Big\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJun 2: Andrea A. Firth\, What Makes an Essay Unforgettable? Lessons from the Best of Contemporary Nonfiction\n\n\n\nJun 9: Allison K Williams\, Write Your Synopsis\n\n\n\nJun 16: Bethany Jarmul\, Level Up Your Writing: Sentence-Level Revision Strategies\n\n\n\nJun 23: Tiffany Yates Martin\, Context and Specificity\n\n\n\nJun 30: Ethan Gilsdorf\, TBD\n\n\n\n\nTopics and dates are subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWant a season of learning\, feedback\, and progress?It’s already on the calendar. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Fine Print\n\n\n\n✨ This is a limited opportunity\, and we’re excited about our commitment to you! \n\n\n\n📅 Can’t attend live? No worries! You’ll always get the recording and can download the webinars to watch at your convenience. \n\n\n\n🚫 No refunds after Jan 6\, 2027. \n\n\n\n❌ The Season Pass does not include seminars\, intensives\, workshops\, or masterclasses. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/season-pass/
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