BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Craft Talks - ECPv6.18.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://writingcraft.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Craft Talks REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260801T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260831T235959 DTSTAMP:20260814T155427Z CREATED:20260724T160435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T155427Z UID:10000140-1785542400-1788220799@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:August REPLAY | The Ideal Sentence: Your Voice\, Your Tone\, Your Pace DESCRIPTION:Every beginning sets a tone\, establishes a voice\, and signals the quality of the language that is to come. Your beginning is one of your most important writing choices—learn to make it powerful.\n\n\n\nREPLAY INCLUDES: VIDEO\, CHAT\, HANDOUT\, AND TRANSCRIPT \n\n\n\nFor All Genres \n\n\n\nWill that language be complex and tangled? Plain-spoken? Vanilla? Lavender? Will it zing like jazz or sing like a lullabye? Will it feel lethargic\, or will it clop\, or will it swashbuckle? \n\n\n\nIt’s always time to think about sentences—to explore the ways they work (and sometimes don’t)\, the ways we bend them to get closer to the truth\, and the ways we work on patterns and rhythms so that the pages remain alive.  \n\n\n\nProse from Hilton Als\, Michael Ondaatje\, Jean-Dominique Bauby\, Jia Tolentino\, Annie Dillard\, Olivia Laing\, Carmen Machado\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and Mark Richard will inspire us and lead our way. \n\n\n\nExercises presented will be focused on voice\, tone\, mood\, and pace. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nREFINE your writing voices\n\n\n\nEXPERIMENT with mood\, tone\, and pace\n\n\n\nDEVELOP powerful new beginnings\n\n\n\nCREATE a better understanding of your writerly strengths\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers who:\n\n\n\n\nare intent on capturing the attention of agents\, editors\, and readers.  \n\n\n\nare keen on perfecting their work.\n\n\n\nwish to build more dimension into their writing.\n\n\n\nWant to learn more about sentence craft and explore their writing voice.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe live event happened in May 2025.ABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of our favorite presenters\, BETH KEPHART\, is the award-winning writer of memoir\, children’s books\, young adult novels\, and craft books. She is also a paper artist. Her new book\, her first novel for adults\, is Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday’s News: A Philadelphia Story. Please join her Substack journey at The Hush and the Howl. More at bethkephartbooks.com \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\nBecause the replay is delivered instantly upon purchase\, all sales are final. \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/the-ideal-sentence-2/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Event-Template-1-copy-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T163000 DTSTAMP:20260730T144018Z CREATED:20260707T153643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T144018Z UID:10000135-1785942000-1785947400@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Worth 1000 Words: Writing the Image+Text Essay DESCRIPTION:Sometimes words aren’t enough. Discover how photos\, documents\, original artwork\, and other visual elements can deepen\, complicate\, and illuminate your creative nonfiction.\n\n\n\nFor creative nonfiction\, including hybrid & experimentalIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nFrom family photos\, maps\, and diagrams to drawings\, erasures\, and collages\, authors\, artists\, and publishers are finding new ways to present mixed media texts that combine words and visual elements. Whether you’ve already started using images or are curious about how images could enrich your writing process and practice\, this webinar is for you. \n\n\n\nFrom brainstorming and generating to the printed page\, images can add depth and nuance to your writing practice and finished drafts. We’ll look at striking examples of hybrid and mixed media essays\, and talk through not only the whys but also the hows—including technical and conceptual considerations (‘Do I need Photoshop?’ ‘What does ‘print ready’ mean?’ ‘Does it count as Fair Use if I only use a piece of someone else’s work?’ You’ll leave with inspiration and actionable ideas for your own visual + text essays. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nLEARN different uses for images in both brainstorming and writing essays\n\n\n\nGET an overview of practical considerations\, such as hardware and software\, publication readiness\, and permissions for images that aren’t your own\n\n\n\nBE INSPIRED by image+text prompts and a roundup of resources\n\n\n\nDISCOVER image + text work from a great reading list\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers at any level who… \n\n\n\n\nwant to explore hybrid writing\, collage\, or experimental essays\n\n\n\nenjoy hands-on brainstorming techniques (collage is great for that!)\n\n\n\nare already experimenting with images and want to learn how to get them published\n\n\n\nhave a visual art practice or passion they want to combine with their writing practice\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKnown for packing her webinars 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\, 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\nREFUNDS (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\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/worth-1000-words/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MASTER-Event-Templates-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260812T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260812T163000 DTSTAMP:20260806T161037Z CREATED:20260717T011254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T161037Z UID:10000136-1786546800-1786552200@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Writing That Breaks the Rules: 10 Craft “Laws” You Can Defy DESCRIPTION:Every genre has its sacred rules. Learn what they actually protect — so you can break them with confidence.\n\n\n\nFor writers at all stages\, in all genresIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nEvery writer collects a list of commandments. Show\, don’t tell. Don’t start a scene with dialogue. One point-of-view per scene. Search and destroy all adverbs. Memoir must be told in the first person. These rules are repeated in workshops and webinars until we think they’re all true\, all the time\, but most of them are shorthand for a much more useful question: Am I making the best craft choices for readers to experience these words as I intend? \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, Allison K Williams (author of Seven Drafts and editor of NYT bestselling memoirs and novels) debunks the “rules” writers hear most often in workshops\, craft classes\, and query guidance and unpacks the real craft principle underneath each one. You’ll learn which rules are structural (break them\, and the story stops working) and which are stylistic conventions (break them deliberately\, and readers barely notice—or love you for it). We’ll use examples from published books that defy every dictum on this list and succeed anyway\, plus a clear-eyed look at when breaking a rule reads as “bold choice” versus “rookie mistake.” \n\n\n\nYou’ll leave knowing exactly which rules support the writing  you want to do—and which ones were never really rules at all. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY the difference between structural craft principles and stylistic conventions\n\n\n\nLEARN why POV discipline\, tense consistency\, and dialogue-opening “rules” exist—and what actually breaks when you ignore them\n\n\n\nEXAMINE notable published novels\, essays and memoirs that violate these rules on purpose\, and why they work\n\n\n\nWALK AWAY with a framework for deciding\, scene by scene\, when a “rule” is serving your story and when it’s safe to ignore—or gleefully defy\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers at any level who… \n\n\n\n\nkeep getting the same craft note in workshop and want to understand why\, not just fix it\n\n\n\nhave gotten craft feedback that doesn’t resonate or feels just plain wrong\n\n\n\nare drafting memoir\, YA\, or genre fiction and want to know which conventions their category actually enforces (and what to do if you’re not going to play along)\n\n\n\nhave a bold structural choice in mind and want to pressure-test it before committing\n\n\n\nare tired of contradictory advice and want one clear-eyed pass through the “rules” that matter\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSharp\, funny\, and genuinely useful from the first five minutes\, Allison K Williams is the author of Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from First Draft to Book Deal and Managing Editor of the Brevity Blog. She teaches memoir and novel craft through Rebirth Your Writing\, leads retreats from Maine to Morocco to the middle of the Atlantic\, and has a well-earned reputation for advice that improves your pages the same day you hear it.  \n\n\n\nAllison holds an MFA from Western Michigan University\, and her own work has appeared in The New York Times\, McSweeney’s\, and Brevity (the magazine) as well as on NPR\, The Moth\, Snap Judgement\, and CBC-Canada. She is the co-producer of CRAFT TALKS and founder of The Writers Bridge. \n\n\n\nREFUNDS (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\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/writing-that-breaks-the-rules/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Event-Template-1-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T163000 DTSTAMP:20260812T155705Z CREATED:20260717T012659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T155705Z UID:10000137-1787151600-1787157000@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Your Words\, Your Readers: Building a Substack That Lasts DESCRIPTION:What separates a thriving newsletter from one that fizzles out after three posts? A best-selling Substack founder has answers you can use.\n\n\n\nFor publicity/platform-buildingIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nIn recent years\, many writers have turned to Substack and other newsletter platforms as a way to explore niche interests\, publish creative work\, and bypass gatekeepers to connect directly with readers. Newsletters in all formats can help writers grow an audience\, gain craft confidence\, and build a publicity platform to support publishing their books\, public speaking\, and teaching careers.  \n\n\n\nIn this session\, we will start from the beginning and look at how to create a newsletter for anyone eager to begin. We’ll address important and often-overlooked areas like the Substack name\, About section\, and style. We’ll also look at common questions: How often should you post? How long should your posts be? What should you write about (and what if you change your mind)? How do you sustain momentum beyond the first few months? Finally\, we’ll discuss how to gain readers and continue growing your audience over time. \n\n\n\nNote: While this webinar will include technical elements specific to Substack\, the underlying principles of newsletter set-up\, frequency\, audience awareness\, and platform growth will apply to any newsletter or email-sending platform. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nLEARN HOW to start a Substack and what pitfalls to avoid\n\n\n\nUNDERSTAND best strategies for maintaining a newsletter over the long haul\n\n\n\nSTRATEGIZE how to grow readership and build a platform\n\n\n\nGET INSPIRED to launch a Substack and connect directly with readers\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers who… \n\n\n\n\nhave a Substack (or other type of newsletter) but feel stagnant\n\n\n\nwant to learn whether or not to launch a newsletter (and are curious about pros and cons)\n\n\n\nare excited about their newsletter and want to keep growing it\n\n\n\nare overwhelmed by the prospect of a newsletter and want to see if it’s the right fit for their own platform\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA down-to-earth\, practical\, and encouraging teacher\, Becky Tuch is the founder of Lit Mag News\, a bestselling Substack dedicated to demystifying the world of literary magazines. Lit Mag News has over 17\,000 subscribers and has been listed in Writer’s Digest’s 101 Best Websites for Writers. The leading expert in understanding\, assessing\, and submitting to literary magazines\, Becky is noted for her generous sharing of knowledge and accessible\, honest information for writers at all stages of their publication process.  \n\n\n\nBecky’s short fiction has been honored with a MacDowell fellowship and first place in Moment Magazine’s Karma Foundation Fiction Prize and has appeared or is forthcoming in STORY Magazine\, Chicago Quarterly Review\, Gulf Coast\, Best of the Net\, and elsewhere. She has taught newsletter writing and fiction writing to kids\, teens\, and adults throughout the country. She lives with her family in Philadelphia\, PA. \n\n\n\nREFUNDS (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\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/your-words-your-readers/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/MASTER-Event-Templates-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T140000 DTSTAMP:20260819T174922Z CREATED:20260813T214023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T174922Z UID:10000146-1787662800-1787666400@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:The Writers Bridge | Build an Author Marketing Plan that Works for You with Rachel Thompson DESCRIPTION:Do you need to be everything\, everywhere\, all at once\, to market your book? \n\n\n\nNo. You need a plan that fits your book\, your readers\, your budget\, your time\, and your tolerance for social media nonsense. \n\n\n\nMost authors don’t fail at marketing because they didn’t try hard enough—they fail because they tried to do everything at once\, on every platform\, without knowing how to assess what’s working. Rachel Thompson of BadRedhead Media has spent more than 17 years helping authors build marketing plans that don’t rely on gimmicks\, magic formulas\, or dancing on TikTok. \n\n\n\nLearn what to figure out before you start marketing at all: who your readers actually are\, what realistic goals look like\, and how to choose activities that match your time and budget. We’ll dig into DIY-versus-hire-a-pro—what’s worth learning yourself and what’s worth paying someone else to handle?—and how to tell whether your marketing is moving the needle. Rachel’s also an expert on why and how to build Substack into your author platform. \n\n\n\nBring your questions and your book marketing frustrations. Rachel’s heard them all—and probably lived most of them. \n\n\n\nJoin us TUESDAY AUGUST 25 at 1PM EASTERN / 10AM PACIFIC – live and FREE on Zoom\, all welcome! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur special guest \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRachel Thompson is the founder of BadRedhead Media\, LLC (est. 2011)\, where she creates customized social media\, book marketing\, branding\, Substack\, and visibility campaigns for authors. Drawing on more than 17 years of sales\, marketing\, and training experience\, Rachel helps writers build their platforms\, connect with readers\, and promote their work without gimmicks. \n\n\n\nRachel’s books include Broken Pieces\, Broken Places\, Broken People\, The BadRedhead Media 30-Day Book Marketing Challenge\, BadRedhead Media’s How to Best Optimize Blog Posts for SEO\, a branding guide\, and two humor books. Her books have earned multiple awards and reached No. 1 on several Amazon lists—which she readily admits is much more exciting than cleaning the litter box. \n\n\n\nRachel shares practical marketing guidance with more than 14\,000 followers on Substack\, where she writes weekly about book marketing\, social media\, building your Substack/newsletter\, publishing\, and the realities of building an author platform. \n\n\n\nJoin your hosts Allison K Williams (SEVEN DRAFTS)\, Sharla Yates (CRAFT TALKS) and our special guest for a practical\, no-nonsense hour on marketing your book without losing your mind. \n\n\n\nFREE\, all welcome! Sign up to receive the Zoom link the day before. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnjoy past recorded sessions here\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllison K Williams has edited and coached authors to publishing deals with Penguin Random House\, Knopf\, Mantle\, St. Martin’s Press\, and numerous small presses. An expert in author marketing and community building\, her platform includes the Brevity Blog (80k+ followers)\, Instagram (10k+)\, a mailing list (12k+)\, and Facebook (5k+)\, with publications in the New York Times and appearances on NPR and CBC. Her book\, Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book\, sold on proposal. She leads the Rebirth Your Book writing retreats and co-hosts The Writers Bridge. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSharla Yates is the author of the poetry chapbook What I Would Say if We Were to Drown Tonight\, published by Stranded Oak Press (2017). She hosts a webinar series\, CRAFT TALKS for writers on writing\, and co-hosts The Writers Bridge with Allison K Williams. Her nonfiction essay\, “Address” was a finalist for the 2015 Columbia Journal writing contest and the 2016 Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award. She is the former Director of Education at the Creative Nonfiction Foundation and teaches creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh. \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\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/the-writers-bridge-author-marketing/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Writers Bridge ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/TWB-logo-2023-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260826T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260826T161500 DTSTAMP:20260819T221956Z CREATED:20260721T144532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T221956Z UID:10000142-1787756400-1787760900@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Mastering Braided Memoirs: How to Structure Multiple Dramatic Threads DESCRIPTION:Learn the craft techniques that transform separate threads into a rich\, seamless narrative that surprises\, moves\, and resonates with readers. \n\n\n\nFor memoir and nonfictionIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nThe braided memoir has become one of the most exciting and sought-after forms in contemporary nonfiction—but weaving multiple narrative threads into a compelling whole requires far more than alternating between story lines. How can you transform fragments\, obsessions\, research\, memory\, and reflection into a unified work that delivers both emotional impact and a high level of reader engagement? \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we explore the hidden architecture that makes braided memoirs resonate. Learn how to choose strands that deepen one another\, create momentum across timelines\, withhold and reveal information strategically\, and build a deeply satisfying narrative arc from seemingly disparate materials.  \n\n\n\nWhether you’re simply curious about the form\, beginning a braided essay or book-length project\, or struggling to master the form\, you’ll leave with new tools for creating a memoir with confidence and purpose\, whose threads are stronger together than apart. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY the three powerful reasons to use this exciting—but tricky—form\n\n\n\nSELECT themes that connect multiple narrative strands\n\n\n\nLEARN to MAP the movement between each narrative beat\n\n\n\nEXPLORE the braider’s triple threat: repetition\, juxtaposition\, and variation\n\n\n\nAVOID common pitfalls\n\n\n\nDISCOVER revision techniques that strengthen connections between strands\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers who… \n\n\n\n\nare new memoirists needing a flexible\, accessible way to begin\n\n\n\nwant to deepen their structural and thematic control of memoir \n\n\n\nfeel ready to break out of linear storytelling and try something more dynamic \n\n\n\nare struggling to connect disparate memories\, themes\, or materials into a cohesive narrative\n\n\n\nwant to strengthen structure\, control\, and impact in their memoir\n\n\n\nseek to weave personal experience with research\, reflection\, or cultural context\n\n\n\nwant to turn vivid fragments into a finished essay or book\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\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. \n\n\n\nREFUNDS (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\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/mastering-braided-memoirs/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MASTER-Event-Templates-1-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260829T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260829T160000 DTSTAMP:20260820T161538Z CREATED:20260720T131515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T161538Z UID:10000138-1788008400-1788019200@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:SEMINAR | Beyond the Frame: How Surrealist Imagery Can Unblock Your Writing DESCRIPTION:When words fail\, images can unlock secrets. Surprise the stuck places in your manuscript by looking at them anew. \n\n\n\nFor All Writers \n\n\n\nSometimes the most effective way through a writing challenge is without words.  \n\n\n\nIn both writing and visual art\, what’s beyond the page or the frame often holds the key. Finding that hidden context can help a lifeless scene find its heartbeat. Images\, photographs\, illustrations\, even collages\, can help us see our stories differently. Surrealist imagery is particularly effective because it’s already characterized by the juxtaposition of unexpected elements. \n\n\n\nWe’ll begin with quick-start generative prompts to help you identify an area in your writing to focus on during our time together. Then\, we’ll look at traditional images and use them to help unlock a challenging place in your manuscript. Finally\, we’ll progress to surrealist photographs\, paintings\, and collages to see your own work and themes through fresh lenses.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll also discuss ways the qualities of surrealism can inform our writing\, regardless of genre\, and practice using “prepositional questions” to explore what’s beyond\, above\, below\, underneath\, inside\, before\, and after your scene to view your stuck place with curiosity and allow for unexpected connections. \n\n\n\nIf you’re currently struggling with an aspect of a work-in-progress\, feel free to bring that\, but it’s not required to benefit from the tools and techniques of the seminar. After the class\, you’ll receive the seminar recording and the slide deck with all the images and prompts used during our time together. \n\n\n\nAll levels and all genres are welcome. Please be prepared to write. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this interactive three-hour live seminar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE how visual imagery can deepen your writing\n\n\n\nLEARN key tenets of surrealism and apply them to a writing challenge\n\n\n\nGENERATE new portals into an existing piece of writing\n\n\n\nLEARN HOW unexpected visual arrangements open a door to the unconscious\n\n\n\nUSE key prepositional questions to view your writing differently\n\n\n\nSURPRISE yourself by finding hidden connections in your work\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis course is ideal for writers who…\n\n\n\n\ncurious about new ways to deepen their writing\n\n\n\ninterested in the connection between visual and literary arts\n\n\n\nstruggling with a difficult part of their manuscript\n\n\n\nwho are open to unconventional portals to the imagination\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss class? No worries\, replays will be available 3 business days after the event. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR Instructor\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 the 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. \n\n\n\nStudent Testimonials \n\n\n\n“Laraine helped my book tell me what it wants to be and challenged me to do the work to get it there. I am grateful for her intuitive\, empathic\, supportive approach\, and for her enthusiasm when I arrived at the realizations she was hoping I’d get to as I did that work. Laraine’s skills are many\, and she is fantastic to work with. She is dedicated\, direct\, detailed\, dependable\, and delightful.” \n\n\n\n— Meg Weber\, author of A Year of Mr. Lucky (Sincyr Publishing) \n\n\n\n“Through Laraine’s authentic nature and ability to listen\, I learned that writing is as much an act of bravery and strength as it is about being gentle and flexible. I can’t wait to be one of her students again!” \n\n\n\n— Naomi Kaplan \n\n\n\n“Without a doubt\, Laraine is the most generous\, inspirational and challenging writing instructor I have ever met. Using provocative writing exercises\, she guided me through creative discovery\, helping reveal ideas and truths I had previously locked away. She challenged me to delve deeper into my story\, even if it meant going into the dark hidden corners.” \n\n\n\n— Janine Weyers \n\n\n\n“Laraine opened doors inside my mind and created space for me to come into relationship with my writing in a refreshing way that was all my own. I had more than one breakthrough working with her. With ease and honesty\, she created an authentic\, interesting and inviting space to grow.” \n\n\n\n— Grace Welker \n\n\n\n“Laraine encourages students to dig deep. She provides original\, interesting exercises designed to pull past the first obvious idea and find the more compelling material underneath. She is as invested in students’ work as the students themselves.” \n\n\n\n— Janet Burruel \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\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/beyond-the-frame/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/MASTER-Event-Templates-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260904T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260904T161500 DTSTAMP:20260826T234410Z CREATED:20260803T145116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T234410Z UID:10000143-1788534000-1788538500@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Power Your Memoir with Mystery: How Curiosity Fuels Craft DESCRIPTION:The fuel that runs the engine of all good writing is our uncertainty…and the true curiosity of the writer.\n\n\n\nFor memoir and nonfictionIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nToo often\, writers of true stories lock in early on what they know—times\, places\, apparent facts—and what results is a flat retelling of the past. But memoir is essentially an act of discovery. As writers\, we must enter our work filled with questions and true uncertainty\, or we risk pushing the story where we think it should go rather than where it needs to be. As acclaimed memoirist Abigail Thomas warns\, “If your memoir ends where you thought it was going to end\, you aren’t doing it right.”The engine of good writing is fueled by the curiosity of the writer\, the process of thinking aloud on the page\, and uncovering what we didn’t know the morning we sat down to begin our memoir or story.  \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we will look at how other writers have used their uncertainty as fuel for the story\, how to locate your own questions\, and how reconnecting with what you don’t know can revive a stalled project. There will also be prompts and time for questions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nSEE how questions within your process allow for discovery and surprise\n\n\n\nLEARN strategies for incorporating “what you don’t know” into nonfiction\n\n\n\nUNDERSTAND how questions and curiosity drive memoir\, nonfiction\, and even fiction\n\n\n\nENGAGE with a series of short prompts to find the questions in your own work \n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers who… \n\n\n\n\nat the beginning stages of a memoir or nonfiction project\n\n\n\nwho feel stalled on their current essay\, story or book\n\n\n\nwith a story they want to tell\, who feel unsure why readers will be interested enough to read it\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\nPreviously offered August 2023 \n\n\n\n\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. He 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. \n\n\n\nREFUNDS (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\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/curiosity-fuels-craft/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Moore.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260905T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T160000 DTSTAMP:20260826T234304Z CREATED:20260720T134114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T234304Z UID:10000139-1788616800-1789228800@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:SEMINAR | Writing Big Feelings: The Peculiar Art of Evoking Emotions DESCRIPTION:Grief on the page doesn’t guarantee grief in the reader. Learn to show how your character feels and make the reader feel it\, too.\n\n\n\nLive On Zoom | Saturdays\, September 5 & 12\, 2026 | 2-4 pm EasternFor Creative Nonfiction and Fiction Writers \n\n\n\nAs fiction and non-fiction writers\, we often want to evoke agony on the page—grief\, misery\, blinding fury. Yet we get feedback: “What is the narrator feeling?” \n\n\n\nOver two sessions\, we’ll examine how we\, as writers\, can do two separate things: \n\n\n\n\nEvoke emotions within the READER: sorrow\, compassion\, and empathy \n\n\n\nEffectively show how the point-of-view character/narrator is feeling\n\n\n\n\nThese two jobs are often conflated; people assume if they describe how a character is feeling\, readers will also feel those feelings. Alas\, it’s not that simple. \n\n\n\nWe’ll focus on why it’s not just important to render the feelings themselves and how we can’t intentionally manipulate the reader with forced or pushed emotions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this insightful two-day course\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nDISTINGUISH between evoking emotion in the reader and describing what a character feels—and learn why conflating the two weakens your work\n\n\n\nDIAGNOSE the “what is the narrator feeling?” note and understand what’s actually missing from the page\n\n\n\nPRACTICE techniques for rendering emotion through action\, image\, and subtext \n\n\n\nRECOGNIZE where emotional writing turns maudlin or overwrought—and how to pull back before you lose the reader\n\n\n\nAPPLY these techniques to a piece of your own work across two sessions\, with feedback for a selection of students on the second day\n\n\n\n\nSchedule…\n\n\n\nDay One—We start with the core distinction the whole workshop builds on: showing emotion versus evoking it. You’ll get a set of practical tips for writing feelings without naming them\, look at examples from published work\, and break into small groups to hunt for more on your own. Then a short in-class prompt—write an intense moment with the feelings stripped out—followed by open Q&A. \n\n\n\nHomework: Find two pages of your own work centered on a character or narrator feeling a big emotion. Revise so the emotion rises naturally from the material rather than being pushed onto the reader. (Extra credit for big feelings that never tip into maudlin!) \n\n\n\nSubmit 300–400 words of revised work as a Word document to the shared Google Drive by September 10th\, 11pm EDT (more details to come). \n\n\n\nDay Two—This session is yours. We’ll screen-share as many submissions as time allows\, read them aloud\, and workshop each one with about 10 minutes of group discussion. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis seminar is ideal for intermediate writers wrestling with intense material that can feel overwhelming.\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss class? No worries\, replays will be available 3 business days after the event. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDirect\, funny\, and unsentimental\, Peter Mountford is a warm and encouraging teacher. He’s the author of the novels A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism (Washington State Book Award)\, The Dismal Science (NYT editor’s choice)\, and his latest\, a collection of short stories\, Detonator (now out from Four Way Books). His work has appeared in the New York Times (Modern Love)\, Paris Review\, Southern Review\, The Atlantic\, The Sun\, Ploughshares\, and Guernica. He teaches at the University of Nevada\, Reno at Lake Tahoe’s MFA\, and through Mountford Writing. \n\n\n\nStudent Testimonials \n\n\n\n“I’m so grateful to Peter—he’s that perfect combination of sweet and sour\, candid but never cruel\, encouraging but never ever full of shit.” – Sharon Schindel (NYT\, Washington Post) \n\n\n\n“Peter has an unerring sense of a story’s center of gravity and the structure that best suits the material. Peter’s expertise & generosity have been instrumental in my writing journey. I can’t recommend him highly enough.” –  Hannah C. \n\n\n\n“Peter knows how to make a story work & how to make it publishable. ”- Jeremy S.  \n\n\n\n“In a star rating\, he’d get a full 5 from me.”- Robin R.“I left class seeing how much more I need to write & read and how much more there is to learn\, which is humbling and exciting. ”- Michael B. \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\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/writing-big-feelings/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MASTER-Event-Templates-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T163000 DTSTAMP:20260902T215452Z CREATED:20260812T152818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T215452Z UID:10000145-1788966000-1788971400@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Writing the Senses: Transform Your Prose with Vivid Descriptions DESCRIPTION:Specific sensory details transform “good” writing to unforgettable. Through guided meditations on all five senses\, practice capturing the precise\, vivid observations that bring prose to life.\n\n\n\nFor Fiction\, Nonfiction\, Memoir\, and PoetryIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nLush\, descriptive writing is like magic. Sensory moments draw readers in to let them experience another life entirely. In this 90-minute session\, award-winning author and writing coach April Dávila guides writers through a series of meditations\, followed by writing exercises designed to help you move past tired clichés and find the details that are genuinely\, uniquely yours. \n\n\n\nOften\, exploring sensory details surprises us\, allowing us to stop focusing on “perfect” prose and lean into our own\, and our characters’\, specific experience. Write a handful of descriptive lines you’ll actually want to use—and confidence in how to choose those lines carefully to avoid verbosity in your finished work. \n\n\n\nWriters at all skill levels are welcome. Bring a work-in-progress or a blank page\, and leave with fresh material and new ways of expressing your ideas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nSHARPEN your ability to capture specific\, vivid details that pull readers into your world\n\n\n\nMOVE through guided meditations on sight\, sound\, touch\, smell\, and taste\n\n\n\nSILENCE your inner critic and get words on the page without second-guessing every line\n\n\n\nGENERATE new material you can pull directly into your stories\, essays\, or poems\n\n\n\nGAIN a fresh approach to descriptive writing\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for beginning and intermediate writers…\n\n\n\n\nwhose prose feels flat or overly visual\, relying too heavily on sight and missing the other four senses\n\n\n\nwho find themselves reaching for the same tired phrases and want to develop a more original\, specific voice\n\n\n\nworking on any project (fiction\, memoir\, poetry\, or essay) who want fresh material and new ways into their writing\n\n\n\nwho tend to rush past description and want to slow down and pay closer attention to the world of their story\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\nApril Dávila is an award-winning\, traditionally published novelist and an experienced writing coach. A warm\, straightforward teacher\, April’s unique approach combines the practical tools of writing with the transformative power of mindfulness\, empowering writers to quiet their inner critics and make meaningful progress on their work. A passionate advocate for creative expression\, April guides aspiring authors in overcoming blocks and building sustainable writing habits. Her first nonfiction book\, Sit Write Here: 6 Mindfulness Practices to Help You Write More and Suffer Less\, is forthcoming from St. Martin’s Press. \n\n\n\nREFUNDS (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\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/writing-the-senses/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MASTER-Event-Templates-2-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T163000 DTSTAMP:20260909T231859Z CREATED:20260821T172243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T231859Z UID:10000148-1789570800-1789576200@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Choose Your Best Publishing Path: Balancing Dollars and Sense DESCRIPTION:How do books land on shelves? And what publishing path fits your time\, budget\, and expectations? \n\n\n\nFor full-length fiction\, nonfiction and memoir\, including collectionsIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nWith over four million new titles for sale last year\, publishing is a multibillion-dollar business. Costs\, time\, and maintaining control over the process are critical elements in an author’s decision\, and every writer has their own set of must-haves and non-negotiables. From acquisition to sales to your ideal readers\, it’s vital to educate yourself even before you finish the book. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we’ll discuss the pros and cons of traditional\, hybrid\, and self-publishing. We’ll tackle the financial costs and resources required for each and learn from established authors what they enjoy most (and least) about their chosen path. You’ll leave with information to determine which option is the best fit not only for your work but also to meet your own goals and expectations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nUNDERSTAND traditional\, hybrid\, and self-publishing—and what each actually costs in time\, money\, and creative control\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY which publishing path best aligns with your goals\, your book\, and your non-negotiables\n\n\n\nHEAR firsthand from established authors about what they wish they had known before choosing their publishing route\n\n\n\nGAIN the vocabulary and framework to ask the right questions—of agents\, publishers\, hybrid presses\, and yourself\n\n\n\nBUILD a realistic roadmap for one of the most important decisions of your writing life\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is best for new-to-publishing writers \n\n\n\n\nwho are indecisive of their publishing path\n\n\n\nwho are ready to publish but require more info\n\n\n\ninterested in the book publishing business\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\nA buoyant\, high-energy teacher who motivates writers to “stick with it\,” Kristin Owens\, PhD\, is an award-winning educator and writer living in oxygen-deprived Colorado. She’s a contributor to Writer’s Digest\, 5280\, and Wine Enthusiast. Her debut novel\, Elizabeth Sails\, was shortlisted for the 2025 Gilda Prize and Killer Nashville’s Award for Best Cozy. With her background in university instruction\, she takes complex subjects and breaks them down into informative and entertaining bite-sized pieces. She can usually be found (playing and working) onboard a cruise ship. \n\n\n\nREFUNDS (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\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/choose-your-best-path/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MASTER-Event-Templates-2-copy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260920T153000 DTSTAMP:20260912T174221Z CREATED:20260814T161705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T174221Z UID:10000147-1789826400-1789918200@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:SEMINAR | Sharpen Your Prose: How to Be Your Own Editor DESCRIPTION:Writers don’t always have the luxury of a great editor. But we can teach ourselves to examine our own prose through an editor’s lens.\n\n\n\nLive on Zoom | Saturday & Sunday\, September 19-20\, 2026 | 2-3:30pm EDTFor Creative Nonfiction and Fiction Writers \n\n\n\nFor successful authors\, “all writing is rewriting.” Most of the best work we’ll ever do happens not in first drafts but through the painstaking process of revision. But what exactly is revision? How do we approach what can feel like an intimidating and endless process? How can we truly make our drafts better (and not just different)? And where do we turn for feedback when we’re writing on our own? \n\n\n\nRather than focusing on big-picture or developmental editing\, this class will focus on line-level techniques that reliably improve any piece of writing. We’ll discuss what makes individual sentences more impactful\, how to trim bloated paragraphs\, and the keys to maintaining a sense of immediacy that holds readers’ attention. Together\, we’ll study examples of both first-draft writing and polished\, published pieces\, naming the differences and working out how to move from point A to point B. We’ll learn how to create our own feedback\, moving from “author” to “editor” and back again. \n\n\n\nBy studying the work of others\, we’ll begin seeing our own writing more objectively. After our first class\, each participant will work on revising their own sentences\, practicing new techniques. By the end of our second class\, students will have acquired a set of revision practices that can be applied to any work-in-progress.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this insightful weekend course\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nLEARN techniques to view your writing more objectively\n\n\n\nREAD examples of sharp prose and consider how they were revised\n\n\n\nPRACTICE revising your own work\n\n\n\nDISCOVER a set of revision practices you can apply to any work-in-progress\n\n\n\n\nSchedule…\n\n\n\nSaturday—We’ll start with the core skill of condensing prose: mediating language\, shaping a true scene\, and revising toward stronger verbs. You’ll read past student work and discuss how to tighten it\, then turn to examples of sharp professional prose to see these techniques in action. \n\n\n\nAs a group\, we’ll build a working list of line-level revision techniques you can apply to your own writing. \n\n\n\nHomework: Revise an excerpt of your own work using the techniques from class. \n\n\n\nSunday—We’ll share revisions with the group and discuss what’s working and what could go further. You’ll gain new insight into your own editing by seeing others in action.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis seminar is ideal for writers who…\n\n\n\n\ncan crank out a first draft but don’t know how to revise\n\n\n\nare working on their own without consistent feedback\n\n\n\nworry their sentences or page count may be bloated\n\n\n\nwant to learn to think like an editor\n\n\n\nwant to write sharper\, tighter prose to capture the attention of readers\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss class? No worries\, replays will be available 3 business days after the final session. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn encouraging\, warm\, and deeply knowledgeable instructor\, Lindsey Deloach Jones holds a BA and MA in English and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction. She has taught creative writing at Clemson University and the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities and served as Editor of Emrys Journal and Edible Upcountry. \n\n\n\nLindsey’s essays have been published in HuffPost\, HuffPost Parenting\, Split Lip\, Under the Gum Tree\, Motherwell\, Paste\, South Carolina Review\, and Salvation South\, among others. She is a recipient of the VanderMey Nonfiction Prize\, and an essay nominated by Pigeon Pages was recently a finalist for Best of the Net.  \n\n\n\nLindsey currently teaches writing online and in-person via WRITESHARE\, the writers’ network she co-founded in Upstate SC\, and for organizations such as Craft Talks. She is represented by Writers House. \n\n\n\nStudent Testimonials \n\n\n\n“Lindsey is knowledgeable\, well-prepared\, and interacts well through the chat comments and questions\, so the presentation is more of a conversation. So important!” Anne P. \n\n\n\n“Lindsey is a very ‘user-friendly’ presenter. She takes such complex subjects and makes them accessible.” Laura R. \n\n\n\n“I loved her creative topic\, her examples\, and her presentation. She did a great job of involving the attendees even though it was a virtual session. (Hard to do!) ” Sherrie D. V. \n\n\n\n“Lindsey is so knowledgeable and articulate. I wish I could take her classes in person!” Melissa R. \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\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/sharpen-your-prose/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Jones.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260929T140000 DTSTAMP:20260923T232735Z CREATED:20260919T192851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260923T232735Z UID:10000157-1790686800-1790690400@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:The Writers Bridge | Writing Off-Limits: How Comedy Creates Powerful Work in Every Genre with Elissa Bassist DESCRIPTION:Do you have to be born funny to write funny?\n\n\n\nMost writers assume humor is a gift some people have and others don’t—and that it only belongs in comedy. But funny writing isn’t joke after joke after joke. It’s being vulnerable\, opinionated\, emotional\, and a little silly\, whether you’re writing a personal essay\, a novel\, or a query letter. \n\n\n\nHumor is a craft—and it’s built the same way any other kind of good writing is: through observation\, specificity\, honesty\, and revision. And good humor leavens the darkest personal essay\, sustains reader compassion in a memoir\, and makes novels sparkle on the page. \n\n\n\nElissa Bassist—author of the memoir Hysterical\, created and edited The Rumpus’s “Funny Women” column\, and has been a humor-writing teacher for two decades. She joins The Writers Bridge to talk about why infusing humor into your writing—even writing that isn’t “comedy”—makes it sharper\, more honest\, and more memorable. Elissa will share no-fail ways to make anything you write funnier (and just plain better)\, and how to find the joke in any topic\, including the ones that feel too boring or too off-limits to touch. \n\n\n\nJoin us TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29 at 1PM EASTERN / 10AM PACIFIC – live and FREE on Zoom\, all welcome! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur special guest \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElissa Bassist is the author of the memoir Hysterical\, a semifinalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor. \n\n\n\nRoxane Gay called Hysterical “one of the most intelligent\, painful\, ridiculous\, awesome\, relevant things I’ve ever read\,” and Cheryl Strayed wrote that Bassist “wrote it like a motherfucker.” The memoir also earned a starred review from Library Journal and praise from Kirkus and Booklist for its fierce\, funny take on chronic pain\, medicine\, and the silencing of women’s voices. \n\n\n\nElissa has worked in media and publishing since 2007—as an editor\, a managing editor\, a TV and film writer’s assistant\, a producer\, a performer\, a speaker\, and a barista. Her writing has appeared in over 30 publications and anthologies\, and she’s taught for more than 20 writing programs\, including The New School\, 92NY\, and Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Her next book\, Inside Jokes: A Comedy and Creativity Guide for All Writers (co-written with Caitlin Kunkel)\, is out October 20th from Grand Central Publishing—a step-by-step guide to writing anything funnier\, from short humor to personal essays. \n\n\n\nJoin your hosts Allison K Williams (SEVEN DRAFTS)\, Sharla Yates (CRAFT TALKS) and our special guest for a genuinely funny\, genuinely useful hour on writing with more humor—no matter what genre you write. \n\n\n\nFREE\, all welcome! Sign up to receive the Zoom link the day before. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnjoy past recorded sessions here\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllison K Williams has edited and coached authors to publishing deals with Penguin Random House\, Knopf\, Mantle\, St. Martin’s Press\, and numerous small presses. An expert in author marketing and community building\, her platform includes the Brevity Blog (80k+ followers)\, Instagram (10k+)\, a mailing list (12k+)\, and Facebook (5k+)\, with publications in the New York Times and appearances on NPR and CBC. Her bestselling writing craft book is Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book. She leads the Rebirth Your Book writing retreats and co-hosts The Writers Bridge. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSharla Yates is the author of the poetry chapbook What I Would Say if We Were to Drown Tonight\, published by Stranded Oak Press (2017). She hosts a webinar series\, CRAFT TALKS for writers on writing\, and co-hosts The Writers Bridge with Allison K Williams. Her nonfiction essay\, “Address” was a finalist for the 2015 Columbia Journal writing contest and the 2016 Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award. She is the former Director of Education at the Creative Nonfiction Foundation and teaches creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh. \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\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/comedy-elissa-bassist/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Writers Bridge ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/TWB-logo-2023-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T161500 DTSTAMP:20260923T212523Z CREATED:20260827T161412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260923T212523Z UID:10000149-1790780400-1790784900@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Getting Past "I": The Challenge of Writing in First-Person POV DESCRIPTION:Writing a compelling first-person narrator in your novel or memoir is far more challenging than it seems. Learn to recognize and avoid the pitfalls of your Point of View.\n\n\n\nFor All GenresIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nWriting in first-person seems easy at first. After all\, how hard can it be to get inside just one character’s head and stay there? But from a craft perspective\, writing in first-person is a potential minefield. Building an interesting and dynamic world full of believable characters can be a craft challenge when the reader only sees that world through one set of eyes.  \n\n\n\nCommon first-person pitfalls involve an over-reliance on telling rather than showing; not using inner dialogue strategically to build conflict and tension; and accidentally switching out of first-person\, which can confuse the reader.  \n\n\n\nYet the first-person perspective is an exciting opportunity to explore your protagonist’s deepest secrets—whether a fictional character or from your own perspective—and drives and develops a sympathetic bond with the reader as they get to know your character from the inside.  \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we’ll examine what can go wrong and explore great examples of first-person done well. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nDETERMINE the right Point of View for your story and genre\n\n\n\nLEARN HOW first-person works differently from other POVs\n\n\n\nANALYZE examples of first-person pitfalls\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY hallmarks of great first-person POV writing\n\n\n\nEXPLORE practical techniques to vary your writing style within a single narrator\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for beginning and intermediate writers…\n\n\n\n\nwriting a novel\, memoir\, or personal essay in first person who want to strengthen their craft\n\n\n\nworried their narrator sounds flat\, limited\, or overly self-focused\n\n\n\nstruggling with showing rather than telling from a single perspective\n\n\n\nwho want to build a rich\, believable world through one character’s eyes\n\n\n\nunsure whether first-person is the right POV choice for their story\n\n\n\nwho find themselves accidentally slipping out of first person mid-scene\n\n\n\nwho need models of first-person done exceptionally well\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\nAmy L. Bernstein shares her passion for writing craft and her deep knowledge in info-packed presentations with clear examples and plenty of time for Q&A!  \n\n\n\nAmy writes award-winning fiction and nonfiction that lets readers feel while making them think. As the author of six novels\, including Tent City\, and a book of inspiration for creatives called Wrangling the Doubt Monster\, Amy brings a compassionate and insightful voice to writers’ conferences around the country. A former journalist\, Amy also works as a book coach\, helping nonfiction authors craft compelling book proposals. She welcomes followers to her weekly Substack\, Doubt Monster\, which explores the agony and ecstasy of creativity. \n\n\n\nREFUNDS (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/getting-past-i/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Bernstein.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T143000 DTSTAMP:20260921T200051Z CREATED:20260828T131911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260921T200051Z UID:10000151-1791032400-1791037800@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Taste and See: Using Food So Readers Can Experience Your Stories DESCRIPTION:The date and time shown reflect the rescheduled date. \n\n\n\nA sensual medium\, food can serve as a metaphor to show\, not tell\, stories of belonging or exclusion\, joy or trauma\, passion or comfort. \n\n\n\nFor Food Writing\, Fiction\, and Creative NonfictionIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nWho doesn’t love to eat? Culinary imagery is not just for food journalists or restaurant reviewers. Food is a metaphor and cultural touchstone\, and the flavors\, aromas\, and experiences of sharing meals can bring life to many other kinds of narratives\, bringing richness\, texture\, and sensory depth to scenes. \n\n\n\nIn this 90-minute webinar\, examine scenes of fiction and creative nonfiction that use descriptions of food in surprising ways. Then expand your toolkit by practicing using these techniques in your own storytelling. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nREAD fiction and creative nonfiction that use food in scenes\n\n\n\nEXAMINE what makes these examples resonate with readers\n\n\n\nTRY an exercise in unexpected ways to write about food\n\n\n\nDISCOVER how food can serve as metaphor to show\, not tell\, stories of belonging\, trauma\, and desire\n\n\n\nLEAVE with new techniques to bring sensory richness to your own narratives\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for beginning and intermediate writers…\n\n\n\n\nwrite fiction or creative nonfiction (essay or memoir)\n\n\n\nwant to learn food writing techniques that bring new sensory experiences to their stories\n\n\n\nwant to bridge food and literary writing\n\n\n\nare looking for fresh ways to use sensory detail \n\n\n\nare food lovers who want to bring their passion for eating and cooking to the page\n\n\n\nare writing about family\, memory\, identity\, or place and want a new entry point\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\nA conversational speaker whose love of food and writing shine through\, Grace Hwang Lynch is a journalist\, essayist\, and community builder with an eye for Asian American culture and food. Her work can be found on outlets including Tin House\, Catapult\, and NPR and her food memoir How to Cook Rice: On the Care and Feeding of an Immigrant Family is coming in January 2027. Follow her on Instagram @gracehwanglynch or at gracehwanglynch.com. \n\n\n\nREFUNDS (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/taste-and-see/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MASTER-Event-Templates-2-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261007T160000 DTSTAMP:20261001T161350Z CREATED:20260904T183007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T161350Z UID:10000153-1791385200-1791388800@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | What Platform Is For: How Visibility Supports Your Work (Not the Other Way Around) DESCRIPTION:A strong platform is a tool that helps you\, your book\, and your work reach the right people. Learn what true visibility makes possible so you can stop doing all the things and choose what moves you forward.\n\n\n\nNonfiction-focused\, but applicable across genres.Included in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nWriters are told they need a platform but rarely know what it’s actually for. This leads to a lot of posting\, emailing\, pitching\, and “showing up” without a clear reason behind the effort. The result is noise\, scattered energy\, lost writing time\, and the nagging question: How’s this going to pay off? \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, Allison Lane reframes visibility as a tool that supports your book\, your work\, and your next opportunity. You’ll learn how platform works inside the publishing ecosystem\, why visibility needs a purpose\, and how to make clearer choices about where and how to show up. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nDEFINE what visibility could make possible for you and your writing\n\n\n\nUNDERSTAND what platform actually is in publishing and what it’s not\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY the difference between useful visibility and scattered activity\n\n\n\nCHOOSE platform-building efforts that support your real goals\, capacity\, and next steps\n\n\n\nLEARN how to start from the end state before deciding where to show up\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is best for intermediate and advanced writers who…\n\n\n\n\nhave heard they need a platform but aren’t sure what it’s supposed to do\n\n\n\nare posting\, emailing\, pitching\, or showing up online\, but struggle to connect those efforts to their larger goal\n\n\n\nare preparing to query agents and publishers\n\n\n\nwant to launch their book or build awareness about an already-out-there book\n\n\n\nwant to make smarter choices about where to spend their time and energy\n\n\n\nare overwhelmed by social media\, newsletters\, podcasts\, speaking\, and all the other “platform” advice\n\n\n\nwant their visibility to support their book\, their work\, and their real life\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\nClear and energetic\, motivating and sincere\, Allison Lane gives accessible advice that truly moves the needle—and she’s funny! As a strategic publishing and visibility advisor\, Allison helps women turn their expertise\, perspective\, and hard-earned reputation into visible authority\, market-ready books\, and bigger opportunities.  \n\n\n\nAllison helps women clarify what they want to be known for\, develop book ideas that can stand up in the marketplace\, and build visibility that makes people find and trust them\, recommend them\, publish them\, book them\, and hire them. She also hosts The Author’s Edge\, the go-to marketing podcast for authors who want expert guidance on publishing\, platform building\, book marketing\, and long-term visibility. \n\n\n\nREFUNDS (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/what-platform-is-for/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/MASTER-Event-Templates-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T161500 DTSTAMP:20261008T115524Z CREATED:20260910T163345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T115524Z UID:10000155-1791990000-1791994500@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Short Forms: Flash Fiction and Micro Memoir DESCRIPTION:Create unforgettable stories in just one page—or less.\n\n\n\nFor Memoir\, Fiction\, and NonfictionIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nShort forms are the best training ground for learning how stories really work. Micro memoir and flash fiction sharpen every essential craft skill—precision\, structure\, and impact—in the smallest possible space. Their brevity invites experimentation\, but their simplicity can be deceptive: the most successful short works achieve the same depth\, resonance\, and emotional force of much longer pieces.  \n\n\n\nThrough close readings and craft analysis\, participants will examine a range of outstanding examples and discover the techniques that make short-form writing so delicious and so powerful. Explore how writers use compression\, implication\, and language to create memorable stories in remarkably small spaces and how they create narrative momentum\, develop character\, manage time\, and deliver satisfying endings.  \n\n\n\nWhether you’re writing micro memoir or flash fiction or want to apply these techniques to longer works\, this session will illuminate the craft principles that allow a few carefully chosen words to carry extraordinary weight. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY essential characteristics of successful micro memoirs and flash fiction\n\n\n\nEXAMINE how compression\, selection\, and omission create emotional and narrative power\n\n\n\nANALYZE exemplary short-form works to understand the craft decisions behind their impact\n\n\n\nEXPLORE strategies for building character\, tension\, and narrative movement in limited space\n\n\n\nLEARN how openings\, endings\, and structural turns function differently in compressed forms\n\n\n\nGAIN a deeper understanding of how short forms can serve as your training ground\, sharpen your prose\, and strengthen larger writing projects\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is best for writers at all levels who…\n\n\n\n\nare actively drafting or revising work for workshop\, submission\, or publication\n\n\n\nwant greater control over structure\, voice\, and narrative impact at the sentence and scene level\n\n\n\nare curious about—or already working in—compressed forms\n\n\n\nfeel their stories are too diffuse or overextended and want strategies for tightening and intensifying\n\n\n\nwant to understand how accomplished short-form writers achieve depth\, resonance\, and emotional force \n\n\n\nwant to study storytelling at its most distilled and precise\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\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\nREFUNDS (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/short-forms/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MASTER-Event-Templates-1-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T163000 DTSTAMP:20261014T212954Z CREATED:20260916T193443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T212954Z UID:10000156-1792594800-1792600200@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Poetry-Curious? Exploring the Craft of Prose Poetry DESCRIPTION:Spark your creativity\, level up your sentences\, and strengthen your voice by exploring the art and craft of prose poetry. \n\n\n\nFor Poetry and Prose Writers Included in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nExperiment\, expand your sentence-craft\, and have fun generating new work with prose poetry. As a hybrid form that sits between standard prose (like stories or essays) and poetry\, prose poems are a fascinating and enjoyable form for writers in all genres. Prose poems combine both the narrative and lyric impulses. They use standard sentences and paragraphs instead of traditional line breaks and stanzas\, yet they rely on poetic tools like metaphor and alliteration.  \n\n\n\nFor prose writers\, this form is a great entry way into exploring poetry. For poets\, it’s an exercise in learning to work without line breaks. For all writers\, it’s a great way to play with form and expand your creativity—while creating short work ready to revise and publish. \n\n\n\nDuring this generative online class\, explore what a prose poem is and what it isn’t\, the different types of prose poems\, and what makes a great prose poem. We’ll analyze examples and write drafts based on thought-provoking prompts. You’ll leave this workshop with a new appreciation for prose poems\, fuel for your writing inspiration\, and at least one new draft of your own. \n\n\n\nCome ready to write! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nLEARN what a prose poem is (not just a lyrical paragraph!) \n\n\n\nDISCOVER the five key considerations of a prose poem \n\n\n\nEXPLORE common types and styles of prose poems\n\n\n\nLEARN tips for writing engaging prose poems that lit mag editors and readers will love\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is for…\n\n\n\n\nwriters new to prose poetry\, with some experience in other forms\n\n\n\npoets who want to try the prose poem form\n\n\n\nnonfiction or fiction writers who want to explore writing poetry\n\n\n\nwriters who want to tap into and maximize their creativity\n\n\n\nwriters who love to learn through experimenting creatively and trying new things\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\nBethany Jarmul is an Appalachian writer\, poet\, writing coach\, and enthusiastic\, engaging\, and inspiring workshop instructor. She’s the author of a poetry collection\, Lightning Is a Mother\, and a memoir\,Take Me Home. Her work has been published in more than 100 literary magazines\, including Rattle\, Brevity\, and Chestnut Review. Her writing was selected for Best Spiritual Literature and Best Small Fictions and nominated for the Pushcart Prize and The Best of the Net.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nREFUNDS (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/poetry-curious/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/MASTER-Event-Templates-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T163000 DTSTAMP:20261014T213037Z CREATED:20260910T150711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261014T213037Z UID:10000154-1792850400-1792859400@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:SEMINAR | Beyond the Book: Writing Companion Essays that Reach New Readers DESCRIPTION:Your book contains more stories than the ones on its pages. Learn how to write and publish companion essays that draw readers to your work.\n\n\n\nFor fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry alike—companion essays cross genres.Companion essays are written by an author before\, during\, and after a book is launched to create awareness of both the writer and the book. These essays showcase the writer’s voice\, storytelling\, and craft\, leaving readers wanting to read more and buy the book. The form is essay\, but this type of writing is valuable to writers across genres: creative nonfiction\, fiction\, and poetry. \n\n\n\nAlso called book-adjacent writing\, companion essays can address a wide range of topics: the book’s themes and craft; historical or cultural context; reflections\, research\, and ideas that extend beyond the book; or experiences from the writer’s life. These essays aren’t excerpts\, summaries\, reviews\, ads\, reading guides\, or a justification for the book. Companion essays are powerful in themselves—informative\, entertaining\, and surprising—and connect the reader to the author and book in unique ways. \n\n\n\nPublishers\, publicists\, and agents encourage (and expect) writers to write and publish companion pieces to support marketing and promotion\, build readership\, and expand the author’s platform. Whether your book is completed\, accepted\, or a work-in-progress\, the best time to begin thinking about and drafting these essays is early in the writing process.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll look at published examples to see what makes a successful companion essay. You’ll develop strategies for generating your own companion essay ideas\, and we’ll discuss where these essays can be pitched and published and the how-to’s of the submission process. Participants will receive the presentation slides with links to each essay and outlet discussed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this insightful 2.5-hour course\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE what makes a compelling companion essay and how it connects to a book without summarizing or promoting\n\n\n\nGENERATE companion essay ideas drawn from your book\, collection\, or work-in-progress\n\n\n\nLEARN HOW companion essays use topic\, structure\, voice\, and purpose to reach readers\n\n\n\nDISCOVER publications that publish companion essays\, and DEVELOP a strategy for pitching and publishing companion essays\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis seminar is ideal for writers who…\n\n\n\n\nwant an effective way to connect readers to their new book\, collection\, or work-in-progress \n\n\n\nwant to increase their visibility and build their platform\n\n\n\nhave a book or collection at any stage of development \n\n\n\nwant to learn how to write and publish compelling companion essays\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss class? No worries\, replays will be available 3 business days after the final session. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKnowledgeable and well-prepared\, passionate\, encouraging\, and an empathetic and kind teacher\, Andrea A. Firth is a writer\, editor\, and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She teaches creative writing and the literary magazine publishing process for Chill Subs and other digital education platforms in courses packed with information and lots of examples.   \n\n\n\nAn editor for The Brevity Blog and cofounder of Diablo Writers’ Workshop\, Andrea has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Saint Mary’s College of California. Her writing focus is personal essay\, and she was a finalist for the Missouri Review’s 2021 Perkoff Prize in Nonfiction. You can read a selection of her published work at her website. \n\n\n\nStudent Testimonials \n\n\n\n“Andrea’s classes are stimulating\, well structured\, and informative\, and her experience and skill as a writer and teacher have been extremely valuable.” \n\n\n\n“Andrea is a warm and welcoming teacher. She creates a safe environment to ask questions and explore your skill as an emerging writer. Her knowledge and insights are keen\, kind and above all useful. I look forward to more.” \n\n\n\n“Andrea’s class was everything I hoped for and much more—detailed\, organized\, and packed with information.” \n\n\n\n“As an educator\, Andrea Firth delivers. She’s articulate\, energetic\, passionate\, and personable.” \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\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/beyond-the-book/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/MASTER-Event-Templates-2-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261027T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261027T143000 DTSTAMP:20261025T160724Z CREATED:20261024T220423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261025T160724Z UID:10000166-1793106000-1793111400@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:The Writers Bridge | Your Ideal Readers with Jessica Berg DESCRIPTION:“Everyone will love this book” is not a marketing plan.\n\n\n\nAgents ask who your book is for. So do editors\, publicists and the algorithms behind every online bookstore. “Readers who love great stories” isn’t enough. \n\n\n\nYour ideal reader isn’t a guess or a demographic box you tick on a form. It’s a specific person with a specific inner life: what they worry about\, what they wish someone would say out loud\, which books are already on their nightstand\, and where they spend their time online. Once you know that person\, it gets easier to write your query letter\, pick your comp titles\, decide which platform to show up on first and choose your book’s keywords. \n\n\n\nIn this special work-along session\, we talk with literary agent Jessica Berg about how professionals actually do reader research and the resources you need. \n\n\n\n\nRead comp-title reviews like data\, finding what reviewers reveal about themselves\, not just about the book\n\n\n\nListen in where your readers gather\, on Reddit\, in Facebook groups and on Goodreads shelves\, and turn their language into your pitch\n\n\n\nTell “also shelved with” from true query comps\, and why you need both\n\n\n\nFind the gap in your category that your book fills\, stated in a sentence an agent will believe\n\n\n\nTurn reader research into a primary benefit\, an emotional promise and purchase triggers you can use in your query\, jacket copy and marketing\n\n\n\n\nEveryone who registers gets our free DIY Ideal Reader Research Guide\, a section-by-section walkthrough of the same research\, with the tools and sources for each step. Fair warning: done thoroughly by hand\, it’s a 44–70 hour project. But we’ll also show you how our Ideal Reader Analyzer can build the same persona\, comp list and marketing roadmap in about two minutes\, for writers who’d rather spend those hours writing–and give you a huge discount to try it out. \n\n\n\nJoin us TUESDAY October 27 at 1PM EASTERN / 10AM PACIFIC – live and FREE on Zoom\, all welcome! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur special guest \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJessica Berg is a literary agent\, author\, and the founder of Rosecliff Literary. She loves stories that explore grief\, longing\, ambition\, and survival and the complicated ways they intersect. \n\n\n\nShe earned her MFA from Spalding University and contributes regularly to Writer’s Digest. Jessica serves on the boards of the Women’s National Book Association and the Historical Novel Society\, and teaches nationally on querying\, comp titles\, and the business of authorship\, with a focus on building sustainable\, long-term writing careers. Her client list includes Vincent Zandri\, Lisa Roe\, Arizona Bell\, and others.. \n\n\n\nJoin your hosts Allison K Williams (SEVEN DRAFTS)\, Sharla Yates (CRAFT TALKS) and our special guest for a head start on your proposal\, your launch and your marketing plans. \n\n\n\nFREE\, all welcome! Sign up to receive the Zoom link the day before. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnjoy past recorded sessions here\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllison K Williams has edited and coached authors to publishing deals with Penguin Random House\, Knopf\, Mantle\, St. Martin’s Press\, and numerous small presses. An expert in author marketing and community building\, her platform includes the Brevity Blog (80k+ followers)\, Instagram (10k+)\, a mailing list (12k+)\, and Facebook (5k+)\, with publications in the New York Times and appearances on NPR and CBC. Her bestselling writing craft book is Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book. She leads the Rebirth Your Book writing retreats and co-hosts The Writers Bridge. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSharla Yates is the author of the poetry chapbook What I Would Say if We Were to Drown Tonight\, published by Stranded Oak Press (2017). She hosts a webinar series\, CRAFT TALKS for writers on writing\, and co-hosts The Writers Bridge with Allison K Williams. Her nonfiction essay\, “Address” was a finalist for the 2015 Columbia Journal writing contest and the 2016 Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award. She is the former Director of Education at the Creative Nonfiction Foundation and teaches creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh. \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\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/the-writers-bridge-ideal-readers/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Writers Bridge ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/TWB-logo-2023-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261029T160000 DTSTAMP:20261021T222131Z CREATED:20260928T185401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261021T222131Z UID:10000158-1793286000-1793289600@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Write Beyond Yourself: Research\, Reporting\, and the Art of Narrative Nonfiction DESCRIPTION:Some stories demand more than what we already know: interviews\, research\, quotations\, and reportage. Learn the skill of turning facts into scenes with inspiration and truth.\n\n\n\nFor Creative Nonfiction\, Narrative Nonfiction\, and MemoirIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nWe are often told to ‘write what we know.’ But what if the story we’re telling\, whatever our own role in it\, requires us to seek out information\, perspectives\, and knowledge beyond our own experience? Even as we write beyond ourselves\, the question at the heart of the book or essay must drive our inquiry. Why we are telling this story in turn dictates how that story unfolds and is structured and told. \n\n\n\nLearn narrative nonfiction writer Michael Copperman’s best techniques for conducting and writing interviews\, researching\, exploring archives and analyzing keepsakes\, quoting from other first sources\, and reportage. Through examples of transforming source material into recreated and imagined scenes and text\, you’ll discover the combination of skill\, patience\, and inspiration that powers successful narrative nonfiction. \n\n\n\nProceeds for this course support Short Reads\, the free\, flash-nonfiction literary magazine\, and the writers they publish. Find out more and subscribe to Short Reads here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE different kinds of research\, reportage\, investigation\, and interviews\n\n\n\nINTERROGATE the ethics of transforming anecdotes\, facts\, and data into narrative\n\n\n\nCONSIDER models of transforming research into a story\n\n\n\nLEARN how to begin doing this work for your own writing\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for beginning and intermediate writers who…\n\n\n\n\nwant to include archival materials and research and/or conduct interviews to enrich their own work\n\n\n\nwish to consider or include knowledge and perspectives beyond their own immediate experience\n\n\n\nwant to write compelling\, enlightening narrative nonfiction that appeals to audiences\, agents\, editors\, and readers\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\nMICHAEL COPPERMAN’s memoir TEACHER: Two Years in the Mississippi Delta (University Press of Mississippi 2017)\, about the rural black public schools of the Mississippi Delta\, was a finalist for the 2018 Oregon Book Award in CNF. A funny\, generous and thoughtful teacher\, he blends specific information with the inspiration to use it\, right away. \n\n\n\nMichael’s prose has appeared in The Oxford-American\, Guernica\, The Sun\, Creative Nonfiction\, Boston Review\, Salon\, Gulf Coast\, Triquarterly\, Kenyon Review and Copper Nickel\, among many others\, and has won awards and garnered fellowships from the Munster Literature Center\, Breadloaf Writers Conference\, Oregon Literary Arts\, and the Oregon Arts Commission. His work is represented by David Dunton of Harvey Klinger. \n\n\n\nREFUNDS (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/write-beyond-yourself/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/MASTER-Event-Templates-2-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T160000 DTSTAMP:20261104T022106Z CREATED:20261005T224528Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261104T022106Z UID:10000162-1793804400-1793808000@writingcraft.com SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Exploring the Happy Accident: Crafting Draft Discoveries into Exquisite Nonfiction DESCRIPTION:Learn to cultivate a writing process that provides fertile ground for unexpected discoveries and how to make the most of moments when you’re surprised by your own writing.\n\n\n\nFor creative nonfiction\, nonfiction\, and all writers eager to find more spontaneity in their processIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nSometimes the exact thing your writing needs is the thing you least expect: the subject you weren’t meaning to consider\, the turn of phrase you didn’t know you had in you\, or the connections you never realized you could make. These “Lucky Drafts” are happy accidents\, turning serendipity\, coincidence\, and unwitting juxtaposition into exquisite nonfiction. And often\, these drafts surprise us with their flow and power\, transcending the labor of writing to reach our strongest authorial voice.  \n\n\n\nI never meant to be an essayist. The first long-form piece of creative nonfiction I ever wrote was meant to be an 800-word contribution to a roundtable on race and poetry. It turned into a 9000-word essay that went explosively viral upon publication. Nearly every essay I’ve published since has similarly arrived while I was writing something else entirely. This is true of many of my poems\, too.  \n\n\n\nOther writers across genres—poets\, novelists\, and essayists—have shared with me their own adventures in happy accidents\, to borrow a phrase from legendary painter and PBS fixture Bob Ross\, and how inadvertent nonfiction can become the best essays we never meant to write. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we’ll consider why and how the inadvertent can so often be so much more interesting and satisfying than the thing we were meaning to write. We’ll discuss strategies for cultivating and embracing happy accidents and learn to create the circumstances (and welcome the surprises!) to generate exciting new work that surpasses our own expectations for our writing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nDISCOVER examples of accidental turns in essay writing\n\n\n\nEXPLORE how and why the unintentional can result in potent and memorable writing\n\n\n\nLEARN how to embrace the unexpected and let it lead us to fresh and exciting new essays\n\n\n\nRELEASE over-control of your writing to allow yourself to surprise yourself\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers who…\n\n\n\n\nfeel stuck or blocked\n\n\n\nare writing a ton but publishing less than they hope to\n\n\n\nseek to differentiate their work from everyone else’s in an oversaturated media moment\n\n\n\nare waiting for their writing to “flow” instead of pushing\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\nA personable and lively teacher\, Jaswinder Bolina’s superpower is translating complicated ideas into plain English. His conversational\, humorous sessions are transformative for students’ work. Noted for being analytical yet highly approachable\, Jaswinder’s most recent book English as a Second Language and Other Poems (2023) was awarded the 2025 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award from Claremont Graduate University. He is author of three previous poetry collections\, The 44th of July (2019)\, Phantom Camera (2013)\, and Carrier Wave (2007)\, and of the essay collection Of Color (2020).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/exploring-the-happy-accident/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Event-Templates-copy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T170000 DTSTAMP:20261030T232223Z CREATED:20260928T220343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261030T232223Z UID:10000159-1794063600-1794675600@writingcraft.com 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 URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/art-of-applying/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Seminars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MASTER-Event-Templates.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T160000 DTSTAMP:20261104T020425Z CREATED:20261012T210429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261104T020425Z UID:10000163-1794409200-1794412800@writingcraft.com 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 URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/time-traveler/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/MASTER-Event-Templates-2-scaled.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261115T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261213T133000 DTSTAMP:20261106T145831Z CREATED:20261003T183751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261106T145831Z UID:10000161-1794744000-1797168600@writingcraft.com 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/MASTER-Event-Templates-2-copy-2-1-scaled.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T161500 DTSTAMP:20261022T173237Z CREATED:20261022T161922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261022T173237Z UID:10000164-1795014000-1795018500@writingcraft.com 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 URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/why-does-your-memoir-matter/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/MASTER-Event-Templates-2-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261128T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261128T170000 DTSTAMP:20261002T204422Z CREATED:20261002T203420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T204422Z UID:10000160-1795874400-1795885200@writingcraft.com 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/MASTER-Event-Templates-2-copy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261202T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261202T163000 DTSTAMP:20261022T170558Z CREATED:20261022T162941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261022T170558Z UID:10000165-1796223600-1796229000@writingcraft.com 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Moore.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261203T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261217T210000 DTSTAMP:20261016T135231Z CREATED:20260224T171948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T135231Z UID:10000105-1796324400-1797541200@writingcraft.com 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MASTER-Event-Templates-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261209T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261209T161500 DTSTAMP:20261102T212850Z CREATED:20261102T211637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261102T212850Z UID:10000168-1796828400-1796832900@writingcraft.com 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 CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://writingcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/MASTER-Event-Templates-1-2.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR