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SUMMARY:SEMINAR | Essential Structures: Building Successful Fiction and Memoir
DESCRIPTION:An intensive three-hour seminar exploring the hidden architectures that make stories compelling\, memorable\, and emotionally effective. \n\n\n\nFor Memoir and Fiction \n\n\n\nLive on Zoom | Saturday\, November 28 | 2-5 pm Eastern \n\n\n\nDiscover a range of narrative structures used in contemporary fiction and memoir\, including three-act design\, lyric and fragmented forms\, braided narratives\, epistolary structures\, frames\, and modular storytelling. Rather than treating structure as a formula\, we’ll examine how writers shape reader attention\, tension\, revelation\, and emotional momentum via crucial structural decisions. \n\n\n\nExamine key structural principles to determine whether a manuscript succeeds or stalls. We’ll discuss the difference between what writers want to communicate and what readers actually want to experience\, what “showing” truly means on the sentence and scene level\, and the most common pitfalls that weaken fiction and memoir projects.  \n\n\n\nIn this seminar\, you’ll gain a solid sense of the basic principles for constructing your own fiction or memoir narratives that are vivid\, dynamic\, engaging\, original\, and structurally sound. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this three-hour seminar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nDISCOVER the range of narrative frameworks that turn ideas and material into compelling stories\n\n\n\nLEARN TO CLOSE READ for the architecture behind stories that resonate and endure: Journey\, Mystery\, Braid\, Mosaic\n\n\n\nMATCH the essential shape your particular story needs with the proven structural template that best supports your material\n\n\n\nTRANSFORM your initial inspiration into reader-friendly\, memorable\, complete narratives\n\n\n\nEXAMINE hidden mechanics of withholding\, pace\, and revelation.\n\n\n\nTRACE and strengthen the A-to-B change trajectory that gives stories both momentum and meaning.\n\n\n\nREPLACE simplistic “show\, don’t tell” advice with a more powerful understanding of how narrative information and story momentum actually work for readers.\n\n\n\n\nWhether you’re getting ready to write your first memoir or in the midst of revising your fifth novel\, you’ll find a place in this course. The common denominator is not experience level but commitment: participants should be actively working on a project or wanting to do so and ready to engage deeply with questions of structure. \n\n\n\nThis course is ideal for ambitious beginners to seasoned writers …\n\n\n\n\nwho want their fiction or memoir to find—and move—readers \n\n\n\nwith an idea (or 2 or 3) for a story or book project—but who are struggling to get the project off the ground\n\n\n\nwhose project is up and running\, but it has been difficult to bring to completion\n\n\n\nwho have a project in mind or in the works and who have taken at least a few writing classes or seminars\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss a class? No worries\, replays will be available. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Heather Sellers has been teaching for over thirty years\, and she doesn’t teach like anyone else. Her classes are innovative and groundbreaking\, and students describe them as fun\, lively\, and warm—the kind of workshop where you laugh out loud and walk away having learned an enormous amount.  \n\n\n\nShe is the author of You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know\, a popular memoir about family and face blindness. An Oprah Book-of-the-Month Club selection and Editor’s Choice at the New York Times Book Review\, the award-winning book was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered\, Dick Gordon’s The Story\, Dateline\, The Today Show\, and Good Morning America with George Stephanopoulos. Her essays appear in The New York Times\, The Sun\, Reader’s Digest\, Good Housekeeping\, The Best American Essays\, and numerous journals and anthologies. She is the author of four books on the craft of writing\, including The Practice of Creative Writing. \n\n\n\nHer fifth collection of poetry\, Women in Tampa Talking About Alligators\, is just out from Lynx House Press. Currently\, she is a member of the MFA faculty at the University of South Florida\, where she won the university’s highest teaching award. She also offers in-person workshops and private lessons for writers at all levels. \n\n\n\nTestimonials from past students\n\n\n\n“This was one of the most substantive classes I’ve taken. The craft insights were deep\, but everything was presented in a clear\, usable structure that made revision feel possible instead of overwhelming.” – Anon \n\n\n\n“I loved how rigorous the content was without ever feeling dry. The pacing\, humor\, and energy kept me completely engaged—and I left with concrete tools I used immediately.” – Grace L\, New York \n\n\n\n“What stood out most was how intentional the teaching was.” –Kate S\, NJ \n\n\n\n“I expected inspiration\, but I didn’t expect this level of craft depth. The class was smart\, funny\, and incredibly well organized.” – Constance\, Holland\, MI \n\n\n\n“You can feel how much thought has gone into the structure of the presentation. Nothing felt random—everything connected\, and Heather is so personable and smart and fun.” – BethAnn\, Tampa\, FL \n\n\n\nTHE FINE PRINT \n\n\n\nWe understand that life can get in the way of your plans. We want you to be able to get the most out of your course\, and our refund policy is designed to balance your need for flexibility with our deadlines and obligations to our teachers. \n\n\n\nBefore the class\, you may request a refund less a $10.00 processing fee. \n\n\n\nPlease keep in mind that no refunds or credits will be issued after class begins. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Fix It\, Make It Better: The Fine Art of Revising Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Revision\, some say\, is the hardest part of writing\, but this stage can also be the most rewarding and pleasurable.\n\n\n\nFor Memoir and Nonfiction ProseIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nCapturing our memories—vividly\, thoroughly\, and carried along by palpable emotion—takes skill and concerted effort. But the task of writing compelling memoir doesn’t end there. Once we’ve given the story our best shot\, once we’ve powered our way through an early draft or two\, how do we take what we’ve created and use the powerful tools of revision to make the memoir shine? \n\n\n\nContrary to common wisdom\, this is one task where it’s often not productive to start at the beginning. A story has multiple moving parts—sentences\, paragraphs\, chapters\, the beginning\, and the end. Successful revision happens when we learn to step back from our writing\, making deliberate choices about when to intervene\, where to intervene\, and what changes will work best. \n\n\n\nThe key to effective revision—whether you’re writing a memoir or a six-page personal essay—is understanding that revision can take multiple approaches. Learn how to weigh those choices with intention\, and walk away with tools you can apply to any project\, in any genre. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nLEARN how to enjoy revision\, looking forward to it with anticipation\n\n\n\nDISCERN which revision approach works best at what stage of the writing\n\n\n\nOVERTURN that nagging feeling that you have been “revising forever”\n\n\n\nFIND the best ways to establish what should be included in the memoir and what should be left out\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers at any level\, at any stage who…\n\n\n\n\nare uncertain how to effectively improve early drafts\n\n\n\nworry they spend too much time polishing and re-polishing sentences\n\n\n\nfind revision unpleasant or worrisome\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of our most popular and beloved presenters\, DINTY W. MOORE is author of the memoirs Between Panic & Desire and To Hell With It and the writing guides Crafting the Personal Essay and The Mindful Writer\, among other books. His insightful teaching\, calm sensibility\, and wicked sense of humor make his classes a delight as well as bringing useful techniques for every writer. Dinty has published essays and stories in Harper’s\, The New York Times Magazine\, Georgia Review\, Kenyon Review\, Southern Review\, Short Reads\, and elsewhere. He is the founding editor of Brevity\, the preeminent journal of flash nonfiction\, and an editor at The Brevity Blog.REFUNDS (less a $10 processing fee) ARE AVAILABLE before the replay is sent out. For a refund\, EMAIL us at info@WritingCraft.com. Canceling your Zoom invite will not initiate this process. \n\n\n\nThere are no refunds after the replay is sent.Questions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/fix-it/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:3-WEEK WORKSHOP | Crash Course in Flash Nonfiction: Unlock the Power of Writing Short
DESCRIPTION:Flash nonfiction is a powerful form for personal stories. Learn how to write punchy\, poetic flash essays that make a lasting impact on readers. \n\n\n\nFor Creative Nonfiction\, Flash Nonfiction\, Literary Nonfiction \n\n\n\nLive On Zoom | Thursdays\, Dec 3 – 17\, 2026 | 7-9 pm Eastern \n\n\n\nFlash nonfiction is the art of telling true stories from one’s life with power and brevity (in 1\,000 words or less). During this three-week generative workshop\, participants will learn the craft of writing flash nonfiction narratives\, write new drafts\, and receive feedback to practice what they’re learning.  \n\n\n\nTogether\, we’ll explore examples of expertly crafted flash nonfiction narratives and define what makes them effective. You’ll learn how to make your personal stories connect with readers by using theme and plot\, compression and layering\, and images and lyricism. Discover what editors look for when selecting flash nonfiction pieces for publication\, and write your own powerful pieces.  \n\n\n\nThis course will include readings\, writing prompts\, in-class writing time\, writing homework\, and Q&A. Instructor feedback on two flash-length narratives is available as a $50 add-on at the point of purchase (limited to 25 people). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOver these three weeks\, you will …\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE the key elements of flash nonfiction and how they work together to create powerful essays\n\n\n\nLEARN to create emotional resonance so that readers will be thinking about your piece long after they read it\n\n\n\nEXPLORE tips for writing engaging and powerful flash nonfiction that literary magazine editors will love\n\n\n\nDISCOVER how to use compression\, layering\, and lyricism to make each sentence pop\n\n\n\nWRITE flash nonfiction that’s powerful\, punchy\, personal\, and poetic\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\n\nWeek 1. Make it Powerful: Theme\, Plot\, & Research \n\n\n\nWeek 2. Make it Personal: Voice\, Vulnerability & Emotional Intensity\n\n\n\nWeek 3. Make it Punchy: Compression\, Lyricism\, & Form \n\n\n\n\nThis course is for intermediate writers who \n\n\n\n\nWant to generate new flash nonfiction work \n\n\n\nWant their flash nonfiction pieces to grab the attention of editors and readers\n\n\n\nWant to write more powerfully when writing short\n\n\n\nSeek to increase the impact of their prose\n\n\n\nHope to publish flash nonfiction pieces in literary magazines\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss a class? No worries\, replays will be available. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBethany Jarmul is an Appalachian writer\, poet\, writing coach\, and workshop instructor. She’s the author of a poetry collection\, Lightning Is a Mother\, and a mini-memoir of flash nonfiction pieces\, Take Me Home. Her work has been published in more than 100 literary magazines\, including Brevity\, River Teeth\, and Chestnut Review. Her writing was selected for Best Spiritual Literature and Best Small Fictions\, and nominated for the Pushcart Prize\, The Best of the Net\, and Best Microfiction. Twice\, she earned first place in Women On Writing’s quarterly flash essay contest. Connect with her at bethanyjarmul.com or on social media: @BethanyJarmul. \n\n\n\nTestimonials from past students:\n\n\n\n“I love taking webinars taught by Bethany Jarmul and always get so much out of them. Bethany has a strong record of publication success and is skilled at sharing her techniques. In her webinars\, which are both affordable and easy to sign up for\, Bethany provides a huge amount of valuable information and writing strategies in clear\, concise\, easy-to-follow presentations.” – Beth Mulcahy  \n\n\n\n“Bethany’s workshops are helpful\, worthwhile\, and enjoyable. She is well organized and her workshops include step-by-step\, actionable strategies that help writers take their craft to another level. The techniques I learned in her workshops helped to generate more writing in different genres and improved the quality of my writing overall. I’m always happy to attend one of her classes.”  – Angelle McDougall \n\n\n\n“Bethany is prepared\, specific\, and encourages questions. I’ve attended several of her webinars\, even in a genre I don’t normally work in\, and found myself stretching into this new area. Highly recommend her work and her webinars.” – Mare Biddle  \n\n\n\n“Bethany is a wonderful presenter. So grateful for how generous she was with examples\, her own writing\, suggestions for submissions\, suggestions for continued diving into the craft…all in.” – Robin Perry \n\n\n\n“Bethany is a wonderful presenter\, speaks clearly and with enthusiasm. VERY present.” – Winnie Ganshaw \n\n\n\nTHE FINE PRINT \n\n\n\nWe understand that life can get in the way of your plans. We want you to be able to get the most out of your course\, and our refund policy is designed to balance your need for flexibility with our deadlines and obligations to our teachers. \n\n\n\nBefore the first class\, you may request a refund (less a $25 processing fee).After class begins\, you may request a refund for the remaining value of the course (less a $25 processing fee). \n\n\n\nNo credits or refunds will be available after the 1st class. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/crash-course-in-flash/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshops and Masterclasses
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Sentencing: Power\, Precision\, and Purpose in Every Line
DESCRIPTION:Break out of your habitual syntax\, and harness the energy in the smallest\, most important narrative unit.\n\n\n\nFor Memoir and Nonfiction ProseIncluded in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nWriting lives or dies at the sentence level. So what makes a sentence work? Learn the nuances of sentence craft and make sure every line carries its weight. \n\n\n\nThe sentence is the essential building block of any piece of writing—and it must do multiple kinds of work at once: convey meaning\, generate emotion\, and sustain momentum. Yet many writers underestimate how much power resides at this level and how deliberately sentences must be shaped to carry that weight. This isn’t about grammar or a particular “literary voice\,” but about understanding the mechanics of sentence craft to carry out your true\, distinct voice while delivering a powerful story. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we take a focused look at the art of the sentence. You will learn to shape sentences that create authority\, distinctiveness\, and voice; build fresh new patterns that sustain reader interest from line to line; and diagnose the hidden strengths and weaknesses in your own sentence-level habits. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY the sentence habits that limit a manuscript’s effectiveness \n\n\n\nAPPLY three key sentence techniques—compression\, expansion\, and rhythm control—to create more compelling prose\n\n\n\nBUILD special sentence-level craft skills\, including strategic withholding\, revelation\, and syntactic variation\n\n\n\nLEARN how to revise ordinary sentences into memorable\, voice-driven lines that carry greater emotional and narrative impact AND\n\n\n\nDESIGN purposeful sequences of sentences that generate momentum\, surprise\, and flow on the page\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for beginning writers or seasoned pros in need of a tune-up.\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Heather Sellers has been teaching for over thirty years\, and she doesn’t teach like anyone else. Her classes are innovative and groundbreaking\, and students describe them as fun\, lively\, and warm—the kind of workshop where you laugh out loud and walk away having learned an enormous amount.  \n\n\n\nShe is the author of You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know\, a popular memoir about family and face blindness. An Oprah Book-of-the-Month Club selection and Editor’s Choice at the New York Times Book Review\, the award-winning book was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered\, Dick Gordon’s The Story\, Dateline\, The Today Show\, and Good Morning America with George Stephanopoulos. Her essays appear in The New York Times\, The Sun\, Reader’s Digest\, Good Housekeeping\, The Best American Essays\, and numerous journals and anthologies. She is the author of four books on the craft of writing\, including The Practice of Creative Writing. \n\n\n\nHer fifth collection of poetry\, Women in Tampa Talking About Alligators\, is just out from Lynx House Press. Currently\, she is a member of the MFA faculty at the University of South Florida\, where she won the university’s highest teaching award. She also offers in-person workshops and private lessons for writers at all levels.REFUNDS (less a $10 processing fee) ARE AVAILABLE before the replay is sent out. For a refund\, EMAIL us at info@WritingCraft.com. Canceling your Zoom invite will not initiate this process. \n\n\n\nThere are no refunds after the replay is sent.Questions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
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SUMMARY:SEMINAR | When Things Happen: Mastering Chronology in Fiction and Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:Learn to manipulate your reader‘s experience of time to create pace\, surprise\, and deeper engagement with your words.\n\n\n\nFor Fiction and Creative Nonfiction\, Essay and Memoir \n\n\n\nIn the real world\, we live our lives forward\, chronologically\, and at the same rate as everyone else. But writers can master time to speed up and slow down the reader’s experience\, move through time for emotional effects\, and alter time to support dramatic moments.  \n\n\n\nIn this session—equally helpful for both fiction and nonfiction writers—we’ll examine how narratives by such authors as Cheryl Strayed\, Ryan Van Meter\, Michelle Kuo\, Jaquira Diaz\, JRR Tolkien\, Jeannette Walls\, Nicholson Baker\, and others all strategically manipulate the reader’s experience of time and to what effect.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll examine the pacing of a story (how quickly through time we move)\, the sequence of storytime (whether the story is being told chronologically or not)\, and the use of flashback and flashforward. We’ll also examine the use of narrative summary versus scene and learn techniques like sentence length\, visual layout\, and more to alter the experience of time and increase reader engagement in a story. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this seminar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE the key elements of manipulating time in your narratives and what effects they have on readers\n\n\n\nDISCOVER alternate storytelling structures for fiction and nonfiction\n\n\n\nLEARN HOW to break free of traditional\, linear time management in your narratives\n\n\n\n\nThis course is ideal for all writers …\n\n\n\n\nat all levels\, from experienced writers to those new to their genre\n\n\n\nwho feel stuck in “this happened\, and this happened\, then this happened” structures\n\n\n\nwho’d like to experiment with structure to make sure their work captures the attention and engages their readers\n\n\n\nstruggling with where and how to use flashbacks or add backstory\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss a class? No worries\, replays will be available. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEthan Gilsdorf is a writer\, teacher\, performer\, and a huge nerd. A sharp\, funny instructor\, Ethan is the author of the award-winning memoir Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks. His work appears in the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Esquire\, Wired\, O\, Oprah Magazine\, Huffington Post\, Brevity\, Electric Literature\, Poetry\, and The Southern Review and has been named twice as “Notable” in Best American Essays.  \n\n\n\nNoted for his thoughtful\, generous\, and encouraging feedback\, Ethan teaches at GrubStreet\, where he leads the Essay Incubator program; at LitArts RI and CRAFT TALKS; is on the faculty of Solstice MFA Program at Lasell University; and teaches anyone how to play Dungeons & Dragons.  \n\n\n\nTestimonials from Past Students\n\n\n\n“My work is taken seriously in Ethan’s workshops\, and I am taken seriously as a writer.” \n\n\n\n“What a master teacher.”  \n\n\n\n“This may be the best writing class I’ve ever taken.”  \n\n\n\n“You really are one of the best writing teachers I’ve had.” \n\n\n\n“I’m grateful beyond measure for the care that Ethan has taken in teaching us.” \n\n\n\nTHE FINE PRINT \n\n\n\nWe understand that life can get in the way of your plans. We want you to be able to get the most out of your course\, and our refund policy is designed to balance your need for flexibility with our deadlines and obligations to our teachers. \n\n\n\nBefore the class\, you may request a refund less a $10.00 processing fee. \n\n\n\nPlease keep in mind that no refunds or credits will be issued after class begins. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | The Art of Reflection in Memoir: How to Step In and When to Step Out
DESCRIPTION:Reflection is one of the most powerful techniques in memoir but also one of the most misused. Learn how to craft your insights to deepen the narrative rather than interrupting.\n\n\n\nFor Memoir Included in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nIn a memoir\, you’re writing from the future\, looking back. That’s the gift of memoir: perspective that your past self didn’t have. But knowing when to use that insight and how much is one of the craft challenges writers struggle with most. Step in too quickly and you flatten the tension. Interpret too much and you rob the reader of the experience. Yet stay too firmly in the past and you’ll lose the meaning the whole story builds toward. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we’ll look closely at what reflection actually does in memoir: how reflective and retrospective narration connects to themes\, reveals character growth\, and illuminates what couldn’t be known in the moment—and how it can just as easily disrupt a scene\, signal a lack of trust in the reader\, or become a crutch for scenes that need more work. We’ll read examples from published memoirs to see how skilled writers deploy reflection at exactly the right moment and why it lands. \n\n\n\nYou’ll leave with a clear framework for evaluating the reflection in your own manuscript: where to cut\, where to deepen\, and where to let the scene do the work without commentary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXAMINE the difference between the narrative\, reflective\, and retrospective voices—and when to use each one.\n\n\n\nLEARN five tools for using reflection effectively\, using examples from published memoirs. \n\n\n\nIDENTIFY (and learn to avoid) the most common pitfalls of reflection.\n\n\n\nDISCOVER targeted writing exercises for folding reflection into your narratives. \n\n\n\nDEVELOP an editorial eye to distinguish between reflection that amplifies a scene and reflection that is intrusive or diffuses the tension.\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers \n\n\n\n\nwith a complete or in-progress memoir and are looking to revise\n\n\n\nwho’ve been told their manuscript “over-explains” or that readers feel “told rather than shown”\n\n\n\nstruggling to know when to let a scene breathe versus when to step in with the narrator’s adult understanding\n\n\n\nwhose early drafts are full of meaning-making they know needs to be cut—but aren’t sure what to keep\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\nKatie Bannon’s teaching is encouraging and practical\, with step-by-step guidance and concrete tools. Writers who want to access deep creativity with a solid framework will love her classes!  \n\n\n\nKatie Bannon is a writer\, editor\, and educator whose work has appeared in The Rumpus\, ELLE Magazine\, NPR\, Newsweek\, Narratively\, and more. Her memoir manuscript\, which charts her journey as a compulsive hair puller\, was a finalist for the Permafrost Nonfiction Book Prize. A graduate of GrubStreet’s Memoir Incubator\, she holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Emerson College. She is a developmental editor who loves working with nonfiction writers to find the “story” behind the “situation” of their memoirs and essays. She lives in the Boston area with her husband and two cats. Find Katie at www.katiebannon.comREFUNDS (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/the-art-of-reflection/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:SEASON PASS | Webinar Subscription Special
DESCRIPTION:Unlock every CRAFT TALKS webinar from January to June 2027 (plus office hours) with one simple pass!\n\n\n\nYour Season Pass registers you automatically for all 25 CRAFT TALKS webinars through June 2027\, with live access\, replays\, and follow-up materials for each. You’ll also get three drop-in\, live-editing office hours with writing coach and editor Allison K Williams\, where you can ask questions\, meet other writers\, and get feedback on your pages. And you’ll have access to a private forum just for Season Pass holders. \n\n\n\nHere’s what that means…\n\n\n\nSeason Pass holders are registered for all 25 webinars this season. No sign-ups. No stress. Less worry about missing the next great webinar. \n\n\n\nFor each webinar\, you’ll receive:\n\n\n\n\nLive access to each session\, where you can ask questions and take away ideas you can put into action right away.\n\n\n\nA replay and downloadable materials (slides\, notes\, and any follow-up resources)\, delivered to your inbox within 3 business days of the live event. Download them within 30 days\, and they’re yours to keep permanently.\n\n\n\nA private online forum to check in\, connect\, and share with other season pass holders!\n\n\n\n\nYou don’t need to attend live to get full value from the pass. Many season pass holders watch on their own schedule. \n\n\n\nPlus\, drop-in office hours with Allison!\n\n\n\nThree sessions with writing coach\, editor\, and co-founder of CRAFT TALKS\, Allison K Williams (dates TBD). Think of them as small-group conversations\, where you get to: \n\n\n\n\nAsk questions about craft and your current project\n\n\n\nLearn from watching live edits on submitted work\n\n\n\nGet feedback if you submit pages and attend the hour\, even if Allison doesn’t live-edit yours\n\n\n\n\n“Pages” means whatever you’re working on now\, whether that’s a memoir\, essays\, fiction\, or something you’re just getting started on. You bring what’s on your desk! \n\n\n\n\n“I am always in awe of Allison’s wise and perceptive edits and observations and will look forward to more in the next season of CRAFT TALKS.” — Donna C. \n\n\n\n\nThroughout the season\, you’ll learn from acclaimed teachers and authors across the craft of writing\, the writer’s life\, and the business of writing.  \n\n\n\nWebinar lineup \n\n\n\nJanuary \n\n\n\n\nJan 6: Bethany Jarmul\, Goal Setting for Writers\n\n\n\nJan 13: Allison K Williams\, Newsletters and Substack\n\n\n\nJan 20: Amy L. Bernstein\, The Goldilocks of Book Research: Infusing Just the Right Amount Into Your Nonfiction or Fiction\n\n\n\nJan 27: Patrick Madden\, Writing the Undramatic Narrative Essay\n\n\n\n\nFebruary \n\n\n\n\nFeb 3: Dinty W. Moore\, Embracing the Power and Flexibility of Hybrid Memoir\n\n\n\nFeb 10: Katie Bannon\, The Dreaded So What? How to Build Stakes\n\n\n\nFeb 17: Michelle Cutler\, Memoir and Reported Nonfiction\n\n\n\nFeb 24: Ethan Gilsdorf\, Understanding Point of View\n\n\n\n\nMarch \n\n\n\n\nMar 3: Allison K Williams\, Reaction\, Reflection\, Narrative\n\n\n\nMar 10: Andrea A. Firth\, Submit Smarter\n\n\n\nMar 17: Tiffany Yates Martin\, Backstory\n\n\n\nMar 24: Brenda Miller and Holly J. Hughes\, Mindfulness and Writing\n\n\n\n\nApril \n\n\n\n\nApr 7: Katie Bannon\, How to End a Memoir\n\n\n\nApr 14: Allison K Williams\, Spiral Structure Scenes\n\n\n\nApr 21: Ethan Gilsdorf\, The Braided and Research Essay\n\n\n\nApr 28: Brenda Miller\, Speculation and Creative Nonfiction: Embracing Imagination\n\n\n\n\nMay \n\n\n\n\nMay 5: David Wogahn\, Self-Publishing Foundations\n\n\n\nMay 12: Laraine Herring\, Remembering Your Why: Inspiration\, Hope\, and Strategy for Writers in Unstable Times\n\n\n\nMay 19: Tiffany Yates Martin\, Flashback\n\n\n\nMay 26: Brenda Miller\, Micro and Flash: Writing Small to Write Big\n\n\n\n\nJune \n\n\n\n\nJun 2: Andrea A. Firth\, What Makes an Essay Unforgettable? Lessons from the Best of Contemporary Nonfiction\n\n\n\nJun 9: Allison K Williams\, Write Your Synopsis\n\n\n\nJun 16: Bethany Jarmul\, Level Up Your Writing: Sentence-Level Revision Strategies\n\n\n\nJun 23: Tiffany Yates Martin\, Context and Specificity\n\n\n\nJun 30: Ethan Gilsdorf\, TBD\n\n\n\n\nTopics and dates are subject to change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWant a season of learning\, feedback\, and progress?It’s already on the calendar. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Fine Print\n\n\n\n✨ This is a limited opportunity\, and we’re excited about our commitment to you! \n\n\n\n📅 Can’t attend live? No worries! You’ll always get the recording and can download the webinars to watch at your convenience. \n\n\n\n🚫 No refunds after Jan 6\, 2027. \n\n\n\n❌ The Season Pass does not include seminars\, intensives\, workshops\, or masterclasses. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/season-pass/
LOCATION:Zoom
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