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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
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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
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