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My flash fiction course is miraculously generative--expect to write a ton of new and exciting pieces. And get the empowering sort of feedback that centers and celebrates your intentions as the author.

6 Weeks, Jun. 24, 2026 - Jul. 29, 2026, Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm (North American Central). Online through Zoom, $160

https://forms.gle/r3DwpLEpXzm1UQP2A

#WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #WritingClass #WritingConversations #WritingCourse

My flash fiction course is miraculously generative--expect to write a ton of new and exciting pieces. And get the empowering sort of feedback that centers and celebrates your intentions as the author.

6 Weeks, Jun. 24, 2026 - Jul. 29, 2026, Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm (North American Central). Online through Zoom, $160

https://forms.gle/r3DwpLEpXzm1UQP2A

#WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #WritingClass #WritingConversations #WritingCourse

It's tools, not rules, baby. This class is about interrogating a cliche writing "rule" to understand it is simply one tool of many--and exploring how its opposite has many important uses.

Jun. 20, 2026, 10am-1pm Central, Loft Classroom, Minneapolis, MN

https://loft.org/classes/craft-fiction-tell-dont-show

#WritingConversations #WritingClass #WritingCraft #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #ShowDontTell #TellDontShow #LoftLiterary

It's tools, not rules, baby. This class is about interrogating a cliche writing "rule" to understand it is simply one tool of many--and exploring how its opposite has many important uses.

Jun. 20, 2026, 10am-1pm Central, Loft Classroom, Minneapolis, MN

https://loft.org/classes/craft-fiction-tell-dont-show

#WritingConversations #WritingClass #WritingCraft #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #ShowDontTell #TellDontShow #LoftLiterary

So, I was gifted with an #AlanMoore writing course. WOW! This seems tailored to someone like myself, and no, he doesn't have to explain the magickal terminology, but I'm digging hearing him speak! Good stuff! Will, in the magickal sense and in the writing sense, is so important in manifesting one's work!

#WritingClass #WritingCraft

So, I was gifted with an #AlanMoore writing course. WOW! This seems tailored to someone like myself, and no, he doesn't have to explain the magickal terminology, but I'm digging hearing him speak! Good stuff! Will, in the magickal sense and in the writing sense, is so important in manifesting one's work!

#WritingClass #WritingCraft

I'm running my flash class again starting Jan. 12. Write a whole lot of new stories, learn a lot of fun craft techniques, get a lot of supportive feedback, and make friends too! Zoom, 10 weeks, Mondays 12-2 CST, $200

https://forms.gle/birDctKVHfdxYhib8

#WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #WritingClass #WritingConversations #Feedback #WritingWorkshop

I'm running my flash class again starting Jan. 12. Write a whole lot of new stories, learn a lot of fun craft techniques, get a lot of supportive feedback, and make friends too! Zoom, 10 weeks, Mondays 12-2 CST, $200

https://forms.gle/birDctKVHfdxYhib8

#WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #WritingClass #WritingConversations #Feedback #WritingWorkshop

I'm planning a super informal FREE zoom writing salon about ghost stories on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, 11am-12pm (North American Central Time). It's late notice, and an odd time, but if you'd like to join, please register and I'll send you a link. We'll just look at a few short ghost stories, talk about how they work, and end with some prompts.

https://forms.gle/eHUs4pGLxBVYh1oH8

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #GhostStories #WritingClass

I'm planning a super informal FREE zoom writing salon about ghost stories on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, 11am-12pm (North American Central Time). It's late notice, and an odd time, but if you'd like to join, please register and I'll send you a link. We'll just look at a few short ghost stories, talk about how they work, and end with some prompts.

https://forms.gle/eHUs4pGLxBVYh1oH8

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #GhostStories #WritingClass

I'm teaching a writing class about mystery--not the genre, but the secrets that enthrall, the questions that fascinate, the mysteries that leave you rapt with wonder--even after the final page.

6 weeks, Wednesdays, 11/5/25 - 12/17/25 (No class on 11/26), 6-8pm Central, online (live meeting through zoom), $220/$200 (loft member)

https://loft.org/classes/what-you-dont-know-mystery-fiction-0

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #WritingClass #mystery

I've got a class starting next week about Dialogue, Gesture, and Staging.

4 weeks, Thursdays, 9/18/25 - 10/9/25, 6pm-9pm (North American Central time), Zoom, $222/$200 (Loft member)

It covers a variety of tools to make dialogue come alive in your scenes—with specific techniques to make it realistic (if that's your thing), dynamic, compelling, resonant, and/or vibrant.

https://loft.org/classes/writing-fiction-4-weeks-dialogue-gesture-and-staging

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #WritingClass #Dialogue #Subtext #Writing #AmWriting

Still a few spots left in my flash class! Mondays 12-2pm (north american central) on zoom. Starts Sept. 8, goes 10 weeks. $200.

To keep it more accessible for folks with less time, we'll finish the sharing & feedback in the first 90 minutes. But if you have the time, you can stay for the last 30 minutes to go deeper.

Write a lot, share your work, get feedback, learn about craft, and find community:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaSPHJDa9rMmgFl0ZvQyy1jOapNJ8hRsbing_DgDK5axvEPw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=109553212956936077425

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #WritingClass #FlashFiction

I'm doing a fiction sampler for the Loft on Sept. 4, 6-7pm North American Central time. This is a cheap, low-stakes writing class with some group close reading, some writing prompts, some community, some fun:

https://loft.org/classes/fall-fiction-sampler-allison-wyss-0

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #WritingClass #WritingCraft #Fiction

10 weeks, Mondays, Sept. 8-Nov. 10, 12-2pm Central, $200

Each week we look at one or two pieces of published writing to study the craft of them & turn those tools into writing prompts. Then we share the results for light, inspirational feedback. Expect to write a lot and learn a lot.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaSPHJDa9rMmgFl0ZvQyy1jOapNJ8hRsbing_DgDK5axvEPw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=109553212956936077425

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Excited to run this #writingclass on Key Moments on 1st July 7pm BST, exploring: What key moments are Why they're important When they're most effective The relationship between key moments & readers Using them in plot, character, emotion & theme For more info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-ke...

Writing Key Moments

CLASS IS FULL
(but there is a waitlist and the possibility to add a second section)

Flash Summer 2025!

Jun 16-Aug. 18, Mondays 12-1pm (CT), Online (Zoom), $160

-Close reading of newly published flash to discover exciting craft techniques
Generative writing prompts to create 10 new flash pieces
Supportive feedback to identify points of heat & reader connection

Three spots left!

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #WritingConversations #FlashFiction

https://forms.gle/Yyz3YfNJQnVfLTd57

A class I taught for Clarion West last year is now available on-demand! I cover some of the overused tropes in cli-fi/ solarpunk and strategies for keeping your ideas fresh.

#solarpunk #WritingClass #ClimateFiction #hopepunk #ClarionWest

https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com/p/avoiding-common-pitfalls-in-climate-change-fiction

A class I taught for Clarion West last year is now available on-demand! I cover some of the overused tropes in cli-fi/ solarpunk and strategies for keeping your ideas fresh.

#solarpunk #WritingClass #ClimateFiction #hopepunk #ClarionWest

https://clarion-west-online.teachable.com/p/avoiding-common-pitfalls-in-climate-change-fiction

This class goes deep into perspective, 1st/2nd/3rd person singular & plural POV, filtering through personality, sensibility, reliability, secrets & mystery, omniscience, tense, narrative distance, zooming, curation of artifacts, narrative strategy, & a few stranger options.

https://loft.org/classes/narration-finding-right-voice

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #WritingClass #POV #Perspective #Narration #Narrative #Sensibility

This class goes deep into perspective, 1st/2nd/3rd person singular & plural POV, filtering through personality, sensibility, reliability, secrets & mystery, omniscience, tense, narrative distance, zooming, curation of artifacts, narrative strategy, & a few stranger options.

https://loft.org/classes/narration-finding-right-voice

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #WritingClass #POV #Perspective #Narration #Narrative #Sensibility

This class is about making things happen. It's about writing dynamic scenes that move the plot & reveal character. Many writers swear by conflict, but positive moments of interpersonal connection or intimacy can do the same work. We'll practice both ways.

8 weeks, Wednesdays, 1/22/25 - 3/12/25, 10am-12pm CST, Online (live meetings)

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #AmWriting #WritingConversations #DynamicScenes #Intimacy&Conflict #WritingCraft

https://bit.ly/3ZEW64y

This writing class is billed as about overcoming hangups when writing sex scenes--and it is that--but we also cover a lot of really practical techniques for making writing sexy. It's a fun class. Sometimes also a funny class. Join me! (It's in person though, which I know is quite limiting...)

Saturday, 1/18/25, 9am-12pm, OpenBook, Minneapolis MN

https://bit.ly/AwkSupSex

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #WritingConversations #WritingSexScenes

This writing class is billed as about overcoming hangups when writing sex scenes--and it is that--but we also cover a lot of really practical techniques for making writing sexy. It's a fun class. Sometimes also a funny class. Join me! (It's in person though, which I know is quite limiting...)

Saturday, 1/18/25, 9am-12pm, OpenBook, Minneapolis MN

https://bit.ly/AwkSupSex

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #WritingConversations #WritingSexScenes

Wondering how to find funding as a creative writer? Join Erin Roberts and me for a Funding for Writers class on Monday, September 28 at 8 PM ET. Access is exclusively available to members of my Patreon, but you can sign up for a 7-day free trial. https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/patreon-class-finding-funding-for-writers/ #fundingforwriters #writingclass

Wondering how to find funding as a creative writer? Join Erin Roberts and me for a Funding for Writers class on Monday, September 28 at 8 PM ET. Access is exclusively available to members of my Patreon, but you can sign up for a 7-day free trial. https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/patreon-class-finding-funding-for-writers/ #fundingforwriters #writingclass

This is a great class on how to write complex and interesting characters. It's useful for all kinds of characters, but we study villains--because that makes it extra fun!

https://bit.ly/evilemp

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #WritingConversations #Villains #EvilAndEmpathy #Character #Writing

Have questions about plotting, characters, voice, running a Kickstarter as an author, etc? Sign up for a free 7-day trial of my Live-streaming Classes Patreon tier to attend tomorrow's Q&A Unlocking Session. It will be on July 29 at 2 PM ET. Join here: https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/patreon-class-unlocking-session-2/ #writingclass

Have questions about plotting, characters, voice, running a Kickstarter as an author, etc? Sign up for a free 7-day trial of my Live-streaming Classes Patreon tier to attend tomorrow's Q&A Unlocking Session. It will be on July 29 at 2 PM ET. Join here: https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/patreon-class-unlocking-session-2/ #writingclass

One of the things about being a writer is that there are points in your career where you have to write, even when your surroundings aren’t conducive to it. Tomorrow, July 28, I'm teaching a paid workshop called Writing Through Fatigue. Sign up at https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/public-class-writing-through-fatigue/ #writingclass

One of the things about being a writer is that there are points in your career where you have to write, even when your surroundings aren’t conducive to it. Tomorrow, July 28, I'm teaching a paid workshop called Writing Through Fatigue. Sign up at https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/public-class-writing-through-fatigue/ #writingclass

There are points in any writer's career where you have to write, even when your situation isn't conducive to it. Take a short break with me on Sunday, July 28th to attend my Writing through Fatigue class, where we'll navigate the stress together. https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/public-class-writing-through-fatigue/ #writingclass

There are points in any writer's career where you have to write, even when your situation isn't conducive to it. Take a short break with me on Sunday, July 28th to attend my Writing through Fatigue class, where we'll navigate the stress together. https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/public-class-writing-through-fatigue/ #writingclass

Writing great stories often requires research, but it can be difficult to know where to start. Luckily, reference librarian Melody Steiner is here with the Research Skills for Fiction Writers class, now on-demand! For $200, learn the How Tos of research techniques and integrating research into your narratives in a fun, exciting way!

https://writingtheother.com/research-on-demand/

#WritingTheOther #Writing #WritingClass #CreativeWritingCraft #WritingInclusiveFiction

Writing workshops often focus on structure or pacing, but tone also is vital to the reader's experience.

Join me for a class on May 27 to manipulate tone and mood through imagery, word choice, and sentence structure.

Attend for $0 with a 7-day Patreon trial. https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/patreon-class-manipulating-tone-mood/

#writingclass

Writing workshops often focus on structure or pacing, but tone also is vital to the reader's experience.

Join me for a class on May 27 to manipulate tone and mood through imagery, word choice, and sentence structure.

Attend for $0 with a 7-day Patreon trial. https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/patreon-class-manipulating-tone-mood/

#writingclass

Thievery and ingenuity! Writing a heist requires balancing an ensemble cast, elements of thrillers, and the need to deliver satisfying twists while also keeping the story moving forward. Learn how this Sunday, May 5 at my Structuring a Heist class: https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/35470/ #writingclass

Thievery and ingenuity! Writing a heist requires balancing an ensemble cast, elements of thrillers, and the need to deliver satisfying twists while also keeping the story moving forward. Learn how this Sunday, May 5 at my Structuring a Heist class: https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/35470/ #writingclass

One of my assistants recently tallied up my pre-recorded writing classes. Apparently, I have 70+ hours of them. That boggled my mind.

A number of those hours are available in on-demand and live formats here: https://maryrobinettekowal.thinkific.com/ #writingclass

One of my assistants recently tallied up my pre-recorded writing classes. Apparently, I have 70+ hours of them. That boggled my mind.

A number of those hours are available in on-demand and live formats here: https://maryrobinettekowal.thinkific.com/ #writingclass

I'm teaching a seminar for Clarion West on April 4th! Drawing on my experience as an anthology editor for World Weaver Press and a story reviewer for Imagine 2200, I'll go over some of the most common issues that I see in climate fiction slush piles.

#solarpunk #lunarpunk #ClimateFiction #ClimateWriters #ScienceFiction #SciFiWriters #ClarionWest #WritingClass #Imagine2200

https://clarionwest.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/clarionwest/eventList.jsp

I'm teaching a seminar for Clarion West on April 4th! Drawing on my experience as an anthology editor for World Weaver Press and a story reviewer for Imagine 2200, I'll go over some of the most common issues that I see in climate fiction slush piles.

#solarpunk #lunarpunk #ClimateFiction #ClimateWriters #ScienceFiction #SciFiWriters #ClarionWest #WritingClass #Imagine2200

https://clarionwest.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/clarionwest/eventList.jsp

"How do I write better dialogue?"" is one of the most common questions I hear, particularly from early-career writers.

Today (March 10) at 2 PM ET, I'm teaching a 2-hour class on how to write compelling dialogue, both verbal and non-verbal. We'll explore how to convey on the page all sorts of dialolgue, including words, body language, tone of voice, and societal context.

Join at https://maryrobinettekowal.thinkific.com/courses/how-to-write-dialogue.

#writing #writingdialogue #writingclass

"How do I write better dialogue?"" is one of the most common questions I hear, particularly from early-career writers.

Today (March 10) at 2 PM ET, I'm teaching a 2-hour class on how to write compelling dialogue, both verbal and non-verbal. We'll explore how to convey on the page all sorts of dialolgue, including words, body language, tone of voice, and societal context.

Join at https://maryrobinettekowal.thinkific.com/courses/how-to-write-dialogue.

#writing #writingdialogue #writingclass

On Sunday, March 10 at 2 PM ET, I'm teaching a class on Verbal & Non-Verbal Dialogue in Writing. Body language, tone of voice, and societal context all play a role in understanding what a person means.

Sign up or learn more at: https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/public-class-verbal-non-verbal-dialogue/

#writingclass #writingdialogue

On Sunday, March 10 at 2 PM ET, I'm teaching a class on Verbal & Non-Verbal Dialogue in Writing. Body language, tone of voice, and societal context all play a role in understanding what a person means.

Sign up or learn more at: https://maryrobinettekowal.com/events/public-class-verbal-non-verbal-dialogue/

#writingclass #writingdialogue

I registered for this course just now. I’ve been eyeing it for a while. I hope it’s good! https://www.unb.ca/cel/enrichment/leisure-learning/writing-horror-online.html #HorrorWriting #WritingClass #Horror #WritingCommunity

I registered for this course just now. I’ve been eyeing it for a while. I hope it’s good! https://www.unb.ca/cel/enrichment/leisure-learning/writing-horror-online.html #HorrorWriting #WritingClass #Horror #WritingCommunity

The Surrey International Writing Conference is happening next week! I LOVE this conference and am so excited that I'll be able to attend virtually this year. Last year, in person, was magnificent, but even virtually it's still my favorite writing conference.

#Writing #WritingCommunity #WritingClass #Writers #Author #Authors #Books #Conference #Canada #Event #VirtualEvent #VirtualConference #Con

Starts tomorrow at the Writers Grotto in San Francisco!

Sign up: https://www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-events/write-sell-sci-fi-fantasy-stories-with-t-k-rex

#writerscommunity #SanFrancisco #scifi #fantasy #solarpunk #clifi #sff #writingclass #darkfantasy #magicalrealism #shortstory #specfic #speculativefiction #sciencefiction #hopepunk #cyberpunk #scifihorror #slipstream #swordandsorcery

My May class has just been announced!

WRITING HISTORY IN YOUR FICTION | Were the "Dark Ages" truly dark and sad? When were zippers invented? How do you weave history without blatantly stealing? What about cultural appropriation?

Join me!

#writingcommunity #writingclass

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-history-in-your-fiction-tickets-634755038407

Media has a tendency to flatten fat characters into stereotypes. But the #WritingCommunity can do better, right? Learn how to identify harmful tropes and what constitutes good Fat Representation from authors Marianne Kirby and Meg Elison.

Take the @writingtheother Writing Fat Characters Master Class and emerge with new skills and understanding.

April 21 - May 7

Details & Reg: https://writingtheother.com/writing-fat-characters-2023/?utm_source=tempest&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=fat-mc

#WritingClass #WritingCraft #WritingTheOther

Jeez. And thinking about competing loyalties. How a character might commit a horrible act but it's done to save someone else.

And I think it's interesting to think about how we sort of rate such things on the scale of evil. Whether harming someone you love is worse than harming a stranger. Whether it's about the body count or the relationships involved or the intentions or a whole variety of considerations.

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #writing #Characterization #WritingCraft #AmWriting

And you know, when characters are not V-illains, but just regular people who make harmful choices, it's really interesting to think about what sort of value system they have and how/whether they messed up according to that system, especially if it's not the same value system as another character--or the reader. Sometimes moral frameworks clash in ways that are very generative for stories.

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #writing #Characterization #WritingCraft #AmWriting

One of thing the things we get into in this class (and where it started in my brain) is the concept of empathizing with evil. I like to think about whether we should do that! Why it makes for a fun story, but also what the implications might be.

My working theory is that it's not so much about relating or forgiving, but that we're trying to learn how to keep ourselves from becoming evil.

What do you think?

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #writing #Characterization #WritingCraft #AmWriting

My favorite way to teach a writing class is if I'm intrigued but don't yet know everything about the topic. Then I go down a delightful rabbit hole while planning. Even better, it's easier that way to create an atmosphere in which we're all building wisdom together--and not some ridiculous idea that I hand it down from above.

Anyway, what sort of writing class would you love to see? I'm casting around for new ideas.

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #WritingCraft
#AmWriting #AmEditing