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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

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

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 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 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 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 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'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'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'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'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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #WritingConversations #FlashFiction #WritingCraft

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

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #WritingConversations #FlashFiction #WritingCraft

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

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #WritingConversations #FlashFiction #WritingCraft

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

#WritingCommunity #WritingClass #WritingConversations #FlashFiction #WritingCraft

two lectures by william burroughs

https://youtu.be/d-2a0Rti6-Y?si=KioGJXflz24OVOLE

Audio recording of a lecture & writing class with students at Naropa University. Poet Allen Ginsberg is also in the audience. Burroughs covers topics including paranormal phenomena, magic, synchronicity, precognition, dreams, his cut-ups technique for writing, & he answers many questions from students & from Ginsberg in a Q & A. He reads from some of his fiction & non-fiction writings. The woman who asks many questions near the end & thanks him at the end I believe is Anne Waldman of Naropa University.

https://youtu.be/xKfS1xemH6U?si=tiykZp1l2fnq2Bli

This audio recording complements the previous one.

In this recording Burroughs covers the cut-up method of writing in some detail, & reads from his own cut-up writings, as well as some by Burroughs’ sometime collaborator Brion Gysin. Burroughs describes how some cut-ups appear to be uncanny prognosticators, accurately predicting future events, according to Burroughs.

He also describes experiments with audio cut-ups using tape recorders. He had intended to play recordings of some of Gysin’s tape experiments at this lecture, but the tapes had not arrived on time. Instead, Burroughs describes some of the cut-up tape experiments.

And he covers other tape experiments that interest him conducted by paranormal investigators & what today is commonly known as EVP (electronic voice phenomena), where tape recorders are supposed to record unexplained mysterious human voices though no such sound input is available to the recorder. Burroughs refers to these as “Paranormal Voices” experiments/phenomena.

Burroughs also makes reference to dreams, the last words of Dutch Schultz, Shakespeare, computers, Homer, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, & Carl Jung.
There’s a long Q & A session with students at the end.

#AllenGinsberg #AnneWaldman #audio #audioRecording #BrionGysin #BurroughsLectures #CarlGustavJung #computers #cutUp #cutUp #cutUpTechnique #cutUpsTechnique #cutup #dreams #DutchSchultz #electronicVoicePhenomena #EVP #GertrudeStein #Homer #JamesJoyce #Jung #lecture #lectures #magic #NaropaUninversity #Omero #paranormalPhenomena #precognition #QA #QuestionAnswer #Shakespeare #synchronicity #TSEliot #tapeExperiments #WilliamBurroughs #writingClass

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

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

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

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

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

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

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