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WORKSHOPS
January 20, 2026 - 8 PM ET - on Zoom
Presenter: Nadia Salem
The heroine’s journey is a mythic quest that has its origins in the monomyth. This webinar explains the heroine’s journey step by step with complete examples from contemporary film to reveal an-age-old and successful storytelling pattern that creative writers can adapt to their novels.
(Free for all attendees but free registration required. This Zoom workshop will not be recorded.)
February 2 through 27, 2026
Presenter: Hillary DePiano
This is it. You’re finally ready to start writing that book you know you’ve got inside you. But where do you start? Join author Hillary DePiano for a crash course in novel prep. From research, characters and brainstorming scenes to story structure and organization…
April 6 through May 1, 2026
Everyone wants the first chapter of their novel to jump off the page and make the reader want to read on until the end. We spend hours on the plot, the settings, the characters and so much more. But one of the best ways to hook your reader is to write a great inciting incident…
June 1 through June26, 2026
Presenter: Linnea Sinclair
Sidekicks, Also-rans, space-fillers. If that’s how you think of the secondary characters in your novel, you’re wasting a great opportunity to use them to not only make your story deeper and more interesting, but to enhance your main characters as well.
August 31 through September 25, 2026
Presenter: Joan Koster
Write a novel in a month? Learn tricks and techniques for getting the words of your WIP draft down on the page in the quickest, most efficient way possible, so that the story makes sense and requires the least amount of revision. Perfect for anyone who needs a toolbox of ways to speed up their writing process. Based on …
October 5 through October 30, 2026
Presenter: Cynthia Owens
Do you want to keep your reader guessing, wondering what will happen next, and keep them turning the pages? You can do it, with a little help from the trail of breadcrumbs known as foreshadowing.
October 13, 2026 - 8 PM ET - on Zoom
Presenter: Hillary DePiano
Unlock your creativity and conquer writer’s block in this Zoom workshop on using scriptwriting tricks to take your novel to the next level! Draw on techniques used in theatre, graphic novels, video games, TV and movies to think cinematically…
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