Unlock Your Character Workshop
In this workshop, we’ll use writing exercises and group discussions to delve into character backgrounds to uncover the foundations of who they are.
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Online Classes and Workshops
Our online writing classes and workshops explore topics like how to write diverse characters, respectful dialogue, and representation beyond what is covered in the Writing the Other book that inspired our organization.
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Dialogue Bootcamp – Online Writing Workshop
Crafting dialogue doesn’t come naturally to every writer. Luckily, it’s a skill that can be learned and easily honed.
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Unlock Your World and Setting – An Online Workshop
In this workshop, we’ll delve into aspects of your world that writers often overlook, but have major impact on the story and add depth to your setting.
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Description Bootcamp – Online Writing Workshop
This asynchronous workshop is for writers who either struggle to describe people and/or settings or for those who need help honing this essential writing skill.
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Worldbuilding Bootcamp – Online Writing Workshop
In this workshop, authors Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford will guide you through short writing exercises that will help you dive into aspects of your world that writers often overlook, but that impact your story and characters in major ways.
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Character Bootcamp – Online Writing Workshop
Join us for a day of writing exercises and feedback that will help you dig into your characters’ background, giving you a solid foundation for their motivations and actions in your story.
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NaNo Prep Daily 2023
Get yourself ready to write a bunch of words in one month with writing exercises that will help you get to know your characters and world before you dive into them in earnest. Register for Writing the Other’s NaNo Prep Daily and get an exercise every day in October.
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NaNo Prep 2023: Character Workshop
Gearing up for NaNoWriMo 2023? Before you put words to page, get to know your main character/s better in this Preptober workshop with authors Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford.
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NaNo Prep 2023: Worldbuilding Workshop
In this workshop, authors Nisi Shawl and K. Tempest Bradford will guide you through short writing exercises that will help you dive into aspects of your world that writers often overlook, but that impact your story and characters in major ways.
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Crafting Diverse Relationships: Family and Friends, Lovers and Life Partners
Relationships between characters are key to character development and plot progression in every genre, not just romance. Family bonds, friendships, and lifelong partnerships create support networks around characters in every narrative. Writers often struggle to represent the connections and bonds between people that are outside their experience.
In this class, authors Piper J. Drake, Lauren Jankowski, and Jacqueline Koyanagi will discuss family and found family, platonic relationships and friendships, poly and interracial relationships, and how to recognize and challenge the Love Hierarchy.
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