Elevate your writing craft with focused, interactive workshops. Each course combines on-demand lectures, practical exercises, and live online sessions to provide a comprehensive learning experience. Join a community of passionate writers and take your storytelling to the next level.
February 2025: The Idea Factory: A Genre-Hopping Writing Workshop
Sponsored by PennWriters – Updated Registration Info Coming Soon
Spark your creativity and hone your premise-writing skills across multiple genres. Each week, explore a different genre: Speculative Fiction, Romance/Rom-Com, Mystery/Thriller, and YA/Children’s Literature. Craft two one-page premises and provide valuable critique for others.
Format: Weekly on-demand lectures, worksheets, and live online workshop/feedback sessions with fellow writers
Duration: 4 weeks
When: Tuesdays 7-9pm, ET (February 4-25)
Price: TBD
Updated information coming soon.
May/June 2025: The Middle
A two-month intensive program designed to help feature film, pilot, and spec teleplay writers strengthen the core of their stories. Through on-demand videos, targeted worksheets, and weekly online critique sessions, participants will learn to craft compelling middles that keep audiences engaged from pilot to finale.
Format: Weekly on-demand lectures, worksheets, and live online workshop/feedback sessions with fellow writers
Duration: 5 weeks
When: Wednesdays 7-9pm, ET (May 6 – June 24)
Price: $200 for newcomers, $150 for returning participants
Contact Diana Botsford to register.
July 2025: From Page to Screen – Crafting Visual Stories
Sponsored by PennWriters – Updated Registration Info Coming Soon
Explore how characters’ interactions with objects can deepen your story. Learn to use props and “bits of business” to enhance characterization, add subtext, and propel your plot forward. Suitable for fiction writers of all levels, mediums, and genres.
Format: Weekly on-demand lectures, worksheets, and live online workshop/feedback sessions with fellow writers
Duration: 4 weeks
When: Tuesdays 7-9pm, ET (July 8-29)
Price: TBD
November 2025: The Things They Carry
Sponsored by PennWriters – Updated Registration Info Coming Soon
Explore how characters’ interactions with objects can deepen your story. Learn to use props and “bits of business” to enhance characterization, add subtext, and propel your plot forward. Suitable for fiction writers of all levels and genres.
Format: Weekly on-demand lectures, worksheets, and live online workshop/feedback sessions with fellow writers
Duration: 4 weeks
When: Tuesdays 7-9pm, ET (November 4-25)
Price: TBD