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Jun
3
Join us at the community table in the light-filled reference room where we’ll be inspired to write from rotating prompts. We’ll do a few short-timed writing sessions designed to help you get your pen moving while shutting down your inner critic. After each timed session, writers will read their new ...
Start Date
Monday, June 3
Note
Meets Mondays
Duration
June 3 - August 19
Time
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Cost
FREE
Instructor

Melissa Bell-Pitts

Venue
Carnegie Center
Address
251 West Second St.
Jun
4
Come join screenwriters from around the world in an exclusive screenwriting group where writers can share their work, ask questions, and learn how to pitch their scripts so that they can succeed in today’s competitive film industry! The group will be overseen by award-winning writer/producer Mitch Smith, and will be ...
Start Date
Tuesday, June 4
Note
Meets Alternating Tuesdays
Duration
June 4 - August 27
Time
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Cost
$98
Instructor

Mitch Smith

Venue
Online
Jun
7
This writing experience offers attendees the opportunity to engage in a creative and communicative loop without judgment. We write from a variety of prompts designed to release the inner censor and simply get words on a page. After each timed session, writers read aloud their new work to participating attendees ...
Start Date
Friday, June 7
Note
Meets Fridays
Duration
June 7 - August 30
Time
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Cost
FREE
Instructor

Leslie Dodd

Venue
Online
Jun
21
If you’re interested in writing and have reached that golden age, this is the group for you! Participants can expect cross-genre writing prompts; feedback for family stories, memoirs, poems, and fiction; tips for reading and publishing your work; and lively conversation and fellowship. Led by Sarah Combs, author of the ...
Start Date
Friday, June 21
Note
Meets Fridays
Duration
June 21 - August 9
Time
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Cost
FREE
Instructor

Sarah Combs

Venue
Lexington Senior Center
Address
195 Life Lane
Jun
26
This is an opportunity for fiction writers of all genres and levels of experience. Through hands-on writing exercises and discussion of contemporary fiction, we will examine such nuts-and-bolts elements as voice, point of view, mood, and plot. Sarah Combs is the author of YA novels, Breakfast Served Anytime and The ...
Start Date
Wednesday, June 26
Note
Meets Wednesdays
Duration
June 26 - July 31
Time
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Cost
$112
Instructor

Sarah Combs

Venue
Carnegie Center
Address
251 West Second St.
Jun
29
The purpose of this circle is to offer a safer space (because there is no truly safe space) for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) womxn to write and share our truths. It will also serve to build a strong BIPOC womxn’s writing community. Each session will include writing ...
Start Date
Saturday, June 29
Note
Meets Saturdays
Duration
June 29 - July 27
Time
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost
FREE
Instructor

Mya Sophia and Ondine Quinn

Venue
Online
Jul
2
Please join this inclusive group of intermediate level speculative fiction writers who aim to hone their craft and build a vibrant community of fellow artists. We will perform generative writing exercises, live structured workshops, and craft-focused close readings. Sam Milligan is a queer southern writer, educator, and nonprofit communications professional ...
Start Date
Tuesday, July 2
Note
Meets Tuesdays
Duration
July 2 - August 6
Time
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost
$84
Instructor

Sam Milligan

Venue
Carnegie Center
Address
251 West Second St.
Jul
17
This eight-week series is recommended for writers with works of nonfiction in progress, or ideas for true stories they want to tell. During each class, we will study a contemporary essay and discuss what we can borrow from it, and workshop class members’ original essays. Lucy Jayes holds an MFA ...
Start Date
Wednesday, July 17
Note
Meets Wednesdays
Duration
July 17 - August 28
Time
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Cost
$98
Instructor

Lucy Jayes

Venue
Carnegie Center
Address
251 West 2nd Street

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