Online Writing Center

RSVP with the host of your choice to problem-solve plot holes, talk magazine submissions, and work past writer’s block. See the hosts, their scheduled times, and their specialties listed below, and check out the Writing Center Calendar to see open times.

• Writing exercises (Feeling stuck? Look at your work from a new perspective with a writing exercise)

• Writing sprints (Come with a project in mind, and get those words down)

• Generative workshops (Brainstorm your way to a new project, or problem-solve your WIP)

• Snack-based, baking-based, and beverage-based write-ins (Because we need fuel, and probably blankets, and maybe some tea, to make the words happen)

• Line Edits (Come with your lines in question identified) 

• Character study (Come with the first page of your WIP or a character list)

• Setting exploration and build (Come with the first page of your WIP, or a setting-heavy section)

• Tone work (Have desired tone identified and 1 page of your in-progress work ready to explore)

• Commiseration about blocks and motivation/Potential strategy brainstorming

• Live edits to show what to look for when editing first drafts (Come with a section of your WIP)

• Writing sprints (Have a project ready, and start sprinting)

• Developmental editing (Come with a project)

• Line & Copy editing (Bring an excerpt that can be reviewed in the time allowed)

• Help looking for agents to query (Have finished manuscript on hand)

• Mini query letter workshops (Have finished manuscript on hand)