$49 for Members $109 for Non-Members All registrants will have access to the class recording for one week. Do you have the tools to write a character whose identity is different than your own? In this three-hour class, Mixed Latinx author Alex Temblador will discuss one of the most contentious topics in creative writing: crafting … Continue reading “Writing an Identity Not Your Own” with Alex Temblador
It's time again for our Monthly Member Meet-up! Have you been wanting to meet another like-minded writer to share critiques with, or interested in creating a writing group? The WLT Monthly Meet-up is a great chance to mix and mingle with fellow writers. Our hope with these meet-ups is to help facilitate writerly connections with … Continue reading Member Meet-up September 2021
$49 for Members $109 for Non-Members All registrants will have access to the class recording for one month. Food helps us connect to our senses, on and off the page. Everyone eats, but food is so much more than fuel. Food is part of our lives, our culture, our struggles, and our dreams. In this … Continue reading “Delicious Words: Telling Stories through Food” with Hannah Howard
For a better understanding of each session, read the letter from our Program Director below and check out the conference program here. All recordings will be accessible through March 31, 2022. Hello, writers! I’m writing to you today for a very special reason. For the first time in the twenty-eight year history of the … Continue reading 2021 Agents & Editors Conference
Due to a scheduling conflict, our Tuesday, September 28 write-in has been canceled. We hope you'll join us on Saturday, October 2 at 2:00 PM for the next one!Log in, sit down, write. It’s that easy.In 2021, the WLT will host two write-ins every month, January through December. These will be 3-hour sessions on Zoom (video … Continue reading 2021 Write-In September 28
Join us for our livestream of this event on our YouTube channel. Please note: This event was originally scheduled for Thursday, July 22nd. The new date is Thursday, September 30th. Most of our programming discusses topics on the craft and business of writing, but we don’t often get to talk about what it’s like to be … Continue reading WLT On the Writing Life: “Writing Through Difficult Times” with Laekan Zea Kemp
Log in, sit down, write. It’s that easy. In 2021, the WLT will host two write-ins every month, January through December. These will be 3-hour sessions on Zoom (video off, audio off). No speaker or presentation, but your friendly WLT staff will welcome you at the start and will check back in at the end. … Continue reading 2021 Write-In October 2
$49 for Members $109 for Non-Members All registrants will have access to the class recording for one month. How do we begin writing personal stories of trauma or loss? In this three-hour course, memoirist, essayist and editor, Cinelle Barnes, teaches writing difficult stories that involve trauma or loss. We'll explore questions like: How do we … Continue reading “Boundaries & Strategies for Writing Difficult Stories” with Cinelle Barnes
"If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry." - Emily Dickinson For this latest WLT On the Craft of Writing, we're talking poetry with two of our favorite poets: Usha Akella and Kirk Wilson, both with new collections out. In I Will Not Bear You … Continue reading WLT On the Craft of Writing: “Writing Poetry”
$49 for Members $109 for Non-Members All registrants will have access to the class recording for one month. The experience is specific; the emotions are universal. If there is nothing new under the sun, how do you write romances that are fresh and different? How do you approach fictional relationships so that they come across … Continue reading “The Specific is the Universal: Writing Authentic Love Stories” with Sherry Thomas
