The First 5 Pages:

Making Your Memoir Impossible to Put Down

October 29

What happens in your first five pages determines everything. It’s where agents decide to keep reading or pass. It’s where readers lean in or drift away. And it’s often where strong memoirs fall short, not because the story isn’t compelling, but because the opening isn’t yet doing the heavy lifting.

In this dynamic and interactive live webinar, award-winning journalist, editor, and TEDx speaker Estelle Erasmus will show you exactly how to command attention from the very first line. Estelle will break down what agents and editors are truly looking for in those opening pages and how to deliver it.

Why Are Your Characters the Way They Are?

November 5

Understanding and clearly conveying what shaped your characters into who they are when we “meet” them is essential to investing readers in your characters and their journey. It’s what creates cohesive, believable, relatable characters who spring off the page and into readers’ minds and hearts.

In this live webinar, you’ll learn techniques and tools to create characters who feel fully fleshed and real; whose actions, behaviors, reactions, and words feel cohesive; and who exist believably in their world—without getting buried in backstory, exposition, or description.

Getting Your Hands Dirty:

Craft Challenges to Level Up Your Fiction

November 12

Even the most astute craft books can’t compare to the learning and momentum that comes from playing on the page. We learn best by doing, by struggling, by failing, by reflecting--over and over. Writing takes practice.

This live webinar moves beyond “theory” and advice to engage writers in concrete, repeatable writing challenges that stretch skills while helping to uncover your unique voice. We'll address common writing “pain points” and ways to tackle them via low-stakes (and fun!) craft exercises. Finally, we’ll cover techniques to create and adapt your own craft challenges to keep learning and growing.

Build Your Novel Scene by Scene

October 29 - January 21

If you want to learn how to write a story, this is the course for you. Get the impetus, the guidance, the support, and the deadline you need to finally stop talking, start writing, and, ultimately, complete that novel you always said you wanted to write.

Fearless Writing

October 29 - December 10

In this workshop, we’ll look at several techniques you can you use to keep yourself in the creative flow and out of the trouble and misery fear always causes. This course is offering you a transformative experience. Don't miss out!

21 Days to Your Screenplay Treatment

October 29 - November 19

Last chance to sign up! This course will not be offered in 2027.

Learn how to create an electrifying treatment step by step! By the end of this workshop, you will have a strong treatment and a solid log line for your screenplay that has been vetted by an industry professional.