Writing Workshops January - May 2020

The Hudson Valley Writers Center is thrilled to announce the arrival of our Winter - Spring 2020 brochure!

To see our fall brochure as a PDF, please click here.

Many of our offerings are new-- that means new instructors, new classes, and new speakers. However, if you've been with the same class for some time, there's no need to worry. Most of our most popular classes are being offered this season and we're just as glad to welcome our returning instructors as our new ones.

If you have any questions regarding the fall program, please don't hesitate to call us at 914.332.5953 or email us ask@writerscenter.org. We can't wait to help you spark your imagination, develop your writing and hone your creativity here at the Hudson Valley Writers Center!
Here is a listing of all classes and their pertinent information:

FICTION

Year of Your Book: Fiction, Deep Revision
Kirsten Bakis, 6 Mondays, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, $320
Beginning January 13 (Session 1), March 2 (Session 2), April 20 (Session 3)

Year of Your Book: Fiction
Kirsten Bakis, 6 Wednesdays, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, $320
Beginning January 15 (Session 1), March 4 (Session 2), April 22 (Session 3)

Writing, Revising, and Publishing Short Fiction
Beth Hahn, 6 Wednesdays, 6:30-9 pm, $370
Beginning March 4 (Session 2), April 22 (Session 3)

Page-Turning Fiction
Joanne Dobson, 6 Thursdays, 4-6 pm, $320
Beginning March 5 (Session 2), April 23 (Session 3)

I Am (Not) A Real Writer
Kirsten Bakis, Saturdays, 10 am-12 pm, $320
Beginning January 11 (Session 1), March 7 (Session 2), April 25 (Session 3)
Please note Session 3 meets 5 classes for $270

ONE-DAY INTENSIVES

Mapping the Plot with Kirsten Bakis
Saturday January 25, 12:30-4:30 pm, $124

Writing your First Novel with Christina Chiu
Saturday February 22, 12:30-4:30 pm, $124

Illuminating the Dark: Flash Fiction with Anna Potter
Saturday March 21, 12:30-4:30 pm, $124

DRAMA

Writing for Stage, Screen, and Television
Bill Bigelow, 6 Fridays, 1:30-3:30 pm, $320
Beginning January 17 (Session 1), March 6 (Session 2), April 24 (Session 3)

Improv for Actors, Writers, and Bored People
Lynne Lori Sylvan, 6 Tuesdays, 7:10-9:10 pm, $320
Beginning January 14 (Session 1), March 3 (Session 2), April 21 (Session 3)

ONE-DAY INTENSIVES

Playwriting Workshop: Storycraft and Structure for Writers with Barbara Blatner Saturday April 18, 12:30-4:30 pm $124

YOUTH

Creative Writing for Youth
Michael Patrick Collins, 6 Tuesdays, 4-5 pm, $150
Beginning January 21 (Session 1), March 10 (Session 2), April 28 (Session 3)

Home Run Project
Stan Friedmann, 6 Sundays, 11 am-12 pm, $150
Beginning January 26 (Session 1), March 15 (Session 2), May 3 (Session 3)

POETRY

Monday Night Poetry, 6 Mondays, 6:30-9 pm, $370
Beginning January 13 (Session 1 with Suzanne Cleary), March 9 (Session 2 with Kathleen Ossip), April 20 (Session 3 with Amy Holman)

Year of Deep Revision: Poetry Manuscript
Jennifer Franklin, 6 Wednesdays, 12:30-3 pm, $370
Beginning January 8 (Session 1), February 26 (Session 2), April 15 (Session 3)

Year of Your Book: Poetry
Jennifer Franklin, 6 Fridays, 10:45 am-1:15 pm, $370
Beginning January 10 (Session 1), February 21 (Session 2), April 17 (Session 3)
Please note Session 3 meets 4 classes for $250

ONE-DAY INTENSIVES

From a Tinkering to the Overhaul: What We Do When We
Revise the Poem with Fred Marchant
Sunday January 26, 12:30-4:30 pm $124

Pushing the Poetic Metaphor with Suzanne Parker
Sunday February 23, 12:30-4:30 pm $124

The Lyric Leap with Rachel Hadas
Saturday February 29, 12:30-4:30 pm $124

Poetry Craft Class with Sally Ball
Saturday March 14, 12:30-4:30 pm $124

The Character in Poems, Including Your Speaker as a Character
and an Avatar of Yourself Who Is Not You with Patrick Donnelly
Sunday March 22, 12:30-4:30 pm $124

Letters to No Body: Understanding Your Audience for the
Epistolary poem with Justin Wymer
Saturday May 2, 12:30-4:30 pm $124

Hybrid Master Class with Chris Campanioni
Saturday May 9, 12:30-4:30 pm $124

NON-FICTION

The Art of the Personal Essay
Herbert Hadad, 6 Mondays, 12:30-2:30 pm, $320
Beginning April 6 (Session 3)

Memoir Writing Workshops with Susan Hodara
6 Tuesdays, 10:30 am-12:45 pm OR 1:15-3:30 pm, $320
Beginning January 14 (Session 1), March 3 (Session 2), April 21 (Session 3)

Workshop in Pure Critique with Peter Bricklebank
8 Thursdays, starts January 23, 9:30 am-12 pm, $505

ONE-DAY INTENSIVES

Defining and Assembling Your Memoir with Susan Hodara
Saturday March 7, 12:30-4:30 pm $124

Memoir Intensive with Susan Hodara Saturday, March 28, 12:30-4:30 pm $124

Workshop schedule subject to change. Visit writerscenter.org to register and get further info.