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LIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS

Live Workshops with Agents, Editors & Authors

for Fiction & Narrative Nonfiction Writers

 

Weekly live, interactive workshops on craft, querying, and building your writing career.

Join the Academy for $33/month and get every session, or come to a single workshop for $29.

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Two ways to join us live

Come to one workshop, or get them all. Pick what fits where you are right now.

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Single Workshop Ticket

$29

One-time payment, no subscription.

  • One live seat at the workshop you choose
  • Learn directly from a working agent, editor, or author
  • Join the Academy within 7 days of your session and your $29 comes off your first month

Live attendance only. Recordings are for Academy members.

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Academy Membership

$33/month

For $4 more than a single ticket, you get all of it.

  • Every live workshop and group coaching session, 3-5 each month
  • Recordings of past sessions
  • Self-paced courses from industry experts
  • Monthly office hours with our story coach
  • A community of writers and a mobile app for all your content
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Upcoming Workshops

Get a $29 ticket to any session below, or join the Academy for $33/month and attend them all. If you buy a ticket and join within 7 days of your session, your $29 comes off your first month.

Opening Pages Live Editing

In this live interactive group coaching session, David Lombardino, a professional editor with 25 years’ experience, will combine live critiques with open Q&A covering how to write opening pages that hook readers from Page One With David’s expert tips and feedback from fellow attendees, this is a space to explore what’s not quite clicking—and how to make it stronger.

You’re welcome to submit your opening page for possible live critique. While not every submission will be reviewed during the session, David will use selected pages to spark meaningful discussion around craft, clarity, and voice.

If you want to grow your skills as a writer and make your book as strong as possible, this session is for you!

Topics:

  • Description, Dialogue, Pacing & Tone
    Character Intention, Weakness & Emotional Resonance
    Author Voice & Point of View
    Writing Mechanics & Style

This workshop will not be recorded for future viewing. Please plan to attend live.

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Ready, Set... (Writing) ACTION

Pacing, stakes, scene geography, the promises you make to your reader—these are the kinds of things that bring an action scene to life, and make action scenes jump off the page. Rob Hart is an acclaimed thriller writer who has trained in various fighting styles for nearly a decade. Beyond revealing the lessons he's learned by getting punched in the face, he'll dispel common mistakes, myths, and missteps. Get ready to take your action to the next level.

What attendees will learn:
● Why kung fu movies and musicals are the same—and how understanding that principle can help you write better action scenes.
● How to move your story—and your characters' journeys—forward through action.
● Resources where you can continue your education, from reading material to movie recommendations.
● How to break down a scene into actionable steps.

Rob Hart is the USA TODAY bestselling author of the Assassins Anonymous series—the latest entry is Three Hitmen and a Baby, available now. He also wrote The Warehouse, which was translated into more than 20 languages, and The Paradox Hotel, which was nominated for both a Lambda Literary Award and Japan's Seiun Award. He co-wrote Scott Free with James Patterson, the novel Dark Space with Alex Segura, the comic book Blood Oath, also with Segura, and the novel Detour with Jeff Rake, creator and showrunner of TV's Manifest. He currently teaches in Seton Hill's Writing Popular Fiction MFA, and lives in Jersey City.

This session will be recorded. Recordings are available to Academy members.

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Story Coach Office Hours with Luca

Bring all your story-related questions to this highly interactive session with our lead story coach/strategist, Luca Ceccarelli. This is a time to dive into your own manuscripts with your peers and with the guidance of an expert. Feeling nervous to share? No pressure. You can keep your questions as generic as you want.

This session will not be recorded, so please plan to attend live.

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Everything in the Academy Membership

  • Every live workshop and group coaching session, 3-5 each month, where you learn from and network with industry leaders
  • Recordings of past sessions, so you can catch up on what you missed
  • Self-paced courses built by industry experts to improve your writing and help you understand the publishing industry
  • Monthly office hours with our story coach
  • A community of other writers with exclusive membership forums
  • First access to destination writing retreats

All of it for $33/month, $4 more than a single workshop ticket.

Join the Academy for $33/month

Questions before you book

What is the difference between a ticket and the membership?
A ticket is one live seat at one workshop. The membership gets you every workshop each month, plus recordings, self-paced courses, office hours, and the community.

Do ticket holders get the recording?
No. Tickets are for live attendance. Recordings are part of the Academy Membership.

How does the $29 credit work?
Join the Academy within 7 days of your session and your $29 comes off your first month.

I am already a member. Do I need a ticket?
No. Every workshop is included. Log in and RSVP in your Community Meetups.

Join the Academy for $33/month