Fiction Writing Workshops

30 STORIES IN 30 DAYS WORKSHOP 
In “30 Stories in 30 Days” you will write, write and write some more using favorite writing prompts by published authors and expert writing instructors. In this fiction writing workshop, you will respond to timed daily writing prompts that will force you into a creativity focus where your “internal editors” will have to wait their turns, allowing story development to take over. Daily writing prompts will begin immediately when you click the “Take this course” button. Subsequently, you can begin at the beginning of the month, middle, end, whenever it suits you. Each prompt is available to you on its scheduled day and you will write at your own pace. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

MAGIC REALISM WORKSHOP
Magic Realism is the sweet spot between realism and the fantastic. In this fiction writing workshop, you will read short works and excerpts from foundational magic realism authors such as Virginia Woolf, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Diane Williams, Kurt Vonnegut and more. You will also build writing and craft techniques tailored to bringing out the best in your literary magic realism fiction. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

WRITING SEX IN LITERARY FICTION: ARE YOUR SEX SCENES ESSENTIAL OR GRATUITOUS?
How do you transcend the cliched and gratuitous sex scene when writing sex? How do you create a scene that will engage smart fe/male readers in critical, gender aware and sexually rigorous ways? Writing sex in the literary scene is no different than any other scene, really. It is all about focusing on the character as gender and sexually unique. Whether you intend to write a more graphically specific scene, such as in American Psycho, or a more subtle scene, character focus is the key. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

SHORT STORY WORKSHOP
This fiction writing workshop explores the tricky art of writing and editing short short fiction (flash fiction), or stories under 1,000 words. Writers of short short fiction face the unique challenge of creating something fragmentary, but complete; something brief, but satisfying; little moments that hint at a whole world. This short short fiction workshop will focus on various approaches writers can take to write complete and complex stories in 1,000 words or fewer. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

SHORT STORY WORKSHOP
In this fiction writing workshop we will study what constructs the world of the short story: pain, happiness, fear, love, desire, anger, and menace. You will write your characters, settings and scenes with a focus on your organic voice and style. This workshop is for character-focused craft and storytellers. Our focus will be on narratives that grip and immerse readers at an unflinching level while understanding the differences between what is essential and what is gratuitous. With a focus on scene work and how to build a story through the nucleus of the scene, writers will explore their organic voices and styles. Join us and improve your craft as the weeks progress by giving and receiving feedback, the cornerstone of exploring your own strengths, needs and preferences. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

NOVEL: FROM START TO FINISH WORKSHOP
Welcome to “The Novel: From Start to Finish” at The Eckleburg Workshops. In this fiction writing workshop, we will explore drafting your novel and revising voice, detail, characters, place and texture. In the final unit, “Unit 6: Queries, Synopsis & [RE]Search,” we will review the processes of submitting to agents and publishers. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

HISTORICAL FICTION WORKSHOP 
The course objective is to prepare writers, of all levels, with the skills necessary to complete a historical fiction — short story or novel chapter. We will explore a variety of topics geared to learning how to research your novel, and how to incorporate history into setting, characters, and plot. This fiction writing workshop will consist of research and world building exercises, analysis of popular historical fiction. Students will develop either a short story or a work-in-progress novel throughout the weeks. Students will leave with a thorough understanding of the historic novel, and feel confident to create a work of their own, hopefully building on the piece developed in workshop. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

THE UNDEAD WORKSHOP 
In this fiction writing workshop, we will read and view excerpts of undead works such as Zombie Survival GuideWorld War ZPride, Prejudice and ZombiesDay of the DeadThe Walking Dead and more. We will also use some of my favorite writing and craft techniques tailored to bringing out the best in your character-based fiction. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

THE BINOCULAR VISION WORKSHOP 
In this fiction writing workshop, you will study Edith Pearlman’s fiction, which has won three O. Henry Prizes and appeared three times in Best American Short Stories, twice in The Pushcart Prize, and once in New Stories from the South. She is the author of three previous story collections: Vaquita (winner of the Drue Heinz Prize for Literature), Love Among the Greats (winner of the Spokane Fiction Award), and How to Fall (winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize). She lives in Boston, Massachusetts. ENROLL FOR $5 (Cancel Anytime)

THE BEATS WORKSHOP
Counterculture, experimentation, sexuality and rhythm mark the phenomena known as The Beat Generation. Seminal works such as Ginsberg’s Howl, Burrough’s Naked Lunch and Kerouac’s On the Road created national shifts that not only broke down aesthetic boundaries but also social boundaries. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

SPIRIT OF WRITING WORKSHOP
“Spirit of Writing” is a gentle introduction to the identity and declaration of being a professional writer, in a style designed to fire confidence and confirm a practice. No matter what level you have written to, no matter how long you have waited and no matter if you are starting again after a setback, you will finish with new belief in yourself and serious respect for what you bring to the table with your pen. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

MINDFULNESS & WRITING WORKSHOPS
Stories live in the body and the present moment.  In this course, we will use both writing as a way to check in more deeply with life and ourselves AND mindfulness techniques to drop deeper into our body narratives (breath awareness, body scans, how this can inform what we pen). By the end of the course you will have new tools for facilitating writing and drafts of poetry, fiction and/or personal essays. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

HYBRID: CRAFTING, PUBLISHING & PROMOTING HYBRID WORK
Hybrid writing is the study of and creation of works with a structural and aesthetic emphasis on crossing boundaries: redaction, lyric essay, prose poetry, intermedia and more. Join us and push beyond the parameters and into the edges of literary while learning which editors and venues are looking for hybrid works. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

LITERARY MATCHMAKING WORKSHOP
How do you find journals, editors and agents for your writing project? By exploring industry resources, you will learn how to research and choose the best venues for your work. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

BREAKING RULES: WHEN AND HOW TO LEAVE LINGUISTIC CONVENTIONS BEHIND
We will explore linguistic techniques and devices in both written and visual works such as The Road and Inglorious Bastards. Our focus will be to study and practice contemporary, surgical, linguistic rule-breaking so to discover our own “rebel linguists” and individual forms of creative voice. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

[EM]POWERING SELF IN FICTION, POETRY, CREATIVE NONFICTION AND HYBRID WORKSHOP
This gender and diversity narrative project takes its title from Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman but it does not stop at gender. This workshop  is open to all forms: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and hybrid. It is open to all genders, identities and backgrounds. In this course we will explore how progressive experiences with cultures, both our own and others, inform our voice in both the artistic expression of voice and the voice we give to self. It is our intention to give power over self, not others. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES WORKSHOP
In this submission guidelines course, you will learn from published authors, editors and instructors on how to follow the Universal Manuscript Format. You will explore why following individual journal guidelines is so very important to the success of your works. You will also receive behind the scenes advice from editors. Join published authors and editors from EckleburgNervous BreakdownBaltimore Review and more! ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

THE AWP SURVIVAL GUIDE: HOW TO HAVE FUN WITHOUT MAKING A COMPLETE IDIOT OF YOURSELF
This AWP Workshop is a self-directed primer for enjoying, surviving and getting the most out of your AWP experience. In this survival guide you will find veteran “How to” tips, promotional advice and links for helpful apps and practical resources used and recommended by Eckleburg instructors. Whether you are new to AWP or an ol’ pro, this guide offers a knowledge base you will find both practical and geared toward your successful experience. ENROLL FOR $5 A MONTH (Cancel Anytime)

ONE ON ONE WORKSHOP (ADDITIONAL FEES)
$.05 a word for prose. Submit your manuscript below for review. We will be in touch within 24 hours to discuss your project and match you with an Eckleburg editor. ENROLL FOR $.05 A WORD