Free Writing Workshops
Join Muse & Margins for free online writing workshops on storytelling, character development, editing, publishing, and book marketing. Each hands-on session focuses on two topics, includes practical activities, and lasts 90 minutes or less. Writers at every stage are welcome, whether you’re working toward independent or traditional publication.
Explore Our Workshops
Browse our workshop topics below. Dates are announced one workshop at a time. Want to hear when a favorite is scheduled? Use the Notify Me button above to select your interests.
Perception Isn’t Reality
Use the gap between observation and interpretation to deepen the reader’s understanding.
Separating Observation From Interpretation
Letting Readers Recognize What a Narrator Misses
Showing, Telling & Choosing Between Them
Choose when to dramatize an experience and when to use telling or summary.
Dramatizing Moments Readers Need to Experience
Using Telling and Summary Intentionally
Writing Unreliable Narrators
Build an unreliable narrator with clear motivations and clues readers can recognize afterward.
Establishing the Source of Unreliability
Planting Fair Clues That Support the Eventual Revelation
Description Through Character
Filter sensory details through the character to give description emotional meaning.
Choosing Sensory Details a Character Would Notice
Making Description Carry Emotion or Meaning
Inside Your Character’s Head
Write thoughts that deepen the scene and connect naturally with action and interaction.
Writing Thoughts That Add Something
Weaving Thought Into the Scene
Sentence Rhythm and Flow
Shape sentences and paragraphs to control movement, emphasis, and flow.
Varying Sentence Construction Intentionally
Shaping Paragraphs Around Movement and Emphasis