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.
Clear, Precise Prose
Choose precise language and resolve ambiguity while preserving narrative voice.
Choosing Accurate Nouns and Verbs
Removing Ambiguity Without Flattening Voice
Building Your Book’s Production Plan
Build a production schedule and budget that account for your book’s actual requirements.
Building a Workable Production Schedule
Building a Budget From Actual Requirements
Imagery That Belongs in Your Story
Create comparisons and imagery that fit the character’s perspective and the moment.
Creating Effective Comparisons
Choosing Imagery That Fits the Character and Moment
Working With a Cover Designer
Prepare a useful cover brief and evaluate designs for genre fit and readability.
Preparing an Effective Cover Brief
Evaluating a Cover for Genre Fit and Readability
Delivering Background Information
Introduce backstory and unfamiliar information without bringing the scene to a halt.
Introducing Backstory When It Becomes Relevant
Explaining Unfamiliar Information Without Stopping the Scene
Formatting Your Ebook
Format an ebook interior and check its navigation, layout, and display behavior.
Building a Readable Ebook Interior
Exporting and Checking the Ebook