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.
Reverse Outlining Your Manuscript
Map the manuscript you have to find missing, repeated, or misplaced story material.
Mapping What Each Scene Currently Accomplishes
Identifying Gaps, Duplication, and Misplaced Material
Revising for Pacing
Revise material that drags and give rushed moments the development they need.
Identifying Material That Stalls Progression
Expanding Moments That Feel Rushed or Underdeveloped
Revising Plot and Structure
Repair plot connections and make major events produce meaningful changes.
Fixing Plot Gaps and Broken Connections
Making Major Events Change the Story
Cutting Repetition Without Losing Voice
Cut repeated explanations while keeping repetition that serves humor, emphasis, or voice.
Identifying Recaps and Repeated Explanations
Preserving Purposeful Repetition, Humor, and Emphasis
Revising Character Development
Strengthen character motivations and fill gaps in the progression of an emotional arc.
Checking Motivations Behind Major Decisions
Repairing Gaps in an Emotional Arc
Strengthening a Scene in Revision
Diagnose a scene’s problems and rebuild it around the change it needs to deliver.
Diagnosing What the Scene Fails to Deliver
Rebuilding the Scene Around What Needs to Change