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.
Does Your World Hold Together?
Follow the consequences of your worldbuilding choices and keep established details consistent.
Following the Consequences
Keeping Track of Your World
Natural Dialogue Without the Filler
Write believable conversations with personality, rhythm, and less unnecessary filler.
Creating Believable Speech Rhythms
Cutting Conversational Clutter While Preserving Personality
Giving Your World a Past
Create a past that influences the present through history, memory, and competing accounts.
Creating History That Still Matters
Deciding Who Remembers What
Giving Characters Distinct Voices
Develop recognizable character voices that respond naturally to different relationships and situations.
Developing Individual Speech Patterns
Adjusting Speech for Relationships and Circumstances
Giving Conversations Direction
Give each speaker a purpose and make their exchange change the situation.
Identifying Each Speaker’s Objective
Making the Conversation Change Something
Writing What Goes Unsaid
Write hidden meaning that readers can understand through context, avoidance, and contradiction.
Creating Motivated Subtext
Giving Readers Enough Context to Understand the Hidden Meaning