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.
Action, Reaction & What Comes Next
Let characters process consequences and turn their reactions into new decisions.
Giving Consequences Emotional Space
Turning Reactions Into Decisions and New Goals
Moving Between Moments
Guide readers through changes in time and place while preserving emotional continuity.
Orienting Readers Across Time and Location Changes
Maintaining Emotional Continuity Between Scenes
Entering and Leaving Scenes
Choose where to enter a scene and what effect its ending leaves behind.
Choosing an Effective Entry Point
Choosing the Effect Your Scene Ending Leaves Behind
Keeping Readers in the Scene
Keep readers oriented as characters move and interact within a scene.
Establishing Where Everyone Is
Making Movement Easy to Follow
Building Chapters That Pull Readers On
Build purposeful chapters with endings that give readers a reason to continue.
Grouping Scenes Into a Purposeful Chapter
Creating Endings That Encourage Continued Reading