2023 OFFERINGS

January 12 – February 16 Closer to the Truth: Translating Memory Into Fiction — An online 6-week course with The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn. SOLD OUT. Join the waitlist >

February 12 1-Day Writing Booster (FREE!) — Refresh your writing practice with a day of craft talk, deep-focus writing, and a celebratory virtual salon. All levels welcome, fiction and memoir. Learn more and register >

July 9 – 21 Experiments in Fiction — A two-week daily course at Smith College Creative Workshop, for high school students only. Learn more and register >

October 27 – 29 + ongoing Fiction Kitchen: An Intensive Hybrid Workshop/Writing Group Returning for its second year, Fiction Kitchen starts with an in-person weekend retreat then moves online for supportive and incisive monthly workshops. Designed to provide plentiful support, community, feedback, and delight for busy people who want to write. Learn more and request your spot >

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2022 OFFERINGS

February 6 1-Day Writing Booster — Refresh your writing practice with a day of craft talk, deep-focus writing, and a celebratory virtual salon. All levels welcome, fiction and memoir. SOLD OUT

February 18 -20 The Propulsive Plot: Strategies for the Novel — A weekend intensive with Iowa Summer Writing Festival. SOLD OUT

April 5 – May 24 Closer to the Truth: Translating Memory Into Fiction — An online 8-week course with The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn. SOLD OUT

June 24 – 26 The Propulsive Plot: Strategies for the Novel — A weekend intensive with Iowa Summer Writing Festival. SOLD OUT

October 22 – 23 Character Development: Summoning Compelling Characters Who Drive Story — An online weekend intensive with The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn. SOLD OUT

2021 OFFERINGS

January 5 to February 9 Writing Your Life: Memoir For Everyone, a private class on Zoom

FREE Workshop: Saturday, Jan. 30, 10 am to 12 noon ET Premise, Plot, Poetry: Three Keys to the Novel, sponsored by Straw Dogs Writers Workshop, on Zoom

March 16 to April 13 The Propulsive Plot: Strategies for the Novel — An online 5-week course with Iowa Summer Writing Festival.

May 4 to June 22 Closer to the Truth: Translating Memory Into Fiction — An online 8-week course with The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn.

July 12, 3 to 5 pm ET The Through-Line: Secrets to Narrative Tension — guest workshop at Solstice MFA Program, online.

September 28 to November 16 Closer to the Truth: Translating Memory Into Fiction — An online 8-week course with The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn.

Questions on upcoming courses? email for more info: dimmergut at gmail.com