Fall 2019 Workshops at the HVWC!
To see our fall brochure as a PDF, please click here.
Many of our offerings are new– that means new instructors, new classes, and new speakers. However, if you’ve been with the same class for some time, there’s no need to worry. Most of our most popular classes are being offered this season and we’re just as glad to welcome our returning instructors as our new ones.
Here is a listing of all fall classes and their pertinent information:
FICTION
Year of Your Book: Fiction, Deep Revision
Kirsten Bakis, 6 Mondays, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, $320
Session 1 starts September 9
Session 2 starts November 4
Apply for this class to jennifer@writerscenter.org
New! Writing A Thriller
Beth Hahn, 6 Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm, $320
Starts September 10
Year of Your Book: Fiction
Kirsten Bakis, 6 Wednesdays, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, $320
Session 1 starts September 11
Session 2 starts October 30
New! Creating Hyperrealities
Shane Cashman, 6 Wednesdays , 4-6 pm $320
Session 1 starts September 11
Session 2 starts October 30
Writing, Revising, and Publishing Short Fiction
Beth Hahn, 6 Wednesdays, 6:30-9 pm, $370
Session 1 starts September 11
Session 2 starts November 6
Page-Turning Fiction
Joanne Dobson, 6 Thursdays, 2-4 pm, $320
Starts September 5
I Am Not A Real Writer
Kirsten Bakis, 6 Saturdays, 10 am-12 pm, $320
Session 1 starts September 14
Session 2 starts November 2
ONE-DAY INTENSIVES
Mapping the Plot
Kirsten Bakis, Saturday September 14, 12:30-4:30 pm, $124
NON-FICTION
Essay Writing
Herbert Hadad, 6 Mondays, 12:30-2:30 pm, $320 Starts September 9
Advanced Memoir: Defining and Assembling Your Memoir
Susan Hodara, 6 Mondays, 3-5 pm, $320
Starts October 21
Memoir Writing Workshops with Susan Hodara
6 Tuesdays, 10:30 am-12:45 pm OR 1:15-3:30 pm, $320
Session 1 starts September 10 sold out
Session 2 starts November 5
Workshop in Pure Critique with Peter Bricklebank
8 Thursdays, starts October 3, 9:30 am-12 pm, $505
ONE-DAY INTENSIVES
New! Writing Humor
Patricia Marx, Saturday October 19, 12:30-4:30 pm, $124
YOUTH
New! Creative Writing for Youth
Please see our website for current offerings.
POETRY
Monday Night Poetry, 6 Mondays, 6:30-9 pm, $370
Session 1 starts September 9 with Amy Holman
Session 2 starts November 4 with Suzanne Cleary
New! Exploring New Poems
Amy Holman, 6 Tuesdays, 6:30-9 pm, $370
Starts November 5
Year of Deep Revision: Poetry Manuscript
Jennifer Franklin, 6 Wednesdays, 12:30-3 pm, $370
Session 1 starts September 11
Session 2 starts November 6
Year of Your Book: Poetry
Jennifer Franklin, 6 Fridays, 10:45 am-1:15 pm, $370
Session 1 starts September 5
Session 2 starts November 1
ONE-DAY INTENSIVES
New! In Praise of Praise Poetry with JP Howard
Saturday September 21, 12:30-4:30 pm, $124
New! Promoting Your First Collection with Jessica Jacobs and Nickole Brown
Saturday September 28, 12:30-4:30 pm, $124
New! Blah Blah Blah, Joy with Jessica Jacobs
Sunday September 29, 12:30-2:30 pm, $100
New! Ecopoetics with Nickole Brown
Sunday September 29, 2:30-4:30 pm, $100
New! Master Class with Arthur Sze
Friday October 4, 10 am-1 pm, $124
New! Master Class with Patrick Donnelly
Saturday October 26, 12:30-4:30pm, $124
Master Class with Fred Marchant
Saturday November 23, 12:30-4:30 pm, $124
DRAMA
Writing for Stage, Screen, and Television
Bill Bigelow, 6 Fridays, 1:30-3:30 pm, $320
Session 1 starts September 13
Session 2 starts November 1
Improv for Actors, Writers, and Bored People
Lynne Lori Sylvan, 6 Sundays, 7-9 pm, $320
Session 1 starts September 15
Session 2 starts November 3
ONE-DAY INTENSIVES
Improv for Writers
Lynne Lori Sylvan, Date TBD, 12:30-4:30pm, $124
MIXED GENRE
New! Introduction to Translation
Sarah Arvio, 6 Thursdays, starts November 7, 6:30-8:30 pm, $320
ONE-DAY INTENSIVES
New! True Fiction: A Master Class in the Art & Craft of
Nonfiction Storytelling
Mark Dery, Sunday November 24, 12:30-4:30 pm $124
About Hudson Valley Writers Center
The Hudson Valley Writers Center provides a supportive and constructive environment for a diverse community of readers and writers. We bring language to life through workshops, readings, publications, and outreach.
The Hudson Valley Writers Center provides a supportive and constructive environment for a diverse community of readers and writers. We bring language to life through workshops, readings, publications, and outreach.