All Details Are Not Equal: The Power of Movement and Desire in Literary Description

Readers crave vibrant descriptions of people and places, but all details are not equal! Active, emotion-based details can advance your story’s deepest, most compelling currents.
Great Beginnings : Capturing Readers, Agents and Publishers from Word One

Learn what makes your writing sparkle from word one, and how to express your own voice and style on the page while compelling readers to turn the page to find out what happens next.
Wild Creativity: 6-Week Generative Bootcamp

Spark your creativity and build your practice in CRAFT TALKS’ new 6-week boot camp for all genres!
The Secrets of Structure: Shaping Your Powerful, Publishable Novel or Memoir

You’ve got a beautiful, wild, and free first draft…now what?
Diving Deeply: Using Research to Explore, Expand, and Revise Your Work

Whether you write true stories, fiction, or poetry, research can be a multifaceted tool to explore, expand, and revise your work.
Does It Have to Be Memoir?: Reimagining Your True Story

We endlessly negotiate the temptations of fiction as we write memoir. What if we yielded?
The Power of Story: Finding the Invisible Magnetic River in Your Memoir or Novel

How does our writing open into something wide and powerful, reflecting a truth “older than the flow of human blood in human veins”?
Write Faster: Finish your book & feel good about it!

Learn how to write more in less time to finish your book—for real!–in 2024.
Writing with Consistency and Courage: Overcome Resistance & Strengthen Your Writing Practice

Feeling stuck or uninspired? Discover practical techniques for overcoming resistance and tapping creativity in this interactive 3-hour workshop for all genres.
Wild Creativity: 6-Week Generative Bootcamp

Spark your creativity and build your practice in CRAFT TALKS’ new 6-week boot camp for all genres!