Workshops

Want to write with me or work with me on your novel? Upcoming workshops and opportunities can be found here.

Prompt Hours — generative workshops in Zoom!

Hosted by me!

Thank you to all those who attended the first prompt hour in October! The second one will be held:

Sunday, January 26, starting at 8:30pm Eastern

Price: Free for Writer premium subscribers*

Alternative way to pay: If you prefer to pay by Venmo, just Venmo @NovaRenSuma $5 and include your email address in the payment note. You will get a month-long email subscription to THE WORDS AROUND US for January 2025, and an invite to the January 26 workshop.

Sign up here for the Zoom link.

Register for the Winter 2025 Prompt Hour

The prompt hour is a generative writing workshop hosted by me, Nova Ren Suma, exclusively for those signed up for a Writer Membership on newsletter.novaren.com. The Winter 2025 Prompt Hour will take place live in Zoom on: Sunday, January 26, starting at 8:30pm Eastern It will likely be an hour and fifteen minutes, but please forgive me for using a more succinct title! This is a pressure-free generative workshop and a creative space to write together. If you’ve taken generative workshops with me previously, the prompts will be ones I haven’t shared in classes before. If you want to attend, just have an active Writer Membership on my newsletter by January 26, and you’ll have a free invite. Alternative way to pay: If you’d like to attend but don’t have a credit card or would prefer to pay in Venmo, just Venmo @NovaRenSuma $5 and include your email address in the payment note. You will get a month-long email subscription to THE WORDS AROUND US for January 2025, and an invite to the January 26 workshop. These generative workshops will not be recorded, in order to be in the moment and make the experience private and intimate for those who attend. Questions? Just email nova@novaren.com. Please register below if you would like the Zoom link! (You do not have to commit to attending.) The Zoom link will be emailed to you, and a reminder email will be sent out the morning of the workshop.

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My plan is to host prompt hours once every season. The fall 2024 workshop was wonderful! The next workshops will take place on January 26, April (date TBD), and June/July (date TBD). Premium subscribers have an invite to each one.

What to expect: I'll come to the prompt hour with a couple writing prompts to offer you, and you'll come ready to write on the spot. My prompts will be open and flexible for any kind of writing: fiction or nonfiction, all genres, all age levels, poetry or prose or beyond.

We'll begin with me introducing the process and setting some ground rules, such as my assuring you that anywhere your imagination takes you in response to a prompt is the right place... We'll do a warm-up. Then we'll get the first prompt and we'll turn off our cameras and write. After writing, there will be time for sharing aloud from some volunteers.

If you've taken classes with me before, especially ones with prompts, don't worry! None of my prompts will be repeats. They will be all new, just for this group and this moment.

This generative workshop will be live in Zoom only. To preserve an intimate writing space and a bubble safe for taking creative risks and reading raw work aloud, it will not be recorded. You can attend with your camera on or off, and participate as much as you're comfortable.

This is a pressure-free generative workshop and a creative space to write together. If you want to attend, just have an active Writer Membership here at this site, and you'll have a free invite!

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