Cultivate your Creativity! In this workshop, Bethany Neal and Alex Kourvo will help you claim your identity as a writer and find positive ways to give your creativity a boost.

This event is part of the monthly Emerging Writers Workshops, which offer support, learning, and advice for local authors. Each month, two weeks after the workshop, there is a meet-up where the instructors are available to review samples of your work and offer advice and assistance in a casual, supportive atmosphere.

When we’re in the thick of the writing process, it’s hard to look at our books objectively. Will readers like it? How does it compare to other books in the genre? In this workshop, Alex Kourvo and Bethany Neal will help you take a fresh look at your book, so you can truly see where it fits in the marketplace.

A story without an antagonist isn’t a story at all. Someone must be on the opposite side of your protagonist challenging them on their way to victory. But what makes a worthy antagonist? And are villains all bad? In this workshop, Bethany Neal and Alex Kourvo will discuss why writing bad guys feels so good.

Come with questions, a work in progress, or an empty notebook. All writers are welcome in this casual, supportive environment.

Authors Bethany Neal and Alex Kourvo will be on hand to answer questions and give encouragement. Bethany and Alex will also provide private, one-on-one critiques if you choose to have them read your work. Sharing your writing with other attendees is not required and is completely voluntary.

Come with questions, a work in progress, or an empty notebook. All writers are welcome in this casual, supportive environment.

Authors Bethany Neal and Alex Kourvo will be on hand to answer questions and give encouragement. Bethany and Alex will also provide private, one-on-one critiques if you choose to have them read your work. Sharing your writing with other attendees is not required and is completely voluntary.

Come with questions, a work in progress, or an empty notebook. All writers are welcome in this casual, supportive environment.

Authors Bethany Neal and Alex Kourvo will be on hand to answer questions and give encouragement. Bethany and Alex will also provide private, one-on-one critiques if you choose to have them read your work. Sharing your writing with other attendees is not required and is completely voluntary.

Come with questions, a work in progress, or an empty notebook. All writers are welcome in this casual, supportive environment.

Authors Bethany Neal and Alex Kourvo will be on hand to answer questions and give encouragement. Bethany and Alex will also provide private, one-on-one critiques if you choose to have them read your work. Sharing your writing with other attendees is not required and is completely voluntary.

The publishing industry is uncertain, but one thing we can always count on is our own creativity. Even in challenging times, we can nurture our imaginations and find inspiration in everyday life.

In this workshop, Alex Kourvo and Bethany Neal will help you claim your identity as a writer and find positive ways to give your creativity a boost.

Come with questions, a work in progress, or an empty notebook. All writers are welcome in this casual, supportive environment.

Authors Bethany Neal and Alex Kourvo will be on hand to answer questions and give encouragement. Bethany and Alex will also provide private, one-on-one critiques if you choose to have them read your work. Sharing your writing with other attendees is not required and is completely voluntary.

Heroes and Heroines always want something, and the struggle to achieve their goal gives the story high stakes. But are the stakes doing all they can in your story, and are your characters cooperating with the great plot you’ve laid out for them?