New Writing Classes
Each of our classes is designed to help writers find new communities and deepen their craft in a thoughtful, supportive environment.
We have four new writing classes coming up. Each is designed to help writers find new communities and deepen their craft in a thoughtful, supportive environment.
Details are below. Space in each class is limited.
We offer a sliding scale for all courses, as well as a reduced rate for those who cannot attend live but would like access to the recordings. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at info@consequenceforum.org.
Thank you.
When Worlds Collide: Writing to Visual Art
with Dr. Barbara Krasner
Mondays, June 1, 8, 22, and 29 | Online
6:30p – 8:30p ET
Cost: $100
Explore the ancient practice of ekphrasis—writing inspired by visual art—to unlock vivid, sensory approaches to conflict and complexity. In this generative workshop, you’ll respond to curated images through timed exercises, then develop selected pieces further. Using the Amherst Writers & Artists method, participants may share work and receive strengths-based feedback in a supportive, critique-free space. Open to all levels and genres, this course helps you produce new drafts, identify your writing strengths, and deepen your creative engagement with art.
Slowing Down and Speeding Up: Playing with Time and Detail in Prose
with Michele Lent Hirsch
Tuesday, June 9 | Online
7:30p – 9p ET
Cost: $25
How does manipulating time affect the emotional impact of a piece of prose?
In this generative session, we’ll explore the effects and uses of expanding and compressing time on the page. Through discussion and guided exercises, participants will experiment with pacing, detail, and narrative movement to create more dynamic and intentional prose.
Witness to History: A Nonfiction Workshop
with Carol Bergman
Saturdays, June 6 – 27 | Online
1p – 3p ET
Cost: $105
Writing about personal experiences of war or geopolitical violence can be both powerful and challenging, requiring care with truth, representation, and craft. In this workshop, writers transform lived experiences into compelling personal essays, beginning with oral storytelling and expanding into research and drafting. In a supportive, trust-based environment, participants receive thoughtful feedback to guide revision. Open to all, the course equips writers with a strong draft and a clear path forward.
Conflict Literature Workshop: A Prose Class
with Dewaine Farria
Sundays, June 28 – July 19 | Online
6p – 8p ET
Cost: $350
This intensive workshop focuses on original fiction or creative nonfiction exploring conflict from diverse perspectives, including civilian, military, journalistic, displaced, and humanitarian experiences. Participants submit up to two thousand words for in-depth peer critique and guided discussion, developing craft skills while examining the ethical and emotional complexities of conflict literature. Through facilitator-led conversations on key texts by Tim O’Brien, George Orwell, Martha Gellhorn, and Viet Thanh Nguyen, writers engage with themes of trauma, violence, memory, and representation. Each participant receives detailed verbal and written feedback in a supportive small-group setting, strengthening revision strategies and critical insight. By course end, writers deepen their understanding of conflict literature and enhance their ability to thoughtfully create and critique nuanced, resonant work.