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Tap into your Fitzgerald flair in the new year via Redbud Writing Project’s local classes.
New Year’s resolution season is upon us! And if you’ve long, well, longed to finally pen that first chapter to free your inner Hemingway, Redbud Writing Project is here for it.
Co-founded by NCSU Creative Writing MFAs Emily Cataneo and Arshia Simkins and nestled beneath So & So Books on Person Street (with additional Triangle outposts to boot), the Triangle’s only adult writing school for aspiring and lapsed writers provides just the confidence and mojo needed to put pen to page—er, fingertips to keyboard.
Served up in a welcoming workshop environment, early 2024 classes range from fiction and nonfiction to poetry courses—plus manuscript consultations and retreats. First chapter(s) already in the books? Tap into Redbud’s yearlong Novel Intensive program, designed specifically for advanced writers working on a book.Essentially, it’s like a cozy coop for creatives and community. … And what better place to spark your imagination than within a welcoming indie bookstore? Flip the page—er, keep scrolling!—to school yourself on the best landing page for you.
Pencil It In
Commit to that 2024 ✍️ resolution via six-week immersions in Redbud’s various local courses.
~ Fiction I: Beginners, this one’s for you. Immerse yourself in fiction fundamentals and the collaborative workshopping experience via this class at Golden Fig Books in Carrboro. Starts Jan. 17, weekly on Wednesdays
~Writing the Novel: This course at So & So Books and culminates with the completion of that first chapter you’ve been penning—plus the confidence to carry on. Starts Jan. 14, weekly on Sundays
~ Writing the Body: Everyone has a unique story—and the same goes for all written works. Craft a powerful narrative true to you during the writing school’s six-week course, kicking off Jan. 17 at Letters Bookshop in Durham. Starts Jan. 17, weekly on Wednesdays
~ Writing Peace and Protest: All genres are welcome at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill to explore topics of peace and protest—and why penning them is more important than ever. Starts Jan. 15, weekly on Mondays
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