Interested in learning how to hook your readers? Join Story Center Publication Manager Dave Burns in an interactive workshop about the successful elements of opening lines.

Participants in the series of Telling Your Digital Story workshops will present and discuss their projects.

Personal storytelling empowers storytellers to embrace an “aha” moment in their lives that changes them somehow in a way that is universally felt and understood by their audience.

With a special focus on the Written Storytelling Certificate Capstone projects, participants are encouraged to bring 2-3 minutes of their work to share with the group.

We will take a close look at examples of the personal essay by authors of varied backgrounds and identities.

Launching from a children’s book, we'll consider the varied perspectives surrounding an occurrence and then write a scene from myriad perspectives.

Learn the basics of writing, including creating dialogue, character, and description. This course includes a segment on resources, which attendees can take home with them.

Bring your best 7-minute story to perform and get feedback from experts Dr. Gladys Caines-Coggswell and Angela J. Williams, BA.

We will learn what the personal essay can do, in addition to documenting and making meaning of the events of someone’s life.

Have you ever found a fascinating person or story while researching your genealogy?

Learn about genre from the writer’s point of view. Explore formulas, common conventions, and reader expectations, including subgenre, themes, tropes, and some resources to get you started.

You’ll face the greatest challenges to writing a great personal essay by considering its limitations. When we write personal essays, we make a constant effort to surprise ourselves.

An open-mic storytelling event that's open to anyone! Put your name in the hat for a chance to share a seven-minute story, or just come to enjoy the show.

As a writer, it’s sometimes easy to fall into expected patterns in your work, depending upon a few, reliable tricks for plot, structure, and language; this can lead to a writing rut or prevent your wo