I’ll be teaching online classes via Writing Workshops and the Iowa Summer Writing Festival this spring. Upcoming ones:

I’m teaching a series for Writing Workshops: Building Interiority for Characters. In each one, we’ll look at a different strategy to create interior worlds for your characters.

I’ll be teaching Building Interiority through Admiration, Envy and Judgement will be April 17, 7-9 pm via zoom through Writing Workshops:

Building Interiority in Characters with Perceptions: Judgement, Envy and Admiration with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024

Building Interiority through a Character’s Memory will be May 8, 7-9 pm EST via zoom through Writing Workshops:

Building Interiority in Characters: Writing Memory with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

Exploring Strategies for Story Beginnings will be Saturday, May 25, 12-5 pm through Writing Workshops:

1-Day Online Fiction Master Class: Exploring Strategies for Story Beginnings with Karen E. Bender (Zoom), Saturday, April 1st, 2023

Through the Iowa Summer Writing Festival online, I’ll be teaching:

Finding Your Story, a Weekend Intensive: April 26-28,  12-5 EST Saturday and Sunday, via zoom:

https://mcuw-uiowa.catalog.instructure.com/browse/iswf/iswf2024/iswfsp24/courses/iswf-finding-your-story-a-weekend-intensive-karen-bender-instructor-spring-2024

Strategies for Using Dialogue in Fiction and Nonfiction, Saturday, April 20, 12 to 5 EST via zoom:

https://mcuw-uiowa.catalog.instructure.com/browse/iswf/iswf2024/iswfsp24/courses/iswf-strategies-for-using-dialogue-in-fiction-and-nonfiction-karen-bender-instructor-spring-2024

The Alchemy of Character Development: A Four-Week Lab, Thursdays, March 28-April 18, 7-9:30 pm over zoom:

https://mcuw-uiowa.catalog.instructure.com/browse/iswf/iswf2024/iswfsp24/courses/iswf-the-alchemy-of-character-development-a-four-week-lab-karen-bender-instructor-spring-2023

Email me at karenebender1@gmail.com for more information these workshops, or if you want information on my writing coaching, private manuscript consults or help with MFA applications.