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.

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:

Exploring Strategies for Story Beginnings with Karen E. Bender 1-Day Fiction Master Class (Zoom), Saturday, May 25th, 2024

Building Interiority in Characters Using Fantasies and Theories July 9, 7-9 pm EST via zoom:

Building Interiority in Characters Using Fantasies and Theories with Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Tuesday, July 9th, 2024

Deep Dive into Dialogue: A Master Class into What People Say July 27, 12-5 pm EST via zoom:

Deep Dive Into Dialogue: A Master Class on the Art of What People Say with Karen E. Bender (Zoom), Saturday, July 27th, 2024

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

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.