READINGS FOR THE WORDS OF DR. L COMING SOON!

I’ll be teaching some online classes via Writing Workshops and the Iowa Summer Writing Festical this spring! And information on readings for my new collection, The Words of Dr. L, will be posted soon.

Upcoming:

The Octopus Moment: How to Create a Story With Reach, with Writing Workshops, April 22, 7-9 pm, over zoom:

The Octopus Moment: How to Create a Story with Reach led by Karen E. Bender, a Zoom Seminar on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025

Explore Strategies for Story Beginnings, With Writing Workshops, over zoom, May 3, 12-5 pm EST:

Exploring Strategies for Story Beginnings with Karen E. Bender 1-Day Fiction Master Class (Zoom), Saturday, May 3rd, 2025

Weekend workshops through ISWF online the weekends of March 14-16 and April 25-27.

How to Create Characters from the Inside Out, through the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, March 14-16, via zoom

https://mcuw-uiowa.catalog.instructure.com/browse/iswf/iswf2025/iswfsp25/courses/iswf-how-to-create-characters-from-the-inside-out-karen-bender-instructor

Show and Tell: Summary Vs. Scene, through the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, April 25-25, via zoom

https://mcuw-uiowa.catalog.instructure.com/browse/iswf/iswf2025/iswfsp25/courses/iswf-show-and-tell-summary-and-scene-in-fiction-and-memoir-karen-bender-instructor

I’ll be teaching in person at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival in July. I’ll be teaching a weekend class. “Difficult People; Characters You Can’t Stop Reading About” July 19-20, and a week-long class, “Finding Your Story,” July 21-25. Information here:

https://iowasummerwritingfestival.uiowa.edu/people/karen-bender

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.