Tag: writing workshop

  • Story Scene Setting Workshop

    Story Scene Setting Workshop

    POSTPONED. We’ll host this workshop again soon. The new date is TBD. Join Better Said Than Done storytelling online this Spring for a series of storytelling workshops to grow your creative spirit. Workshops led by Better Said Than Done Executive Director Jessica Piscitelli Robinson. You can register here for the June 3rd Setting the Scene… Read more

  • Story Structure and Plot Workshop

    Story Structure and Plot Workshop

    Join Better Said Than Done storytelling online this Spring for a series of storytelling workshops to seed and nourish and grow your creative spirit. Workshops led by Better Said Than Done Executive Director Jessica Piscitelli Robinson. Each workshop will start with a lesson, followed by time for attendees to write and work on a story,… Read more

  • Spring Story Workshop 1 – Drama

    Spring Story Workshop 1 – Drama

    Join Better Said Than Done storytelling online this Spring for a series of storytelling workshops to seed and nourish and grow your creative spirit. Workshops led by Better Said Than Done Executive Director Jessica Piscitelli Robinson. Each week starts at 7:00pm Eastern and will end at approximately 8:45 to 9:00pm. The zoom link to attend… Read more

  • Fractured and Re-imagined Story Craft

    Fractured and Re-imagined Story Craft

    Register below for: Fractured and Re-imagined Stories Think outside the story box. In this interactive workshop, participants will take a fairytale they know well and turn it on it’s head, take a well-known story and make it their own. In Fractured and Re-imagined, students will learn how to change, fracture and imagine a fresh take… Read more

  • Braiding Stories Workshop

    Braiding Stories Workshop

    Register below for: Braided Storytelling In this workshop, we’ll define “braided stories,” discuss different types of braided tales, and also when and if it makes sense to intertwine multiple stories. Then we’ll dig into some techniques on how to craft a braided story. Participants will spend some time working and weaving their own tales, and… Read more

  • Braided, Fractured, and Re-imagined Workshop

    Braided, Fractured, and Re-imagined Workshop

    Braided, Fractured, and Re-imagined Stories Think outside the story box. In this interactive workshop, participants will take stories they know well and twist them, reshaping them into something new and different. After defining “fractured” and “braided,” we’ll focus on when and why to reshape a story. This is a broad workshop meant to inspire writers… Read more

  • Mini Class on Personal Storytelling

    Mini Class on Personal Storytelling

    This 90 minute workshop will give some insights into what makes a great personal story, how to choose character traits and structures that support a short, personal story, and what to think about in the process of developing a new personal story. During the 90 minutes, participants will be given a writing prompt. A few… Read more

  • Your Story and More

    Your Story and More

    This 5 week storytelling workshop is for exploring various themes, styles, and techniques in personal storytelling, and beyond. The workshop starts on February 10, and continues each Monday evening from 7:30pm – 9:30pm, through March 10th, 2025. 5 two hour classes, over five weeks, to help you develop stories of varying lengths to be performed… Read more

  • Your Story Your Life Workshop

    Your Story Your Life Workshop

    Your Story, Your Life – 5 two hour classes, over five weeks, to help you develop secondary characters, dialogue, non-linear structure, enhanced performance skills, and stories of varying lengths to be performed on stage. Students will be able to workshop and hone at least one, and possibly several, stories over the course of 5 weeks. Read more

  • Summer Workshops

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    At this time, all workshops are virtual. If you are local to Northern Virginia and would like to join in-person, we may be able to work that out. Spotlight on You –TBD, led by Jessica Robinson Mini Class on Personal StorytellingJuly 24, 2024 at 8:00pm Eastern, led by Jessica Robinson Your Story, Your Life –Starting… Read more