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Master classes and interviews with writers & poets. The International Writers' Collective is an Amsterdam-based learning community. We offer creative writing courses locally and online.
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Bestselling author Daniel Kraus joins IWC instructor Joy Florentine for a candid conversation on craft, creativity, and building a lasting writing career. From research and process to avoiding burnout, this master class offers inspiration for every writer.
Award-winning poet Tammy Lai-Ming Ho discusses her new collection If I Do Not Reply. In conversation with IWC teacher Michelle Lin, she reflects on finding inspiration, addressing current events, shaping a collection, and what she looks for as a journal editor.
Award-winning author Allison Amend joins us to talk about the craft behind her novel Enchanted Islands. She shares lessons on crafting a page-turner, shaping historical material into fiction, structuring a novel that covers a large time span, finding the right publishing path, and more.
Australian author Alison Edwards talks about her debut novel Two Daughters. Topics covered include: the ins and outs of writing your first novel, the challenges of writing in dual perspectives, tips on finding an agent, lessons from working with an editor, and more.
British author Michael Donkor speaks about his latest novel, Grow Where They Fall, and the advantages of close third-person narrators, managing dual timelines, staying motivated, and more
Best-selling author and IWC instructor, Ellen Keith speaks about her latest novel The Dutch Orphan and shares insights on researching a historical novel, working with multiple POVs, outlining, and giving characters purpose
In this master class, award-winning poet Laura Wetherington and Wende Crow discuss using fake translations for inspiration, the power of epistolary poems and confessionals, and much more.
In this master class with award-winning Irish writer Caoilinn Hughes, we talked about her novel 'Orchid & the Wasp' and figuring out form, crafting a complex female protagonist, how to write when you don’t feel like it or have limited time, how publishing can kind of mess with your head and how to protect yourself, and much more.
In this master class, award-winning poet Joost Baars and Sarah Carriger discussed the art of the line-break, poetry in translation, getting unstuck and more. Some inspiring words for poets and fiction writers alike.
This master class with Karen Kao covered how to write violence effectively, include multiple points of view, incorporate research into historical fiction without being overwhelmed by it, find a publisher and much more. Please be aware that Karen's novel contains a rape scene which is read aloud in the class.
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