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3 Things: Short Prose Talks with Brenda Miller and Darien Gee
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3 Things: Short Prose Talks with Beth Ann Fennelly and Darien Gee
Jul 26, 2025
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3 Things: Short Prose Talks with Amy Lin and Darien Gee
Oct 11, 2025
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Tarot for Writing, Creativity and Insight
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🆆 Micro Monday: Make Your Own Path
#163 on clearing paths, silence, and blank journals
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🆆 Micro Monday: Letting Go
#162 on letting go, high stakes, and live micro prose feedback
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What's Happening This Month: February 2026
Live Writing Sessions, events, and workshops at Writer-ish this month
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🆆 Micro Monday: Possibility
#161 on possibility, absolute love, and writing during difficult times
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🆆 Micro Monday: Just Dance
#160 on old friends, motherhood and an ode to the Spam musubi
Jan 19
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SHORT, SHAPED, SUBMITTED: Writing, Revising, and Submitting Micro Prose Workshop
A 6-week workshop intensive focused on writing, revising, and submitting micro prose, taught by Darien Gee. Apr 7–May 12, 2026. For creative nonfiction…
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Writing Workshop: Ode to... (Week 2)
Noticing how we're feeling and what's right in front of us
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Writing Workshop: Ode to... (Week 1)
Celebrate the ordinary and the everyday through micro prose odes
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Writing Workshop: Ode to... (Kick-Off Event)
Watch now | Get ready to write 14 days of prose odes!
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Writing Workshop: Ode to... (Start Here)
Celebrate your morning coffee, your hands, your daily rituals through prose odes in this 2-week micro prose workshop on Substack
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3 Things: Short Prose Talks
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3 Things: Short Prose Talks with Larry Smith and Darien Gee
Where we discuss short prose, six-word memoirs, and the power of storytelling
Feb 10
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Start Here: 3 Things Short Prose Talks
What 3 Things is, how to view a conversation, and accessing bonus content
Jan 20
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3 Things: Short Prose Talks with Dinah Lenney and Darien Gee
Where we discuss short prose, writing from a photograph, and everyday objects
Jan 15
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3 Things: Short Prose Talks with Edward Hirsch and Darien Gee
Where we discuss short prose, telling it all, and balancing humor with tenderness
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3 Things: Short Prose Talks with Amy Lin and Darien Gee
Where we discuss short prose, grief, and turning Substack posts into memoir
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(FREE) On taking your micro seriously from the start and formatting it like it matters
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⏰ 10-Min Writing Micro Prose Session #50
On throughlines and repetition
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⏰ 10-Min Writing Micro Prose Session #49
On writing during difficult times
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⏰ 10-Min Writing Micro Prose Session #48
On the power of odes and close reading
Jan 20
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⏰ 10-Min Writing Micro Prose Session #47
On shoulds vs wants (and wants disguised as shoulds)
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The Writing Life
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How to Write During Difficult Times
Some thoughts and writing prompts by Abigail Thomas and Darien Gee [PDF booklet]
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The Tender Work of Memoir: Hurdles, Feedback, Vulnerabilities
Notes (and a hand-out) on courage, craft, and telling true stories
Jan 22
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Sheila Bender Writing It Real
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Writing Memoir in 2026
What stories want your attention right now?
Jan 4
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Sheila Bender Writing It Real
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Tarot for Writing, Creativity and Insight
How to use tarot to spark ideas, develop characters, and deepen your writing practice.
Oct 24, 2025
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Not a Hobby: Moms Who Write
Finding time, voice, and legitimacy
Aug 5, 2025
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