Flatiron writers room presents - The soul & psyche of your characters * Feb. 19th & 26th
2 Weeks Workshop with Dr. Zelda Lockhart
Thursdays February 19 & 26, 2026
6pm-8pm ET On Zoom
The most memorable fiction offers characters whose life journeys connect readers to their own life journeys, as in the transformative work of authors like Alice Walker and Helena María Viramontes. In this online workshop with Zelda Lockhart, PhD, we will develop our fiction utilizing the “personal plot” method outlined in Zelda’s book The Soul of the Full-Length Manuscript: Turning Life’s Wounds into the Gift of Literary, Fiction, Memoir or Poetry. Because you are the character you have spent your life developing, this workshop is easily suited for writers of all levels. We will create characters using our own life experiences from wounding impactful events to joyful revelation and outcome. Characters should be complex folks with wounds, wants, gifts and reasons for their behaviors, just like us. We will rely on self-help books for our characters and research the social events surrounding their lives as we give our characters a soul based on our own plots. What we do not know, we will imagine and speculate based on the probable truth and the desired outcome. This workshop serves as a starter course to transform all of the chapters of your future writing. It is a transformative journey that will not only offer long-term skills in daily writing and peer editing, but long-term skills in managing and manifesting your creative life.
Charlotte Lit Presents - Starting Your Multigenerational memoir * March 5th & 12th
2 Weeks Workshop with Dr. Zelda Lockhart
Thursday March 5 & 12, 2026 6-8pm
via Zoom
$125 Register at CHARLOTTELIT
Many writers want to offer the story of an ancestor, but there is no writing the ancestral truth without the inclusion of your story. In this workshop you will gain the tools to write the threads that connect your wounds and gifts to the wounds and gifts of an ancestor. You will begin the journey of writing and research to uncover the memoir that will become the medicine ball for the next generation. This workshop will offer: the tools you will need to create a daily writing plan; the tools you need to create and craft the pivotal scenes of your memoir; the tools to use in the creation of story as a tool for generational healing; and the tools for conducting research on yourself and your people. We’ll utilize writing prompts and resources found in The Soul of the Full-Length Manuscript: Turning Life’s Wounds into the Gift of Literary Fiction, Memoir or Poetry, by Dr. Zelda Lockhart.
Members save $30 on this class. Log in as a member or join to receive the discount.
Thanks to generous donors, limited need-based scholarships are available for all our classes: https://charlottelit.org/scholarships/
