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I have taught 50+ creative writing workshops since 2017 at various organizations in India and the US, in person and online. My focus is on the craft of fiction.

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From 2021-2023, I taught workshops at Writing Workshops Dallas on Magical Realism, and Historical Fiction. Please see below for sample participant feedback. I’m also the fiction workshop instructor for the PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship. As of September 2023, my online writing workshops are on hiatus as I have joined a Ph.D. program at the University of Texas at Dallas. I will continue offering the occasional webinar and individual consultations.

Here are my frequently-recommended writing craft books. See my full bio. Scroll to the end to message if you’d like more information.

Latest Writing Workshops

Reclaiming the Past

A reading and writing intensive workshop exploring the whys and wherefores of different kinds of historical fiction; researching facts and details to weave into fictional possibilities with responsibility; worldbuilding; forms of storytelling; craft elements like dialogue, setting, character, POV, and scene.
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Conjuring Possibilities

A reading and writing intensive workshop exploring the history and practice of writing magical realism; elements setting it apart from other narrative modes; major writers of this literary movement like Marquez, Carter, Rushdie, Morrison, Murakami; examples beyond Latin America, Europe, and North America.
JUL 31 2023

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Other Ongoing/Upcoming Writing Workshops

Past Writing Workshops

  1. April 24 – June 02, 2023
  2. March 06 – April 14, 2023
  3. September 19 – October 28, 2022
  4. June 13 – July 22, 2022
  5. April 11 – May 6, 2022
  6. February 28 – March 25, 2022
  7. January 10 – February 4, 2022
  8. September 27 – October 22, 2021
  9. August 16 – September 10, 2021
  10. July 12 – August 6, 2021
  11. March 29 – April 23, 2021
  1. June 12 – July 21, 2023
  2. January 16 – February 24, 2023
  3. August 01 – September 09, 2022
  4. May 09 – June 03, 2022
  5. February 14 – March 11, 2022
  6. October 18 – November 12, 2021
  7. July 19 – August 13, 2021
  8. June 07 – July 02, 2021

Saturday, October 8, 2022; 4.20 PM Central; DFWCon: The Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Conference; Hurst Conference Center, Hurst, Texas

  1. January 31 – March 25, 2022
  2. October 18 – December 10, 2021
  3. May 10 – July 2, 2021
  4. January 11 – March 5, 2021
  5. August 24 – October 16, 2020

Saturday; May 22, 2021; 1 PM ET; 12 PM CT; 10 AM PT; 11 AM MT; SESSION 2: How to Use Eight (vs Five) Senses in the Short Story (available on demand: click for details)

1-1 Consultations

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Jenny Bhatt is an author, a literary translator, and a book critic. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student of literature at the University of Texas at Dallas. She has taught creative writing at Writing Workshops Dallas and the PEN America Emerging Voices Fellowship Program. Sign up for her free newsletters, We Are All Translators and/or Historical Fiction Craft Notes. Jenny lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Texas.

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