Workshop Events
Award-winning poet and author Victoria Marie Lees has offered writing workshops at local assisted living facilities, libraries, teen writers’ groups, as well as adult writing groups and at Writers’ Conferences.
Topics Include:
Fiction and Memoir
Characterization, plot techniques, dialogue, scenes, backstory
Poetry
Imagery, figures of speech, meter and rhyme, types of poetry
Non-Fiction
What’s your point/What are you trying to prove with your writing? Journalists and creative non-fiction writers need to state their points concretely and clearly. Word Choice, Word Order, and Word Placement Matter.
These can be half-hour to hour-long, personalized workshops for beginner through intermediate writers. In-person meetings for the Pocono area of Pennsylvania are available. Zoom meetings can be scheduled as well.
You can reach out to Victoria by email at authorvmlees@victoriamarielees.com or through the form on her contact page for more information about working with Victoria one-on-one for beginning writers or to schedule a workshop.
Please see Victoria Marie Lees’s Media Kit for further details.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, July 26, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
I will be part of the FREE Milford Readers and Writers Regional Author Book Fair. I will be reading from Determination: A Mother of Five Conquers College. The event is held at the Pike County Public Library. Here are the details:
119 East Harford Street
Milford, PA 18337
(570) 296-8211
Find more information here: https://milfordreadersandwriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/BookFair-flyer-R-791×1024.jpg
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Thursday, October 16, 2025, at 11 a.m.
I will be presenting a FREE Memoir Workshop at Monroe County Library, the Hughes Main Library branch. Here’s the information for the FREE workshop:
Using Memories to Create Memoir:
Participants will explore the differences between autobiography and memoir. We’ll start with individual anecdotes from their lives to create personal essays or simply stories to share with family and friends. Tips on how to create memoir will be offered.
The Hughes Main Library branch is located at:
1002 North 9th Street
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
570-421-0800
[Library located at the corner of Route 611 (611 is 9th St.) and Chipperfield Drive, Stroudsburg]. Sign-up information to come. Hope to see you there!
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Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
I will be part of the FREE Pocono Liars Writing Workshop and present a class on Memoir Writing. Other writing workshops will be presented as well. The event is held at the Eastern Monroe Public Library in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Here are the details:
Making Memoir Universal:
Participants will explore the key differences between autobiography and memoir, discovering how to transform personal experiences into compelling narratives that resonate with readers. Through the lens of narrative memoir—a true story shaped with the tools of fiction—they’ll learn how to craft vivid scenes, develop voice, and sharpen their message to connect meaningfully with today’s audience.
Hughes Main Library
1002 North 9th Street
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
570-421-0800
[Library located at the corner of Route 611 (611 is 9th St.) and Chipperfield Drive, Stroudsburg]. Sign-up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-pocono-writers-workshop-tickets-1617763958549