Jenni Moody, MFA, Ph.D. Author & Teacher

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On Saturday, October 4th, Madison Avenue will be closed for the Morehouse vs. Tuskegee football game. My Hermit Crab Essay class scheduled for this day will be rescheduled, as access to the Learning Arts Center will be limited. If you are interested in taking this class, please email me at [email protected]. Thank you! 🏈🎷🎉

Today in Short Story Workshop we are learning about tension and a simple formula to create it — desire + danger = tension.

Here’s a five minute writing exercise: write a scene where a character has to make a dangerous decision in order to get their desire.

Want to learn more writing tips and get feedback on your writing? Join me for Short Story Workshop on Tuesdays at noon at The Learning Arts Center in Montgomery, Alabama.

Keep writing! 🌻

INDIVIDUAL MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUE
Ages 10+

Do you already have a project draft and would like feedback as you head into revising? Sign-up for a manuscript critique!

Here's how it will work:

Submit up to 20 double-spaced pages of writing in prose (short stories, novel excerpt, nonfiction) or 7 single-spaced pages of poetry per session to receive personalized feedback.

Students will receive marginalia notes, a letter with suggestions, and an in-person discussion of feedback to generate ideas.

Writers will have the opportunity to be included in a student chapbook and participate in a group reading at the end of the season.

All levels of experience welcome!

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$100 per critique

🖊 WANT TO REGISTER?

Contact The Armory Learning Arts Center:

☎️ (334) 625-2581

🏫 1018 Madison Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama

I'm excited to read your work!

🌻Keep writing!

THE HERMIT CRAB ESSAY
Fall 2025 class

Like hermit crabs, this type of essay relies on resourcefulness to find new and exciting shells. Learn how to tell stories (both true and imagined) through unconventional formats (ex: shopping lists, application forms).

✍️Students will view examples, workshop their ideas, and then create their own hermit crab essay.

✍️Partner and whole class sharing of drafts will be available to all students, but is not required. Resources will be provided for publication venues.

📗Writers will have the opportunity to be included in a student chapbook and participate in a group reading at the end of the season.

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Workshops will take place the first Saturday of the month from 10:00AM - 12:00PM.

August 2nd
September 6th
October 4th
November 1st

$40 per workshop session

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🖊 WANT TO REGISTER?

Contact The Armory Learning Arts Center:

☎️ (334) 625-2581

🏫 1018 Madison Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama

Let's explore new forms together!

🌻Keep writing!

POETRY FOR BEGINNERS
Fall 2025 class

Ages 10+

✍️This class will introduce you to new writers and forms and offer you a safe, generative space to practice writing your own poems.

✍️Partner and whole class sharing of drafts will be available to all students, but is not required. Resources will be provided for publication venues.

📗Writers will have the opportunity to be included in a student chapbook and participate in a group reading at the end of the season.

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Classes will take place on Wednesdays from 10:00AM - 11:30AM.

Session 1: August 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th

Session 2: September 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th

Session 3: October 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th

You can sign up for a session (four classes) for $60 or pay $15 for a single class to try it out.

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🖊 WANT TO REGISTER?

Contact The Armory Learning Arts Center:

☎️ (334) 625-2581

🏫 1018 Madison Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama

I can't wait to read your poems!

🌻Keep writing!

All levels of experience welcome!

Join me this fall to learn new writing techniques, find inspiration, and become part of a supportive and generative literary community!

Here's what to expect at the Short Story Workshop class:

✍️Each class will focus on a specific craft point (for example: dialogue).

✍️Students will review an example story, discuss craft points, then try their hand at writing. Writers can begin a new story or work on scenes for worlds/characters in their ongoing projects.

✍️Partner and whole class sharing of drafts will be available to all students, but is not required. Resources will be provided for publication venues.

Writers will have the opportunity to be included in a student chapbook and participate in a group reading at the end of the season.

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Classes will take place on Tuesdays from 12:30PM - 1:30PM. You can sign up for a session (four classes) for $60 or pay $20 for a single class to try it out.

Session One
August 5, August 12, August 19, August 26

Session Two
September 9, September 16, September 23, September 30

Session Three
October 7, October 14, October 21, October 28

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📗Want to register? 🖊

Contact The Armory Learning Arts Center:

☎️(334) 625-2581

🏫1018 Madison Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama

I can't wait to read your stories!

🌻Keep writing!