Write Stunning Sentences

📚 Overview

All writers rely on the same building blocks: words. But how you construct your sentences – using syntax, diction, imagery, rhythm, and sound – will make all the difference in how a reader interprets them.

Join Nina Schuyler, bestselling author and creative writing instructor at Stanford, for a craft-focused masterclass on honing your writing skills. By analyzing the voice and style of published authors, you’ll develop a toolkit for crafting stunning sentences of your own. You’ll leave with the ability to sharpen your writing on the line level, creating sentences that are evocative, finely-tuned, and do more than move the story along.

Schedule

EVENT

3pm - 4pm EDT

In this Monday Masterclass, you will learn:

The style techniques that published authors use to develop their distinctive voice
How your sentence structure can be adapted to your tone
Strategies for writing sentences that feel purposefully crafted

There will also be a live Q&A after the class where you can ask Nina any other questions you might have about honing your writing style.

Speakers

Nina Schuyler

Author

Nina Schuyler is the author of five novels and teaches creative writing at Stanford Continuing Studies. She has won the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, the W.S. Porter Prize for Short Story Collections, the Prism Prize for Climate Literature, the Foreword INDIE Book of the Year Award for Literary and Science Fiction, and the Next Generation Indie Book Award for General Fiction. Her new novel, Open the Floodgates, was published in September 2025.