A 7-day generative writing workshop
Magical Realism: Writing the Extraordinary Inside the Ordinary
An invitation to write toward quiet strangeness—where the unreal lives inside the real, and reveals emotional truth.
Magical realism does not announce itself. It appears quietly—in kitchens, classrooms, family stories—where something impossible exists and no one stops to explain it.
What This Workshop Is
This is a short, immersive writing experience designed to help you write daily without overthinking, explore magical realism as a literary mode, and generate new work rooted in emotional truth.
Each day offers a brief craft focus paired with a writing prompt. The emphasis is on discovery: drafting work you can return to, revise, or simply let exist.
You are not writing toward polish. You are writing toward possibility.
What You’ll Explore Over Seven Days
- The foundations of magical realism (and its boundaries)
- Sensory writing and synesthesia
- Juxtaposition and contrast
- Emotion as a vehicle for magic
- Objects, repetition, and accumulation
- Transformation without explanation
- Revision that preserves mystery
By the end of the workshop, you will have several generative drafts, at least one piece with revision potential, and a repeatable approach to writing magical realism on your own.
How the Workshop Works
Option 1: Join the Writing Community (Best Value)
- Access to the full 7-day Magical Realism workshop
- Access to all future workshops released this year
- Entry into a small, reflective writing community
- An optional live Zoom gathering after the workshop concludes
The Zoom gathering is not a critique session. It’s a space to reflect on what emerged during the week, talk process and practice, and connect in a low-pressure environment.
Annual subscription: $80
Option 2: Take the Workshop À La Carte
- A downloadable PDF containing all seven lessons
- All prompts and reflections in one place
- Lifetime access to the material
- Self-paced access
This option does not include community access or the post-workshop Zoom gathering.
One-time purchase: $75
Who This Workshop Is For
- Fiction writers
- Creative nonfiction writers
- Poets working with narrative or prose
- Educators and teaching artists
- Writers curious about magical realism as a craft practice
You do not need prior experience with magical realism—only a willingness to write.
About the Instructor
Icess Fernández Rojas is a writer and educator based in Houston, Texas. She is the author of The Opposite of Breathing is Cement and has taught writing in academic and community settings.
Her work often explores identity, memory, resilience, and the quiet ways the extraordinary appears in everyday life.
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Choose the path that fits your practice.
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