What are you looking for in a writer's workshop?

I see these advertised online and off, and I wonder what it means to everyone out there. I should also mention I teach a class about speculative fiction writing, but it's not online – or it isn't yet.

Partly what I like about teaching is the discussion aspect, but I can't speak for my students. I like to touch on basic things like plot, character, and point of view, as well as more genre-specific things like background and world-building.

Each...