*Private Class | Private Tutoring

January 1, 1919 by Fred Meyer

$55 | 4 weeks

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Private tutoring, arranged one-on-one with instructors.

February

Next-Level Creative Nonfiction: Elevating Essays, Memoir, Travel Writing & Literary Journalism
With

Wendy Call

February 26, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Elevate your memoir, travel writing, literary journalism, & lyric and personal essays.

March

Crafting Your Collection: Next Steps In Poetic Craft
With

Jonathan J.G. McClure

March 4, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

Hone your poetic craft by writing 6-7 new poems and combining them with previously-written poems to create a chapbook, or short poetry collection.

The Watching Eye: Writing Flash Fiction
With

Barbara Henning

March 4, 2020

$215 | 5 Weeks

Write tiny fictions while experimenting with 3rd person point of view and analyzing how that point of view affects the craft of fiction writing. With Barbara Henning.

Creating the Visual Journal
With

Lissa Jensen

March 11, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

Go beyond narrow definitions of “journaling” to include visual images and let writing give what is seen a new voice. Surprise yourself.

Block Buster: Turbocharge Your Creativity with Breakneck Writing
With

Gretchen Clark

March 18, 2020

$175 | 4 Weeks

Banish writer’s block, unearth fresh ideas, and sharpen your storytelling ability with the practice of fast, timed writing.

Discover Your Writing Niche
With

Gloria Kempton

March 18, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

Fiction or nonfiction? Article, short story, or how-to book? Do you want to write for children, teens, adults? There is a type of writing that is best suited for you, and the discovery process can be an adventure.

Crafting the Poetry Novel for Young Adults
With

Kelly Bingham

March 25, 2020

$300 | 5 Weeks

Even if you’ve never written poetry before, you can begin the rewarding process of crafting a poetry novel for Young Adults. Is there a market for novels written in verse? Are they well received? Yes, there is, and yes, they are!

Drafty in Here: Write Your Novella in Ten Weeks
With

Jack Smith

March 25, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Write the entire first draft of a short novel, with plenty of feedback from stage to stage, and finish with a plan for revising toward a publishable manuscript.

The Wandering Heart: Tales of Connection
With

Giulietta Nardone

March 25, 2020

$175 | 4 Weeks

Wander through the rooms of your own life to discover stories of deep connection, reconnection or loss of connection and fashion your findings into stories suitable for blog posts, essays, short memoirs, short plays, scenes in screenplays, or chapters of novels.

April

Essentials of Character Development: How to Create Characters that Move and Breathe and Can't Stop Talking
With

Gloria Kempton

April 1, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks NEW!

Bring your characters to life in this in-depth character development class with Gloria Kempton.

From Writing Circle to Finished Poem: Turn Raw Writing into Poetry
With

Susan Vespoli

April 8, 2020

$260 | 6 Weeks NEW!

Gather together in a virtual writing circle, hit the mute button on your internal editor, and uncover inspiration to shape into poetry.

The Hero's Journey For Storytellers
With

Gloria Kempton

April 8, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Structure your story and give it meaning with Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey.

Write Your Novel! The Workshop With Jack
With

Jack Smith

April 15, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Get a good start on a novel in just ten weeks, or revise a novel you’ve already written. Free your imagination, move steadily ahead and count the pages!

May

Experiments in Genre: Finding Creative Inspiration by Messing Up the Rules
With

Jonathan J.G. McClure

May 6, 2020

$260 | 6 Weeks NEW!

Can you translate the movement of a dance into a poem? What happens when you write a story in the form of a multiple-choice quiz? Learn to take your work in rich and unexpected new directions by subverting and blending genre conventions.

From Journal To Poem Or Prose: The Chronology Of Mind
With

Barbara Henning

May 6, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Gather material through writing and experimenting with journaling, researching and taking notes to develop into poems or prose works.

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