Plumbing the Past: Turning Life Experience into Poetry, Flash and Creative Non-Fiction
Dig deep into personal ritual while studying narrative poets, short fiction and non-fiction authors, and food writers.
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Embodied Writing: Somatic Practices to Improve Your Work
Have a grand time with specific physical exercises that honor your health, generate imaginative ideas, explore deeply and make your creative writing entertaining.
Overcome Writing Anxiety: Boost Your Storytelling Confidence in Four Short Weeks!
“Who are you to want to write?” Someone great, that’s who! Politely ask Mr. or Ms. Fear to step aside while you sign up for this fun, freeing and functional adventure.
Ordinary to Extraordinary: Turning Everyday Experiences into Poetry
No experience is too small or mundane to serve as a foundation for extraordinary poetry and short fiction.
Writing Autobiographical Fiction
Learn to depart from “what really happened,” and write compelling fiction from your own life experiences.
But What Is Your Story Really About? Finding the Core of Your Short Memoir, Story, or Personal Essay
Take a four-week writing adventure deep into the core of your story, to find the true theme of your personal essay, short story, or short memoir.
Experiments in Genre: Finding Creative Inspiration by Messing Up the Rules
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.
Embodied Writing: Improve Your Writing with Full-Body Creativity
Have a grand time with specific physical exercises that honor your health, generate imaginative ideas, explore deeply and make your creative writing entertaining.
No More Excuses! Four Weeks to Finish and Submit Your Personal Essay or Short Memoir
Join us for this insightful four-week “get the writing done” program, give and receive thoughtful comments from your fellow writers and the instructor, and enjoy heaps of encouragement and writing wisdom along the way.
Starting to Write
For those who want to kick start their writing into high gear.
