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

May 6, 2020 by Fred Meyer

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

January 15, 2020 by Fred Meyer

Have a grand time with specific physical exercises that honor your health, generate imaginative ideas, explore deeply and make your creative writing entertaining.

Writing Fiction: A Seminar for Young Writers

January 8, 2020 by Fred Meyer

For young writers (ages 10-15) who want to learn more about creating their own stories: Four video seminars and direct one-to-one coaching with Sarah Aronson!

Starting to Write

January 1, 2020 by Fred Meyer

For those who want to kick start their writing into high gear.

Block Buster: Turbocharge Your Creativity with Breakneck Writing

March 18, 2020 by Fred Meyer

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

Anatomy of a Premise Line: Story and Premise Development for Writing Success

June 12, 2019 by Fred Meyer

The premise line is the only reliable tool that can tell you, BEFORE you start writing, whether or not your story will “work.” In this class participants will learn how to master the process of premise line development—the essential first step in any book or screenplay’s development process.

Humor Is The New Black!

February 5, 2020 by Fred Meyer

Ready to add a splash of fun to your writing life? Join us for a four-week humor writing class. We’ll read. We’ll laugh. We’ll write. We’ll experiment.

The Hero’s Journey For Storytellers

April 8, 2020 by Fred Meyer

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

The Art of Storytelling

February 12, 2020 by Fred Meyer

It’s an age-old art form—storytelling—and you can learn the craft.

Beyond Formula: Writing Love Scenes With Spirit, Passion, Grit And Character Truth

January 16, 2020 by Fred Meyer

Write about love beyond trite sentiment and shallow fictions. Work down to the real thing: deep, powerful, destructive, exalted, fundamental.

February

The Art of Storytelling
With

Gloria Kempton

February 12, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

It’s an age-old art form—storytelling—and you can learn the craft.

Write from the Untamed Mind
With

Susan Vespoli

February 12, 2020

$260 | 6 Weeks

Join Susan in two writing circles each week: intimate spaces for writers to free-write together, saying yes to whatever shows up, followed by group read-arounds. These writing sessions are spontaneous, intimate, freeing, and transformative.

Plot Your Novel
With

Jack Smith

February 19, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

Over eight weeks, you’ll develop a solid basis in the fictional elements—protagonist, setting, secondary characters, point of view, plot, and theme—while you develop the outline of your novel. You’ll receive feedback at all stages from your fellow writers and your instructor.

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!

Writing the Novella
With

Jack Smith

March 25, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

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

April

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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