Private Classes

*Private Class | From Journal to Poem or Prose: The Chronology Of Mind
$460 | 10 to 14 Weeks

*Private Class | Next-Level Creative Nonfiction: Elevating Essays, Memoir, Travel Writing & Literary Journalism
$460 | 10 to 14 Weeks

*Private Class |Shadow Writing
$415 | 8 to 12 Weeks

November

Accessing Your Writer’s Voice
With

Gloria Kempton

November 20, 2019

$155 | 3 Weeks

Voice: What is it and how do you find yours? Instructor Gloria Kempton offers feedback on assignments in this 3-week online class.

Tales From The Memory Palace: 6 to 500 Word Memoirs
With

Giulietta Nardone

November 27, 2019

$175 | 4 Weeks

If you want to be an in demand storyteller in the digital age, you need to get in, get out and get going. In this “short” four-week memoir writing adventure, you’ll learn to scope out, swoop down and snatch up important memories from your life then speed write them into miniature masterpieces.

December

Simple Winter Sanity-Saving Writing Circles
With

Susan Vespoli

December 4, 2019

$175 | 4 Weeks NEW!

Have fun and let air out of your high-pressure holiday days by writing whatever bubbles up. Write, vent, laugh, and sail through December with four weeks of Zoom writing circles.

The Thinking Mind: Writing Flash Fiction
With

Barbara Henning

December 4, 2019

$215 | 5 Weeks

Write tiny fictions while experimenting with 1st person point of view and analyzing how that point of view affects the craft of fiction writing.

January

The Literary Essay
With

Jonathan J.G. McClure

January 1, 2020

$260 | 6 Weeks

Explore the literary essay – from the conventional to the experimental, the journalistic to essays in verse – while writing and workshopping your own.

Writing for Happiness, Healing, and Health
With

Susan Vespoli

January 1, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

Expressive writing can be a powerful elixir for what ails you. Learn and practice tools for writing expressively, and come away with a better understanding of how writing can lead you toward wellness. With Susan Vespoli.

Flash Fiction: Writing the Short-Short Story
With

Barbara Henning

January 2, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Write 1–3-page flash fiction in this online course with Barbara Henning, drawing on classic, poetic & experimental elements. Read the form’s masters.

Food Writing: Meals And Manuscripts
With

Jennifer Billock

January 8, 2020

$315 | 8 Weeks

Do you collect cookbooks, love to cook, or religiously read anything about food? This course is for you. With award winning writer Jennifer Billock.

The First Fifty Pages of the Novel
With

Sandra Novack

January 8, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

The first 50 pages sets up plot, characters, and voice. Fail here and the reader is gone. Receive feedback on your book’s start from novelist Sandra Novack.

Write Your Novel! The Workshop With Jack
With

Jack Smith

January 8, 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!

Writing Fiction: A Seminar for Young Writers
With

Sarah Aronson

January 8, 2020

$175 | 4 Weeks NEW!

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!

Creative Nonfiction and the Personal Essay
With

Gretchen Clark

January 15, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Gretchen Clark pick axes her way into the volcanic marriage of real life and fiction. Weekly writing with incisive feedback.

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

Anya Achtenberg

January 16, 2020

$215 | 5 Weeks

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

The Next Fifty Pages of the Novel
With

Sandra Novack

January 22, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks NEW!

So now that you have your opening novel pages, what next? Get detailed, constructive feedback on your work-in-progress, wherever you’re at in writing it.

Writing Mindfulness: Sensual World/Poetry Mind
With

Marc Olmsted

January 22, 2020

$175 | 4 Weeks

A four week class, melding the language mind with the sensual: How to turn detailed observation into a poem. With Marc Olmsted.

No More Excuses! Four Weeks to Finish and Submit Your Personal Essay or Short Memoir
With

Giulietta Nardone

January 29, 2020

$250 | 4 Weeks NEW!

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.

February

Poetic Prose: The Prose Poem
With

Barbara Henning

February 5, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Explore the border between prose poetry and flash fiction. For writers of fiction, poetry, essay and memoir.

Writing the Short Story
With

Tantra Bensko

February 5, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

Create new work with fresh language, universal themes, sustained mystery and memorable characters. Stimulate your imagination.

Deepening and Organizing Our Stories: Autobiography, Memoir and Autobiographical Fiction
With

Anya Achtenberg

February 6, 2020

$360 | 10 Weeks

For writers of memoir, creative nonfiction and fiction, with some experience. Particularly helpful to writers in the midst of a longer work.

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 NEW!

Join Susan in a weekly writing circle: an intimate space 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.

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.

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.

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.

May

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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