Class Catalog: Spring General Registration Begins February 28

Class Title Course Type Instructor
Writing the Unreliable Narrator in Young Adult

Liars, thieves and unsavory young adult characters. How do we craft a story with an unreliable YA narrator? Writing exercises and some short YA readings will help us understand these shady characters.

Class starts on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		One Day Class Mindy Hardwick
Advanced Poetry Workshop

Students will make (and workshop) new poems out of a variety of obstructive exercises, using both invented and imitated forms in order to sidestep the usual ruts of imagination.

Class starts on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Six Week Class Kary Wayson
All of the Above with the Vis-à-Vis Society

The Vis-à-Vis Society brings you their eclectic individual and collaborative writing approaches for an action-packed, highly generative poetry writing experience. Techniques include: Scientific Method poetic form, multiple-choice poems, a Poetry Science Fair. No previous experience necessary!

Class starts on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		One Day Class Rachel Kessler and Sierra Nelson
Bearing Witness: Exploring the Art of Authentic Writing & Storytelling

Through a series of informative lessons and engaging writing exercises, unearth, write and re-imagine the stories, experiences and characters, while honoring our role as witnesses not only to our own lives but the lives of others.

Class starts on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		One Day Class Chad Goller-Sojourner
Beyond Good Guys and Bad Guys: Ambiguity in YA Writing

The battle between Good and Evil will rage on without us while we discuss YA fantasy writing that doesn’t rely on stock conflicts. Bring your drafts and ideas for the workshop and may the forces of Ambiguity prevail!

 

Class starts on Sun, 04/01/2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Six Week Class Steven Arntson
Branching Narratives: The Mechanics of Plot Topiary

Using a variety of techniques, this workshop will explore novel topiary: shaping sub-plots, pruning dead wood and training narrative to follow the intended arcs.

Class starts on Sun, 03/25/2012 - 10:00am - 4:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		One Day Class Mark Teppo
Developing Style in Fiction

This class will explore how different authors approach form, language and content. Through close reading, in class exercises and workshopping students will gain techniques to develop their own style of writing.

Class starts on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Six Week Class Katie McClendon
Discovering Character

In this workshop we’ll explore how thinking like an actor can help you create characters that leap from the page. Show up with anything from the vaguest sketch to a fleshed-out character whose mind you still haven’t cracked, and you’ll leave with a character ready to move your story forward.

Class starts on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		One Day Class Suzanne Morrison
Empower the Writer Within

Are you making stories or excuses? In this 2-day workshop, a Hollywood life-coach and a Seattle writing professor team-up to transform procrastination into an achievable, 90-day writing plan.

Class starts on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Two Day Class
Carrie R. Williams
Vincent Kovar
Failure: A Poetry Workshop

Every poem is in some sense a failure as poems so often arise from impossible desires. We will discuss some of the most beautiful failures in recent American poetry and test out ways of charging our own poems with negativity.

Class starts on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		One Day Class Ben Lerner
Fearless Pages

What haven't you allowed yourself to create in your writing? While generating and workshopping new work, we'll learn to turn our filters off, be daring and go further.

Class starts on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Six Week Class Evan J. Peterson
Form Is Your Friend: Crafting Creative Nonfiction

When we write creative nonfiction, we shape experience into art. In this class, we’ll examine the wide variety of forms available to the memoir or essay writer—from the dramatic narrative to the braid to more experimental structures—and we’ll begin to craft our own essays.

Class starts on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm, view full description to see all meeting dates. 		Six Week Class Jennie Goode