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Heroine Course Catalog

How to Make Plot Your Friend

with Steve Almond

Plot doesn’t have to be the enemy. In this 3-hour class, learn how to keep your story moving—building tension, structure, and emotional payoff without killing your voice or your will to write.

generative, craft, close reading

1 Session
October 13 - October 13, 2025
5:00-8:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Creative Nonfiction I

with Beth Slattery

Everyone has a story to tell. In this welcoming intro to creative nonfiction, you’ll explore memory, voice, and structure—leaving with new pages, fresh tools, and the confidence to keep going.

generative, craft, close reading

6 Sessions
October 14 - November 18, 2025
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Nonfiction Introductory

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The Craft of Character

with Elizabeth Villaman

What makes a character unforgettable? In this 8-week course, you’ll explore fears, desires, and contradictions to create emotionally rich characters who breathe, ache, and grow.

generative

8 Sessions
October 14 - December 16, 2025
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction Intermediate

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Stories That Make Us: A Yearlong Exploration in Myth & Meaning

with Noah Zanella

Myths shape our stories—and our selves. In this immersive course, you’ll read widely, write boldly, and explore myth as both tradition and creative springboard. Expect cross-genre work, deep discussion, and a return to the stories that move you most.

generative, craft, close reading

30 Sessions
October 14, 2025 - June 16, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Reading Across Cultures: Fracture and Multiplicity in Diasporic Literature

with Rachel Attias

What shapes us when home is far away—or split across languages, borders, and generations? In this eight-week reading and writing class, we'll explore diasporic literature and write into memory, migration, and identity in this class on belonging, loss, and self-making.

generative, close reading, personal growth

8 Sessions
October 15 - December 10, 2025
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Workshop for Weirdos

with Carolyn Abram

Your stories don’t fit tidy boxes—and they shouldn’t have to. This class is a haven for surreal, speculative, experimental, and gloriously weird fiction. Come write work that refuses the rules—and maybe even get weirder with it.

craft, close reading, workshop

8 Sessions
October 15 - December 10, 2025
7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction Advanced

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Poetry I

with Jeanine Walker

If you’ve ever felt drawn to poetry but didn’t know where to begin, this is your place! Explore key elements of craft, try weekly prompts, and read widely. Leave with new poems, new tools, and renewed poetic confidence.

generative, craft, close reading

6 Sessions
October 15 - November 19, 2025
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Poetry Introductory

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Writing Literary Journalism

with Gail Folkins

Literary journalism blends storytelling with truth-telling. In this 8-week class, explore how voice, research, and personal insight combine to create essays that ask not just what happened—but why it matters.

generative, craft, workshop

8 Sessions
October 15 - December 10, 2025
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Nonfiction Advanced

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Crafting a Stellar TV Pilot

with Heather Pilder Olson

Got a killer TV idea? In this hands-on workshop, you’ll write your own compelling 30-minute pilot. Learn structure, dialogue, pacing, and polish; walk away with a completed script and the tools to pitch, produce, or keep writing.

craft, cohort, workshop

6 Sessions
October 18 - November 22, 2025
10:00-12:00 pm PT In Person Writing for Performance Intermediate

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On Your Own Terms: Creative Paths to Paid Writing

with Rachel Werner

You know how to write—now what? In this 2-week class, explore sustainable ways to get paid for writing (ghostwriting, grants, content, coaching, and more) in a way that aligns with your voice, values, and goals.

workshop, professional development

2 Sessions
October 20 - October 27, 2025
5:00-8:00 pm PT Online The Writing Life

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Writing Short Fiction: From Blank Page to Last Page

with Holly Day

Start a story…and finish it! In this 8-week, beginner-friendly class, you'll explore essential fiction tools and write a complete short story in a playful, low-pressure space designed for momentum and creative freedom.

generative, craft

8 Sessions
October 20 - December 8, 2025
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction Introductory

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Finding the Poet Within

with Holly Day

New to poetry or just finding your way back? This beginner-friendly class explores craft through playful prompts, readings, and reflection. Leave with a few new poems—and the confidence to keep going.

generative, workshop

6 Sessions
October 21 - December 2, 2025
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Poetry Introductory

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Love Poems Laid Bare

with Carolyne Wright

Explore love in all its forms through poetry. In this all-levels generative class, read global love poems and write your own—about romance, grief, joy, family, friendship, and the intimacy of everyday life.

generative, workshop

6 Sessions
October 23 - December 4, 2025
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Poetry

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Tiny & Mighty: A Micro Writing Workshop

with Mayur Chauhan

A flash workshop for writers who love sharp voice and tight form. You'll explore micro writing’s power and play through fun, guided prompts. Great for creatives wanting a reset or a low-pressure way to write again.

generative

1 Session
October 25 - October 25, 2025
10:00-1:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Writer’s Newsletter Crash Course

with Monika Sengul-Jones

A newsletter can be more than promo—it can be a home for your voice. In this hands-on course, you’ll shape a newsletter that reflects your values, builds trust, and keeps readers coming back. Leave with a title, strategy, and your platform ready to go.

creative practice, professional development, publishing

1 Session
October 25 - October 25, 2025
1:10-4:10 pm PT In Person The Writing Life

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The Art of the Personal Essay

with Kate Carmody

Essays don’t shout—they excavate. In this 6-week class, explore how personal narratives take shape through voice, memory, and emotional resonance. Write bravely. Revise deeply. Leave with pages that pulse.

generative, craft

6 Sessions
October 27 - December 8, 2025
5:00-7:30 pm PT Online Nonfiction

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Let’s Get Weird: Experimental Writing for the Genre-Fluid

with Susan Nguyen

What if your writing didn’t have to choose a single form? In this six-week class, explore hybrid work—text, image, sound, and beyond—then create your own pieces that experiment, stretch, and surprise.

generative, cohort

6 Sessions
October 29 - December 10, 2025
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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Poetry As Process: Ignoring the Inner Critic

with Elisabeth Blair

Let go of polish—chase surprise instead. This poetry class is a playground for freewriting, improvising, and following strange tangents to discover raw, electric language. Perfect for poets who feel stuck, stiff, or hungry to experiment and play again.

generative, creative practice

6 Sessions
October 29 - December 10, 2025
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Poetry Advanced

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Writing Trauma, Healing, Resilience

with Tara Hardy

Write from what haunts you—not to fix it, but to face it. In this six-week cohort, we'll explore how craft tools can hold pain, how others write trauma with courage, and how writing can be part of healing, resistance, and radical honesty.

craft, workshop, personal growth

6 Sessions
October 29 - December 10, 2025
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Fiction I

with Emma Stockman

Learn how stories work—and how to write your own. In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll explore fiction fundamentals through reading, writing, and feedback. No big idea needed, just curiosity and a place to begin.

craft, close reading, workshop

6 Sessions
November 1 - December 13, 2025
10:00-12:00 pm PT In Person Fiction Introductory

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Author Website Crash Course

with Grace Bialecki

Build an author website that reflects your voice and vision. In this one-day class, get clear on what you need (and what to skip), explore best practices, and leave with a plan to launch—without feeling overwhelmed.

cohort, publishing

1 Session
November 3 - November 3, 2025
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online The Writing Life

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The Craft of Setting

with Ruth Joffre

What makes a setting unforgettable? In this course, you’ll learn how to craft places that matter—locations that influence story, reveal character, and stay with your reader. Build worlds that feel real, even if they’re entirely imagined.

craft, close reading

6 Sessions
November 3 - December 8, 2025
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction Intermediate

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Publishing Fundamentals I: Pathways for Your Book

with Elise McHugh

Curious about how publishing works—and what path is right for you? Explore your options, clarify your goals, and build a strategy that supports your creative vision in this five-week introduction to the publishing industry.

professional development, publishing

5 Sessions
November 3 - December 8, 2025
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Go I Know Not Where: Writing with Slavic Magic Tales

with Shankar Narayan

Step into Slavic folk magic: tsars, tricksters, and tales thick with transformation. Read classic stories, write your own remixes, and explore where history, myth, and mystery collide.

generative, close reading, cohort

6 Sessions
November 4 - December 16, 2025
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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