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Life Is Not a Dream: Explorations in Surrealism

with Noah Zanella

In this generative course, explore surrealism through stories, poems, and films that revel in the uncanny. Write from dream logic, defamiliarization, and the deep strangeness of being alive.

generative, craft

6 Sessions
November 6, 2025
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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One-Day Memoir Intensive

with Theo Nestor

Whether you’re writing a memoir or starting to explore your past, this one-day class offers tools to get going. You’ll generate new work, explore key craft elements, and walk away with a full draft and a practical toolkit for moving forward.

generative, close reading

1 Session
October 4 - October 4, 2025
10:00-4:00 pm PT In Person Nonfiction Intermediate

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News-Style Satire

with Jeff Bender

Turn your hot takes into punchy headlines and sharp articles in this 4-week satire class. Learn the craft behind contemporary satire and write pieces that make people laugh—and wince—in equal measure.

generative, craft, workshop

6 Sessions
October 6 - November 10, 2025
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Spare and Unsparing: Reading and Writing Annie Ernaux

with Kaelie Giffel

Explore the bold, autobiographical work of Annie Ernaux. Then, write your own—turning the raw material of daily life into luminous prose through restraint, repetition, and radical attention.

generative, close reading

6 Sessions
October 7 - November 11, 2025
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Nonfiction Introductory

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Advanced Memoir Intensive

with Cara Stoddard

Write and revise your memoir in this rigorous, 20-week creative nonfiction intensive. Explore longform structure, deepen your voice, and shape personal history into art that endures.

generative, craft, close reading, workshop

20 Sessions
October 9, 2025 - April 16, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Nonfiction Advanced

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Let’s Write a Ghost Story

with Holly Day

Got a haunting in your head? This class guides you from eerie feeling to finished ghost story. Study horror craft, write boldly, and build a tale that lingers. Great for horror fans, genre dippers, or anyone drawn to what won’t stay buried.

generative, craft

4 Sessions
October 9 - October 30, 2025
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction Introductory

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Experience into Essay

with Samantha Ladwig

We all carry moments that matter. In this three-hour, beginner-friendly class, you’ll explore the emotional truth behind a memory—and learn to shape it into a personal essay that resonates with readers.

generative

1 Session
October 11 - October 11, 2025
10:00-1:00 pm PT In Person Nonfiction Introductory

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Write Your Story: Writing to Heal

with Ingrid Ricks

Tap into the healing power of personal narrative and write the emotionally-charged story you need to tell. You’ll shape memory into scene, find structure in lived experience, and explore how craft can transform pain into powerful story.

generative, personal growth

5 Sessions
October 11 - November 15, 2025
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Nonfiction Intermediate

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Reading Deeply: Maidens of the Void

with Christie Valentin-Bati

In this 12-week reading intensive, explore mythic, experimental works by women writers who unmoor language, identity, and form—reading deeply into desire, memory, and ecstatic transformation.

craft, close reading

12 Sessions
November 10, 2025 - March 9, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction Advanced

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Writer’s Welcome Kit

with Paulette Perhach

This asynchronous course features online workbooks, including ten essential templates in Word and Excel to kickstart your writing life, and resources professional writers use to get published.

November 20 - November 20, 2025
 Online Asynchronous Fiction

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Creative Portals: Tarot and Oracle Cards for Writers

with Elise McHugh

What if your next idea came from a card pull? In this generative class, use tarot and oracle decks to spark new writing, surprise your imagination, and quiet your inner critic.

generative, creative practice, personal growth

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

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