Class Catalog

We've been told that characters must be capable of change, but what about characters whose circumstances leave little room for it? We’ll examine this question through reading, discussions, engaging in writing exercises, and workshop.

In this class, students will learn about effective dialogue–natural conversation that advances plot and character depth. With small group exercises and text discussions, students will practice writing a short, dialogue-intensive scene.

In this two-session workshop, we’ll do lots of exercises relating to desire and need that serve to strengthen relevant character backstory as well as organic forward motion in your novel or memoir.

In this discussion class, we’ll examine strategies for researching and portraying lives unlike our own. We'll work on writing exercises and discuss texts and interviews with authors who write responsibly and respectfully across elements of identity.

The people we love have a way of showing up in our fiction and nonfiction. How do we tell our truths and stay compassionate to theirs? This class will navigate the ethics and perils of writing uncomfortable truths.

This exploratory camp fosters creative writing development through an engaging mix of prose and poetry readings, craft exercises, and artistic activities. The week will culminate with a presentation of student work.

This exploratory camp develops students' creative writing abilities in prose and poetry through readings and craft exercises. The week will culminate with a presentation of student work.

This asynchronous class is for anyone struggling with a book. We’ll look at when and when not to revise, what questions are productive, and seek ways to re-invigorate ourselves for much more writing.

This workshop will explore how to approach research, world-building, and character development in historical fiction, focusing on how to reimagine spaces and voices with minimal or nonexistent historical records.

In this exploratory camp, students will develop their prose and poetry writing. Students will participate in readings, craft exercises, and artistic experiences; the week will culminate with a presentation of student work.

In this class, you'll learn to make a visual blueprint that cements your story building blocks, and equip yourself with tools to construct scenes such as measured actions, artistic hooks, and evocative settings.

Speculative memoir is an extravagant mash-up of personal identity, lived experience, and imaginative impulse. This workshop includes in-class writing and discussion about memoir and fiction, and what happens when they are merged.

This one-day intensive session will create a plan for every member of the class on how to find a publisher for their completed manuscript.

There are at least two ticking clocks in fiction–the timeline of the story and the clock on the reader’s patience. In this one-day session you will practice the careful management of time in your fiction.

Fantasy worlds thrive on magic systems. In this workshop, we will take a deep dive into existing magic systems in books and films to help you figure out how to create your own complex and believable magical world.

Our favorite horror authors know how to create a sense of dread, the chill down your spine, from the first page. This class will explore how to replicate that feeling in our own work, on a sentence level and beyond.

This class is for architects of the weird wanting to hone their craft. We’ll study examples of speculative structures and students will leave with blueprints for the weirdest building or spaceship they can imagine.