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SLIDING SCALE: Inspired By Images: Writing with Visual Art

with Kimberly Lee

Explore the ways visual art can inspire new writing and infuse energy into existing projects. We'll take a field trip to the Frye Art Museum for inspiration and create and write from our own images, letting what we see guide our words.

1 Session
June 6 - June 6, 2026
10:00-2:00 pm PT In Person Fiction Introductory

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Intro to Fiction

with Corinne Manning

Every story begins with a question: what if? Explore the core elements of storytelling: characterization, scene, point of view, and narrative design while generating new work and discovering for yourself what makes fiction come alive on the page.

generative, craft, creative practice

6 Sessions
June 30 - August 4, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Fiction Introductory

with Rachel Attias

Strange times call for strange stories. Push your writing into weird and wild directions: magical realism, fabulism, surrealism, absurdity, and more. Come away with fiction that feels just as strange as truth.

generative, craft

6 Sessions
July 2 - August 6, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

with Beth Slattery

For writers craving consistency, dedicated time to write, and accountability. This class creates a supportive structure for building a sustainable writing routine. Through in-class writing, discussion, and community encouragement, you’ll generate new work while strengthening your creative practice.

generative, cohort

6 Sessions
July 6 - August 10, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

with Elise Hooper

Ready to begin—or recommit to—your novel? This supportive class offers structure, encouragement, and craft tools to help you generate new pages, deepen your story, and build momentum that lasts through the middle stretch and beyond.

generative, craft, creative practice

6 Sessions
July 8 - August 12, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Fiction Intermediate

with Wendy Kendall

Know your characters more deeply to write them more vividly. We’ll explore desire, wound, voice, body language, relationships, and more through a variety of exercises designed to tap into who your characters really are—even if they never say it out loud.

craft

8 Sessions
July 15 - September 2, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

with Nisi Shawl

How do you write characters who differ from you and still grant them depth and agency? In this class, we’ll explore techniques for writing across difference while creating characters who feel vivid, complex, and emotionally alive on the page.

generative, craft, close reading

1 Session
July 18 - July 18, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT Online Fiction Intermediate

with Nora Lange

In this generative fiction class, you’ll explore how to write about uncertain times. Learn to use voice, structure, and storytelling to hold emotional weight, reflect rupture, and carry meaning. Craft fiction from inside the crisis—personal or global—that fits the truth you need to tell.

generative, craft, close reading

8 Sessions
July 21 - September 8, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction Advanced

with Stephanie Dethlefs

Nervous about sharing your work in a writing workshop? In this warm, supportive class, you’ll learn to exchange thoughtful, writing-centered feedback with other writers and what to do with the feedback you get as you share your work-in-progress.

craft, workshop

8 Sessions
July 23 - September 10, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction Introductory

with Lish McBride and Olivia Waite

Love is all and all is love. Deepen the romantic threads in your own work by borrowing craft from modern romance: emotional fluency, self-knowledge and growth, longing, chemistry, and hard-won partnership.

generative, craft, workshop

6 Sessions
July 23 - August 27, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

with Michele Simms-Burton

More than just a daily record, a writer’s journal is a source of creative material. In this class, you’ll learn to journal like a writer, adding observation, reflection, and lived experience to your entries. And you’ll practice expanding that writing into new fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

generative, personal growth

6 Sessions
July 25 - August 29, 2026
11:00-1:00 pm PT Online Fiction

with Steve Almond

Sometimes, love hurts. We’ve all had family members, friends, or lovers who were painful to be around. For better or worse, these relationships shaped who we are today. And they gave us lots to write about.

generative, craft, personal growth

1 Session
July 27 - July 27, 2026
5:00-8:00 pm PT Online Fiction

with Elizabeth Villamán

Setting can be more than just the stage for your story. Turn it into a living environment that interacts with character, drives action, carries meaning, and transforms your storytelling. For fiction and nonfiction writers.

generative, craft

6 Sessions
August 1 - September 5, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

with Carolyn Abram

Revision can feel overwhelming, but it’s often where a piece truly begins to take shape. In this intensive, we’ll demystify the process by breaking it into clear steps and exploring techniques for strengthening and refining a work-in-progress.

craft, creative practice

1 Session
August 8 - August 8, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT In Person Fiction Introductory

with Steve Almond

What do our animals teach us about attention, love, grief, and companionship? We’ll explore writing about the pets who’ve changed us. You leave with new work and tools for writing about these very special relationships.

generative, craft

1 Session
August 17 - August 17, 2026
5:00-8:00 pm PT Online Fiction

with Ruth Joffre

Stories can unfold in many ways, from the classic hero’s journey to spirals, fractals and experimental forms. Learn how story shape creates the emotional experience and experiment with new possibilities for plot, character, and movement in your fiction.

craft

3 Sessions
August 19 - September 2, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction Intermediate

with Amy Muia

Some stories can only happen in one particular place. We’ll explore how writers create immersive settings that shape character, mood, and plot. And we’ll practice writing our own settings that feel vivid, transporting, and unforgettable.

craft, close reading

1 Session
August 22 - August 22, 2026
1:10-4:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

with Steve Almond

Every human being lies or deceives in some way and your characters should, too. We’ll examine different types of deception and how they can be powerful drivers for our stories. Great for anyone interested in character motivation.

generative, craft, personal growth

1 Session
August 24 - August 24, 2026
5:00-8:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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, 2029
Online Asynchronous Fiction

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SLIDING SCALE: Inspired By Images: Writing with Visual Art

with Kimberly Lee

Intro to Fiction

with Corinne Manning

Writing Weird Works

with Rachel Attias

Process & Accountability Writer’s Support Group

with Beth Slattery

Novel Immersion

with Elise Hooper

Character Development In Depth

with Wendy Kendall

SLIDING SCALE: Your Story Voice and Writing the “Other”

with Nisi Shawl

Meditations in an Emergency: Writing Crisis

with Nora Lange

Gentle Workshop for Prose Writers

with Stephanie Dethlefs

The Art of Romance Writing

with Lish McBride and Olivia Waite

The Writer’s Journal

with Michele Simms-Burton

Writing Love and Disaster

with Steve Almond

Setting as Storytelling

with Elizabeth Villamán

SLIDING SCALE: Intro to Revision

with Carolyn Abram

Pet Sounds: Writing About the Animals in Our Lives

with Steve Almond

Understanding Story Structure

with Ruth Joffre

Beyond Setting: Writing Literature of Place

with Amy Muia

Secrets & Lies: Writing Deception

with Steve Almond

Writer’s Welcome Kit

with Paulette Perhach

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