Class Catalog

Instructor: Peter Mountford. Finish your novel this year in this workshop-focused fiction cohort. Over nine months, you’ll study craft, receive feedback from your peers and instructors, and meet the accountability goals you set for yourself.

Instructor: Karen Finneyfrock. Focus on writing and revising our Young Adult and Middle Grade drafts in a supportive yearlong cohort. We’ll learn the craft of kidlit writing, write a LOT, and receive feedback on our works in progress.

Instructor: Nisi Shawl. Learn the ins and outs of spec fic-specific story structure, craft considerations, and publishing and leave with all the tools you need for your next speculative fiction project.

Instructor: Elise Hooper. Is there a historical figure, an old family story, or history “what if?” that interests you? Learn how to ask questions about the past and write towards a historical fiction manuscript of your own in this yearlong cohort.

Instructor: Steve Almond. Investigate what it takes to keep readers on the edges of their seats. Study some of the best scenes ever written and leave learn to raise stakes, improve tension, and keep your reader glued to the page. 

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.

Instructor: Sonora Jha. Book Lab is a yearlong intensive cohort experience for writers seeking to revise, restructure, rethink, and finalize their book-length manuscript. This program is designed to help students cross that elusive finish line of draft to publishable work.  

Instructor: Rachel Sobel. Level up your prose in this craft-focused class. Over six weeks, learn to craft sentences that are juicy, lush, and thrilling, but also clear, specific, and stylish. Enter as a sentence simpleton, exit as a prose pro.  

Instructor: Geraldine Woods. Explore creative ways to recognize and communicate sensory details in your writing. You’ll leave with a toolkit to translate sights, sounds, smells, and other tactile information into expressive, captivating language. 

Instructor: Steve Almond. Learn how to explore your obsessions on the page without falling prey to self-absorption or sentiment in this reading and generative writing workshop.

Instructor: Carolyn Abram. Revive those dusty first drafts in this revision-focused workshop. Come away with great feedback, a renewed confidence in your writing, and a toolkit for tackling future revisions. 

Instructor: Anca Szilágyi. Stuck? Get feedback and a fresh perspective on your work in progress in this 10-week online workshop for prose writers of all genres. Leave with thoughtful feedback and a roadmap to push your writing forward.

Instructor: Noah Zanella. Grapple with the mysteries of the world in this six-week reading and writing course. Leave with five new pieces infused with wonder and a clearer sense of what matters most to you. 

Instructor: April Dávila. Learn the foundations of story structure and how you can use it to guide your work in progress in this three-hour sliding scale craft class. 

Instructor: Beth Slattery. Become a time lord: learn to manipulate time and jump forward, backward, between, and even into dreams in this six-week craft workshop. Leave with the ability to move seamlessly between time in your prose writing.

Instructor: Alma Garcia. Got a story that’s bursting to come out? Read widely, write lots, and master the foundations of fiction in this beginner-friendly writing workshop. Leave with a draft of an opening scene and solid grasp of story basics. 

Instructor: Kevin O’Rourke. Learn to close-read any text in this reading course for writers. Over six weeks, explore work across various forms and genres, and leave with a toolkit to translate literary knowledge to your own writing.

Instructor: Steve Almond. People think about sex all the time but writers tend to shy away from the subject. In this three-hour craft workshop, learn how to write sex scenes infused with genuine emotion and ecstatic sensation.

Instructor: Holly Day. Overcome your fear of the blank page in this generative short fiction workshop. Throw perfection to the wayside, embrace the creative process, and emerge with a solid short story draft. 

Instructor: Peter Mountford. Self-taught writer, ready to level up? Read widely, write lots, and master the foundations of fiction in this beginner-friendly writing course. Leave with a short story draft and solid grasp of story basics.

Instructor: Amy Zhang. Blur the boundaries between reality and fiction, and use your real-life experiences to inspire your fictional stories in this generative, craft-focused workshop.