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Class Catalog
Heroine Course Catalog

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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Writing from the Body

with Camellia Freeman

Reconnect with your body as a source of creative insight. This somatic-based writing class blends movement, reflection, and in-class writing to help you build trust in your intuition and develop a deeper, more sustainable relationship with your process.

generative, creative practice

4 Sessions
July 1 - July 29, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Writing Weird Works

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

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Process & Accountability Writer’s Support Group

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

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Writing for the Internet

with Monika Sengul-Jones

Explore the possibilities the internet offers writers, as writers. We’ll look at a range of platforms—their cultures, constraints, and style guides—set up accounts, explore their possibilities, and practice crafting and flexing our writerly voice across different formats.

cohort, creative practice, professional development

4 Sessions
July 7 - July 28, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction Advanced

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Poetry & Publishing

with Jeanine Walker

Ready to send your poems into the world? This class demystifies the process so you can submit your poetry with confidence. You'll research journals, build supportive systems, and screen like an editor—all while writing new work along the way.

generative, cohort, publishing

6 Sessions
July 8 - August 12, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Intro to Screenwriting

with Jeff Bender

Write the movie you’ve had in your head for years. Learn story essentials and the technical aspects of writing a screenplay as you work toward a full screenplay outline. You’ll leave with a complete outline of your film, the first 20-30 pages of your script, and feedback from your classmates and instructor.

generative, workshop

8 Sessions
July 8 - August 26, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Extra/Ordinary: Writing Daily Life

with Gabriela Frank

Cultivate the writer’s skill of intentional attention through close reading and close observation. We’ll study in depth hybrid and experimental writing that explores the everyday up close. And we’ll put what we’ve learned into practice, writing into the ordinary around us to discover the extraordinary.

generative, close reading

6 Sessions
July 9 - August 13, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction Advanced

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The Places We Go

with Ines Rodrigues

Explore how place shapes memory, identity, and story. In this generative class, you’ll write each week, read authors grappling with belonging, home, and displacement, and reflect on the quiet power of the landscapes that live inside you.

generative, close reading, creative practice

4 Sessions
July 9 - July 30, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Modern-Day Flâneur: Writing The City

with Zoe Hardwick

Cities leave marks on us. In this experiential writing class, we’ll wander, notice, listen, and document the emotional and physical textures of Seattle. And we’ll turn our observations into writing that explores the intersections of urban space, identity, embodiment, and social experience.

generative, cohort, creative practice

6 Sessions
July 11 - August 15, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT In Person Fiction Intermediate

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Short but Mighty: Crafting Flash Nonfiction

with Kate Carmody

Discover the power of small stories. This class explores flash nonfiction—personal essays under 1,000 words—with guided prompts, discussion, and craft techniques to help you write with clarity, depth, and emotional impact in a compressed form. 

generative, craft, close reading

1 Session
July 11 - July 11, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Scrivener Fundamentals II

with Janine Kovac

For writers looking to go beyond the basics. We’ll cover Scrivener tools for every step of the writing process: ideation, generative writing, revision, feedback, compilation, and submission.

professional development

2 Sessions
July 11 - July 25, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Prose Workshop

with Kate Carmody

Writing doesn’t have to be a solitary pursuit. Share your work in a supportive, motivating, craft-focused, writer-centered cohort and get feedback that actually helps. For writers of all levels.

cohort, workshop

6 Sessions
July 13 - August 24, 2026
5:00-7:30 pm PT Online Fiction

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Writing Short Fiction: From Blank Page to Last Page

with Holly Day

Start a story and finish it! In this beginner-friendly class, you'll explore basic fiction craft and practical tools to help you keep writing through the last page. Leave with at least one complete short story draft.

generative, craft

8 Sessions
July 14 - September 1, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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Character Development In Depth

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

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Autofiction Generator

with Lauren Hohle

Turn personal experience into fiction in this generative autofiction class. You’ll learn how to fictionalize real events; decide what to keep, change, or exaggerate; blur what happened into genre; and reveal emotional truth. Real life is the stuff of great stories.

generative, craft

4 Sessions
July 16 - August 6, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

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OMG! I Love Making Stuff!: A Creative Writing Summer Camp for Adults

with Samar Abulhassan

Summer is for creative renewal. This joyful generative writing camp for adults invites you to embrace surprise, shake off perfectionism, and reconnect with your artistic self through prompts that draw on music, collage, ritual, and the senses. Writers, artists, and makers of all levels welcome.

generative, cohort, personal growth

6 Sessions
July 16 - July 30, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

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A Little Bit of Everything

with Mayur Chauhan

Curious about creative writing but not sure where to begin? In this supportive, low-pressure class, you’ll experiment with fiction, poetry, humor, essay, and more while getting to know your writerly voice and interests.

generative, creative practice

4 Sessions
July 20 - August 10, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Meditations in an Emergency: Writing Crisis

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

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Generative Memoir Magic

with Meredith Arena

Mine your life for material in this supportive, low-pressure writing class. We’ll experiment with approaches to memoir writing, play with prompts and exercises, and do plenty of relaxed in-class writing together. For writers who could use a gentle entry or return to the page.

generative, personal growth

4 Sessions
July 22 - August 12, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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The Art of the Personal Essay

with Kate Carmody

Explore how personal narratives take shape through voice, memory, and emotional resonance in this six-week class. We’ll study master works for craft, then put our own stories down on the page.

generative, craft

6 Sessions
July 22 - September 2, 2026
5:00-7:30 pm PT Online Fiction

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Gentle Workshop for Prose Writers

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

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Summer Film Club

with Andrew Bell

Join other movie lovers as we watch and discuss the art of summer movies like Jaws, Dazed and Confused, Stand By Me, Call Me By Your Name, Do the Right Thing, Y Tu Mamá También, and more. So much can happen in a single season.

close reading, cohort

6 Sessions
July 23 - August 27, 2026
7:10-8:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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High Intensity Fiction Generator

with Monika Sengul-Jones

Build creative momentum through fast-paced writing bursts in this energizing fiction class. You’ll generate fresh material, quiet your inner critic, and leave with story starts—and the exhilaration of finally getting words on the page.

generative

1 Session
July 25 - July 25, 2026
1:10-4:10 pm PT In Person Fiction Advanced

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