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Class Catalog

Delicious Strangeness: Writing Magical Realism

with Stephanie Hammer

Explore magical realism as a mindset, rather than a genre. In this playful, generative class, you’ll experiment with writing that blends the strange and the real—crafting stories that glow with mystery, metaphor, and emotional truth.

generative

1 Session August 12, 2025 - August 12, 2025 5:30-7:30 pm PT Online Fiction

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From Fragment to Finished Piece

with Rachel Sobel

Turn your fragments—half-drafted scenes, vivid lines, or forgotten ideas—into finished pieces. This supportive class helps you listen to what each piece wants to become and what it needs to get there. For writers of any genre.

craft, creative practice

6 Sessions July 10, 2025 - August 28, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Grammar for Writers: Level Up Your Prose

with Geraldine Woods

Sharpen your sentences without the stress. This grammar class for creative writers covers essential tools like tense, punctuation, and flow—helping your work land with clarity, confidence, and style. No jargon, no shame, no diagramming required.

craft

1 Session August 23, 2025 - August 23, 2025 10:00-1:00 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, creative practice

1 Session July 26, 2025 - July 26, 2025 1:10-4:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

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How to Read a Poem

with Jeanine Walker

Discover how reading poems aloud can transform the way you write and revise. This one-day class blends listening, vocal practice, and revision—and includes the opportunity to share your work at a public reading. No performance experience required.

close reading, creative practice, professional development

1 Session August 2, 2025 - August 2, 2025 1:10-4:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Imagined Realities: Speculative Fiction Survey

with Evan Ramzipoor

Speculative fiction lets us play, question, and rebuild reality. In this generative class, we’ll read masters of the form and write our own strange, bold, world-bending stories—leaving with new starts and new freedom on the page.

craft, close reading, creative practice

8 Sessions July 26, 2025 - September 13, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Novel Immersion

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

6 Sessions July 22, 2025 - August 26, 2025 5:00-7:00 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, creative practice, personal growth

4 Sessions July 7, 2025 - July 31, 2025 6:00-8:00 pm PT In Person Poetry

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PLAYlab 6/12

with Miriam Tobin

An ongoing playwriting group for writers who want to share work, learn craft, and connect with other writers.

1 Session June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Sentence Craft: Emotion, Tension, Momentum

with Bella Bravo

Refine your prose from the inside out. In this fiction craft class, you’ll explore how writing style and sentence-level choices shape a reader’s experience. Hone your voice and discover how rhythm, texture, emotion, and tension in syntax can bring your story to life.

generative, craft, close reading

4 Sessions July 8, 2025 - July 29, 2025 7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Writing Dialogue: Beneath the Speech

with Alex Madison

Great dialogue lives in what’s unsaid. In this one-day class, you’ll learn to write charged, layered conversations that reveal character, deepen tension, and drive your story forward—with craft tools you can return to again and again.

generative, craft, close reading

1 Session August 16, 2025 - August 16, 2025 1:10-4:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Writing For the Ear: Podcasts, Video Essays, Radio and More

with Jenny Asarnow

Learn to write for a listening audience. This playful, practical class helps you craft vivid, spoken storytelling—perfect for podcasts, video, audio memoir, or performance. Leave with tools, techniques, and a one-minute monologue of your own.

generative, craft, workshop

2 Sessions July 23, 2025 - July 30, 2025 5:00-7:30 pm PT In Person Nonfiction

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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.

cohort, creative practice

8 Sessions July 8, 2025 - September 2, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Writing Short Humor & Telling Big Jokes

with Mayur Chauhan

Learn to turn your funniest ideas into sharp, publishable humor pieces. This crash course covers structure, voice, and punchlines—helping you draft and shape short humor that’s smart, surprising, and submission-ready. No comedy experience required.

generative, craft, close reading, workshop

4 Sessions July 21, 2025 - August 11, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Yes, No, Want: Writing with Your Inner Compass

with Shana Graham

Write from the body, not just the brain. This somatic workshop blends movement, reflection, and writing to help you connect with desire, truth, and voice—so your work speaks from a place that’s bold, grounded, and fully your own.

generative, creative practice, personal growth

1 Session July 26, 2025 - July 26, 2025 1:10-4:10 pm PT In Person Nonfiction

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