How do we find language for death? Explore how writers reckon with illness, decline, grief, mortality, and decomposition while making room for beauty, complexity, and the visceral. Write into your own experiences and leave with a new essay draft that finds language for what can feel impossible to say.
generative, craft, close reading
6
Sessions
Wednesdays, September 30 - November 4, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Advanced
Got a story you’ve been dying to tell but not sure where to start? This welcoming, beginner-friendly class introduces the essential building blocks of fiction: character, conflict, plot, description, dialogue, and scene. Learn how stories work and begin building one of your own.
craft, workshop
6
Sessions
Thursdays, October 1 - November 5, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Introductory
Love and loss. Hope and uncertainty. Joy and grief. Through generative writing, reflection, and small-group sharing, you’ll explore the complex emotions that coexist within us and transform them into new poems, essays, and stories.
generative, cohort, personal growth
1
Session
Saturday, October 3, 2026
1:10-4:10 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
If you want to write but find yourself struggling to sit down and do it, this nine-month course offers the structure, support, community, and gentle guidance to help you build a sustainable writing practice that actually works for your creative rhythm.
generative, creative practice, personal growth
30
Sessions
Mondays, October 5, 2026 - June 14, 2027
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
The Writing Life
Stuck at the blank page? Meet microprose. Write vivid, compressed pieces while discovering how working small can unlock fresh ideas, sharpen your craft, and make experimentation and revision feel far less intimidating. Leave with at least three new micro-pieces.
generative, close reading, workshop
4
Sessions
Mondays, October 5-26, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Got a haunting in your head? This class guides you from eerie feeling to finished scary story. Study horror craft, write boldly, and build a tale that lingers. Great for horror fans, genre dippers, or anyone drawn to the dark side of life.
generative, craft
6
Sessions
Tuesdays, October 6 - November 10, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
Online
Fiction
In this beginner-friendly yearlong course you’ll explore storytelling fundamentals, deepen your fiction craft, and get feedback on your work—all with the support of a consistent writing cohort.
craft, close reading, workshop
30
Sessions
Tuesdays, October 6, 2026 - June 1, 2027
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Intermediate
Spend nine months exploring songwriting as a creative form. You’ll study the craft of some incredible records, experiment with a range of lyric-writing techniques, and hone your ear for language as you build toward a collection of original songs. For musicians and writers.
generative, close reading, workshop
30
Sessions
Tuesdays, October 6, 2026 - June 15, 2027
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
You’ve got the characters, setting, and plot. But what makes a reader care about what happens? This craft intensive explores the dramatic principles that create emotional tension, raise the stakes, and keeps readers invested from the first page to the very last sentence.
craft, close reading, workshop
6
Sessions
Wednesdays, October 7 - December 9, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Advanced
Push beyond your poetic comfort zone in this nine-month advanced workshop. Study diverse mentor texts, dig deeper into metaphor, syntax, structure, image, music, and more, and experiment with innovative contemporary forms as you generate and workshop a body of new work.
generative, craft, cohort
30
Sessions
Wednesdays, October 7, 2026 - June 16, 2027
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Advanced
“You are my affliction.” Sink into the seductive convergence of horror and romance. You’ll write into longing, obsession, beautiful monsters, and emotional tension while learning to blend two of fiction's most irresistible genres.
generative, close reading
6
Sessions
Thursdays, October 8 - November 12, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Learn to write in the language of dreams. Tap into surreal imagery, sensory detail, emotional truth, and impossible leaps of logic to generate vivid poetry and prose—bypassing your inner critic and making room for the wonderful and strange.
generative
1
Session
Saturday, October 10, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
What makes a poem unmistakably yours? Explore the obsessions, aesthetics, and creative instincts that drive your work, deepen your personal poetics, and experiment with new ways of generating poems that only you could write.
generative
2
Sessions
Saturdays, October 10-17, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Learn how stories work and how to write your own. Explore fiction fundamentals, learn to read like a writer, and experiment with new approaches in a welcoming, beginner-friendly class. No big idea needed: just curiosity. Leave with a fiction toolkit and five new story starts.
craft, close reading, workshop
6
Sessions
Tuesdays, October 13 - November 17, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Introductory
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
Tuesdays, October 13 - November 3, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Advanced
In this beginner-friendly poetry class, explore how image, metaphor, sound, line, form, and voice transform language on the page. Read poets across styles and eras, experiment with poems of your own, and discover new possibilities for what a poem, and your poetry, can do.
generative, craft, close reading
6
Sessions
Wednesdays, October 14 - November 18, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Introductory
Young readers are game for anything so let your imagination run wild. Explore the creative possibilities of Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction as you dream up unexpected premises, experiment with voice and storytelling, and generate new stories in a playful, supportive workshop.
generative, close reading, workshop
6
Sessions
Wednesdays, October 14 - November 18, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Introductory
There are numerous ways to tell a big story. Explore linked fiction, where standalone stories connect and accumulate into a larger narrative, and discover how recurring characters, places, themes, and perspectives can open new possibilities for your own writing, one story at a time.
generative, close reading, cohort
6
Sessions
Thursdays, October 15 - November 19, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
This beginner-friendly introduction to creative nonfiction explores how memory, observation, and lived experience can become personal essays, memoir, lyric nonfiction, and more. Learn foundational craft, experiment with different forms, and discover new ways to tell the stories that matter to you.
generative, craft, workshop
6
Sessions
Thursdays, October 15 - November 19, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
Introductory
Master the craft of suspense. Explore tension, pacing, stakes, structure, and scene design and the art of keeping your readers emotionally invested in your story from beginning to end, whatever genre you’re writing in.
generative, craft, workshop
8
Sessions
Thursdays, October 15 - December 10, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Learn the fundamentals of screenwriting by writing your own short film script. Explore character, conflict, dialogue, and scene structure while receiving thoughtful feedback in a fun, supportive workshop.
generative, craft, workshop
8
Sessions
Thursdays, October 15 - December 10, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
Online
Writing for Performance
Intermediate
Your story’s solid, but is your opening pulling its weight? In this one-day intensive, sharpen your first paragraphs for maximum impact and give agents, editors, and your audience a reason to keep reading.
generative, craft, close reading
1
Session
Thursday, October 15, 2026
5:00-8:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Your journal already contains the seeds for your next piece of writing. Learn how to mine your notebooks for stories, scenes, and ideas while building a richer, more intentional journaling practice that feeds your creative work, too.
generative, creative practice
1
Session
Saturday, October 17, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
In Person
Nonfiction
Build unforgettable characters from the inside out. Through discussion, craft lessons, and generative writing, you’ll learn to create emotionally resonant protagonists whose journeys drive your story forward.
generative, craft
6
Sessions
Mondays, October 19 - November 23, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Intermediate
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Sessions 
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Fiction
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