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.Â
generative, craft, creative practice
6
Sessions
Tuesdays, June 30 - August 4, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Introductory
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
Wednesdays, July 1-29, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
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
Thursdays, July 2 - August 6, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
For poets who feel both ready and nervous—even scared!—to share their work in a writing workshop. This encouraging, supportive workshop will help you get comfortable asking for and receiving feedback in a critique setting as you share your poems with fellow poets.
cohort, workshop
6
Sessions
Mondays, July 6 - August 10, 2026
5:00-6:30 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Intermediate
Read through the 2025 edition of Best American Poetry with a cohort of curious poetry lovers! We’ll discuss our faves, our dislikes, and the ones we just don’t get from a craft perspective. Optional writing prompts will be provided.
close reading
4
Sessions
Mondays, July 6-27, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
Online
Poetry
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
Mondays, July 6 - August 10, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
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, July 7-28, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Advanced
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
Wednesdays, July 8 - August 12, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
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
Wednesdays, July 8 - August 12, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Intermediate
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
Wednesdays, July 8 - August 26, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
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
Thursdays, July 9 - August 13, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Advanced
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
Thursdays, July 9-30, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
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
Saturdays, July 11 - August 15, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Intermediate
Write short, punchy fiction in a fun, supportive space. We’ll experiment with the flash fiction’s techniques for doing more with less. You’ll write a lot in class, and between classes if you like, with opportunities to share your work and receive feedback.
generative, close reading
4
Sessions
Saturdays, July 11 - August 1, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
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.Â
generative, craft, close reading
1
Session
Saturday, July 11, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
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
Saturdays, July 11-25, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Fiction
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
Mondays, July 13 - August 24, 2026
5:00-7:30 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Make your poems say more, hold more, and do more. In this class, we’ll explore tools for crafting meaning in poetry at each stage of the poetic arc: the beginning, the pivot in the middle, and the end. Experiment with fresh ways to open, shift, and transform your reader’s experience, right from the page.
generative, craft
8
Sessions
Mondays, July 13 - August 31, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
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
Tuesday, Thursday
July 14-30, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
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
Tuesdays, July 14 - September 1, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
Online
Fiction
Great adventure and travel writing captures moments of discovery, wonder, and transformation. Learn to do it well through a combination of craft study and assignments that get you moving through the world like a writer.
generative, craft, close reading
6
Sessions
Tuesdays, July 14 - August 25, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Nonfiction
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
Wednesdays, July 15 - September 2, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
Some poems stay with us for a lifetime. But what makes a poem unforgettable, even life-changing? We’ll dissect eight great poems that have stood the test of time, learn their techniques, and apply their approaches to our own work.
generative, craft, close reading
4
Sessions
Wednesdays, July 15 - August 5, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT
Online
Poetry
Intermediate
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
Thursdays, July 16 - August 6, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT
In Person
Fiction
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6
Sessions 
In Person
Fiction
Introductory