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Heroine Course Catalog

The Late Show: (Re)start Your Writing at 50+

with Deborah Nedelman and Stephanie Hammer

This supportive, welcoming generative writing class explores the crucial steps to (re)enter and maintain a writing practice at a later stage in life. 

generative, personal growth

2 Sessions
March 13 - March 14, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Introduction to Publishing Short Work

with Ruth Joffre

Ready to publish your short work? Learn how to research magazines, craft a strong cover letter and bio, and build a sustainable submissions process—so your stories start reaching their readers. 

publishing

2 Sessions
March 14 - March 21, 2026
1:10-3:10 pm PT Online 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
March 21 - March 21, 2026
1:10-4:10 pm PT In Person Poetry

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Fiction III

with Alma Garcia

Ready to go the distance with your writing? Read and analyze stories, focus on a specific writing project, and deepen your relationship to your unique voice in this advanced level class. Leave with a complete, revised story or novel chapter.

craft, close reading, workshop

10 Sessions
April 2 - June 11, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction Advanced

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Fiction III

with Anca SzilĂĄgyi

Ready to go deeper? This advanced course focuses on what makes your voice your own. You’ll revise a full story or chapter, explore structure and tone, and learn to polish work for submission. For writers with a solid foundation in craft fundamentals.

craft, close reading, workshop

10 Sessions
April 6 - June 15, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction Advanced

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The Camera of the Poem: Writing with a Cinematic Eye

with Yuki Tanaka

We’ll explore how cinematic techniques like close-ups, long-shots, and framing can sharpen imagery and deepen emotion in our poems. Learn to guide your reader’s eye like a director, make imagery feel three dimensional, and generate motion.

craft, close reading, personal growth

1 Session
April 6 - April 6, 2026
5:00-8:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Creative Nonfiction III

with Beth Slattery

In this advanced creative nonfiction workshop, refine your voice, deepen your obsessions, and push your craft through revision, feedback, and play. This is your place to write boldly and shape work that reveals who you are on the page.

craft, close reading, workshop

10 Sessions
April 7 - June 9, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Nonfiction Advanced

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I Don’t Get It: Reading Poetry Together

with Sally Ashton

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
April 7 - April 28, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Poetry

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Poetry III

with Jeanine Walker

What happens when a poem pushes past its edges? In this ten-week course, you’ll study boundary-breaking poets, write your own daring work, and workshop in a space designed for risk, clarity, and deeper creative growth.

craft, close reading, workshop

10 Sessions
April 8 - June 10, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Poetry Advanced

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Write More, Suffer Less

with April Davila

For those who want to write with more ease. We’ll use mindfulness and meditation techniques to shift our relationship to writing by supporting attention, working with resistance, clearing the noise, and more. 

creative practice

6 Sessions
April 9 - May 14, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Crimes and Perversions: Writing the Complex Self

with Kimberly Dark

Real life is messy and good memoir honors that. Explore the parts of your story that complicate you—flaws, contradictions, shadows, and hard truths—and learn to write the self with depth, perspective, and radical honesty.

generative

1 Session
April 11 - April 11, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT Online Nonfiction

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Writing With the Rhythms of Your Life

with Mayur Chauhan

Learn to build a sustainable writing practice that adapts to the seasons of your life. We’ll learn our own rhythms more deeply, experiment with ways to make writing more accessible, and build the muscle for a steady, lifelong writing practice.

cohort, creative practice

6 Sessions
April 11 - June 20, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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The Ultimate Craft Class

with Steve Almond

Explore fiction essentials—narration, plot, characterization, chronology, and scene construction—in this two-session intensive. We’ll close read master works to earn how specific craft decisions shape the way a story is told.

craft

2 Sessions
April 11 - April 18, 2026
1:10-4:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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Writing Short Fiction

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
April 14 - June 2, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction Intermediate

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The Secrets of Dialogue

with Rachel Sobel

Deep dive into dialogue! We’ll explore dialogue’s ability to define character, create tension, reveal what’s unsaid, and move the story forward. Each week, we’ll experiment with a different approach and see what it offers our writing.

craft

6 Sessions
April 14 - May 26, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Forms of Care: Writing the Mortal Body

with Gabriela Frank

Mortality makes our time here meaningful. We’ll explore the essence of what it means to be human, using illness, aging, and the health as subjects for art. Through close reading and prompts, you’ll develop new work rooted in the realities of the body.

generative, close reading, personal growth

4 Sessions
April 15 - May 6, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Nonfiction Advanced

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Tiny & Mighty: A Micro Writing Workshop

with Mayur Chauhan

A flash workshop for writers who love sharp voice and tight form. You'll explore micro writing’s power and play through fun, guided prompts. Great for creatives wanting a reset or a low-pressure way to write again.

generative

1 Session
April 18 - April 18, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Building the Novel: Structuring Your Story

with Elizabeth VillamĂĄn

Make the actual writing easier on yourself by creating the architecture of your novel first. You’ll clarify character, plot, theme, and structure, ensuring all elements cohere into a strong narrative.

generative, craft, workshop

8 Sessions
April 18 - June 13, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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The Most Personal Essay

with Nicole Hardy

Take your personal essay from idea to polished piece. You’ll write while studying craft elements, and you’ll workshop your draft several times. Essays from this class have later appeared in literary magazines and major outlets.

generative, craft, workshop

8 Sessions
April 18 - June 13, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT In Person Nonfiction Intermediate

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Museum as Muse: Writing Alongside Exhibits

with Deborah Woodard

Let art be the muse as you write poetry and prose in response to exhibits around the city. You’ll visit four or five small, intimate museums around Seattle and write to prompts designed to awaken fresh language and perspective in your work.

generative, workshop

6 Sessions
April 18 - May 23, 2026
1:10-3:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Writing with Fantastic Beasts of South Asian Mythology

with Shankar Narayan

Dive into South Asian myth and its fierce divine creatures. In this generative class, you’ll move beyond realism to create powerful work shaped by ancient stories, epic imagination, and animal intensity.

generative, close reading, cohort

2 Sessions
April 18 - April 25, 2026
10:00-2:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Assembling a Poetry Collection

with Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet

Ready to shape your poems into a body of work? We’ll tease out the throughlines in your poetry, revise and generate new work around those themes, explore the art of sequencing and structure, and build toward a collection of your own.

generative, craft

3 Sessions
April 18 - May 2, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT Online Poetry Advanced

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Grammar for Writers

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 clearly with confidence and style. No jargon, no shame, no diagramming required.

generative, craft

3 Sessions
April 20 - May 4, 2026
5:00-6:30 pm PT Online Fiction

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Film Club: American Independent Cinema

with Andrew Bell

Watch movies like a filmmaker. Each week, we’ll watch a film, break it down, and talk about what makes it work. For movie buffs, screenwriters, and anyone who likes their cinema wild at heart and weird on top. 

close reading, cohort

8 Sessions
April 22 - June 10, 2026
6:00-9:00 pm PT In Person Fiction

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