Speculative fiction lets us play, question, and rebuild reality. In this generative class, weâll read masters of the form and write our own strange, bold, world-bending storiesâleaving 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
Some poems pivot, changing everything that came before. In this poetry workshop, youâll explore how a well-timed shift in tone or perspective can add depth, surprise, and emotional powerâand learn to craft poetic turns for impact.
generative, craft, workshop
6 Sessions July 26, 2025 - August 30, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Poetry
Write from the body, not just the brain. This somatic workshop blends movement, reflection, and writing to help you connect with desire, truth, and voiceâso your work speaks from a place thatâs 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
Build creative momentum through fast-paced writing bursts in this energizing fiction class. Youâll generate fresh material, quiet your inner critic, and leave with story startsâand 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
Youâve got a draftânow what? This supportive class helps fiction, nonfiction, and hybrid writers move from draft to done, with revision strategies for everything from big-picture structure to smoother transitions. Clarify, reshape, and bring your work closer to finished.
craft, workshop
6 Sessions July 29, 2025 - September 2, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT In Person Fiction
Learn to craft immersive worlds that resonate emotionally. This generative course explores how setting and character shape each other, helping you build story worlds that breathe, echo inner landscapes, and carry meaning far beyond the map.
generative, craft, workshop
6 Sessions July 29, 2025 - September 2, 2025 7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction
Lost in the fog of a draftâor unsure where to begin? This class helps you reconnect with your storyâs emotional core and build a working blueprint, with craft tools to carry you from first idea to final page.
craft, workshop
6 Sessions July 30, 2025 - September 3, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Youâve written the bookânow pitch it with power. This class helps you craft a compelling query, pitch, and proposal while staying true to your voice, giving you the tools to confidently navigate the traditional publishing landscape.
professional development, publishing
6 Sessions July 31, 2025 - September 4, 2025 7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction
Explore how place shapes memory, identity, and story. In this generative class, youâll 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, creative practice
6 Sessions August 2, 2025 - September 6, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Discover how reading poems aloud can transform the way you write and revise. This one-day class blends listening, vocal practice, and revisionâand 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 Poetry
When something needs to be said, writing makes it real. In this generative personal essay class, youâll shape lived experience into voice-driven work with clarity and resonance. Through guided prompts and thoughtful structure, youâll say what only you canâand uncover what the writingâs been waiting to show you.
generative, craft, creative practice
6 Sessions August 4, 2025 - September 15, 2025 5:00-7:30 pm PT Online Nonfiction
Discover how much a single day can hold. This generative workshop invites deep attention to the everyday, using art, writing, and collaborative prompts to explore observation, experimentation, and the richness hidden in ordinary moments.
generative, cohort, creative practice
4 Sessions August 5, 2025 - August 26, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Explore magical realism as a mindset, rather than a genre. In this playful, generative class, youâll experiment with writing that blends the strange and the realâcrafting 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
Turn curiosity into insight. This class helps you use research as a creative toolâteaching you how to gather, structure, and integrate material in ways that deepen your writing and sharpen the story youâre truly trying to tell.
generative, craft
4 Sessions August 15, 2025 - September 5, 2025 10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Great dialogue lives in whatâs unsaid. In this one-day class, youâll learn to write charged, layered conversations that reveal character, deepen tension, and drive your story forwardâwith 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
What happens when a classic still manages to offend? Voltaireâs Candide is biting, hilarious, and startlingly relevant. Explore how its satire unsettles and enduresâand how reading a daring classic can reshape the way we think, question, and write.
close reading
1 Session August 19, 2025 - August 19, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Sharpen your sentences without the stress. This grammar class for creative writers covers essential tools like tense, punctuation, and flowâhelping 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
Why did a lovesick young man capture a generationâspawning one of the first literary fandoms? In this class, weâll read Werther closely, explore what Goethe revealed (and withheld), and experiment with emotional intensity on the pageâturning high drama into precise, powerful prose.
generative, close reading
1 Session August 27, 2025 - August 27, 2025 5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction
Turn overlooked moments into powerful stories. In this generative class, youâll learn to shape fragments of memory into meaning, resonance, and beautifully crafted narrative. Leave with 20+ fresh starts and renewed momentum for your memoir or personal essays.
generative
1 Session September 6, 2025 - September 6, 2025 1:10-4:10 pm PT Online Nonfiction
Reconnect with your writing through prompts designed to quiet your inner critic, spark curiosity, and center intuition. In this two-day class, youâll explore playful, expressive techniques that restore joy, ease, and creative flow.
generative, creative practice, personal growth
1 Session September 6, 2025 - September 6, 2025 10:00-1:00 pm PT Online The Writing Life
This asynchronous course features online workbooks, including ten essential templates in Word and Excel to kickstart your writing life, and resources professional writers use to get published.
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 Online Asynchronous Fiction
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