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Heroine Course Catalog

Prose Workshop

with Kate Carmody

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

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Or to Begin Again: Beginnings, Endings, and the Art of the Turn

with Christie Valentin-Bati and Noah Zanella

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

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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, cohort, personal growth

6 Sessions
Tuesday, Thursday
July 14-30, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction

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Writing Short Fiction: From Blank Page to Last Page

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
Tuesdays, July 14 - September 1, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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Writing in Motion: Travel, Adventure, and Transformation

with Jenny O'Connell

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

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Character Development In Depth

with Wendy Kendall

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

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Eight Poems That Will Change Your Life

with Dilruba Ahmed

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

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Autofiction Generator

with Lauren Hohle

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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SLIDING SCALE: Your Story Voice and Writing the “Other”

with Nisi Shawl

How do you write characters who differ from you and still grant them depth and agency? In this class, we’ll explore techniques for writing across difference while creating characters who feel vivid, complex, and emotionally alive on the page.

craft, close reading

1 Session
Saturday, July 18, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT Online Fiction Intermediate

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A Little Bit of Everything

with Mayur Chauhan

Curious about creative writing but not sure where to begin? In this supportive, low-pressure class, you’ll experiment with fiction, poetry, humor, essay, and more while getting to know your writerly voice and interests.

generative, creative practice

4 Sessions
Mondays, July 20 - August 10, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Music: It don’t mean a thing (if it ain’t got that swing)

with Ellen Bass

Language is the poet’s instrument. Learn to play it with intention, using its music to make your poetry more lyrically exciting, beautiful, powerful, and emotionally affecting. Come away with a stronger ear for poetry.

generative, close reading

1 Session
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT Online Poetry

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Meditations in an Emergency: Writing Crisis

with Nora Lange

In this generative fiction class, you’ll explore how to write about uncertain times. Learn to use voice, structure, and storytelling to hold emotional weight, reflect rupture, and carry meaning. Craft fiction from inside the crisis—personal or global—that fits the truth you need to tell.

generative, craft, close reading

8 Sessions
Tuesdays, July 21 - September 8, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction Advanced

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Generative Memoir Magic

with Meredith Arena

Mine your life for material in this supportive, low-pressure writing class. We’ll experiment with approaches to memoir writing, play with prompts and exercises, and do plenty of relaxed in-class writing together. For writers who could use a gentle entry or return to the page.

generative, personal growth

4 Sessions
Wednesdays, July 22 - August 12, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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The Art of the Personal Essay

with Kate Carmody

Explore how personal narratives take shape through voice, memory, and emotional resonance in this six-week class. We’ll study master works for craft, then put our own stories down on the page.

generative, craft

6 Sessions
Wednesdays, July 22 - September 2, 2026
5:00-7:30 pm PT Online Fiction

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Your Life in Poems

with Tanya Young

Write into the layered, contradictory nature of memory and life experience through poetry. You’ll keep a journal and practice pulling from the raw material of your life to write poems that are surreal, musical, complex, and true to life.

generative, cohort, creative practice

8 Sessions
Wednesdays, July 22 - September 9, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Poetry Introductory

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Gentle Workshop for Prose Writers

with Stephanie Dethlefs

Nervous about sharing your work in a writing workshop? In this warm, supportive class, you’ll learn to exchange thoughtful, writing-centered feedback with other writers and what to do with the feedback you get as you share your work-in-progress.

craft, workshop

8 Sessions
Thursdays, July 23 - September 10, 2026
5:00-7:00 pm PT Online Fiction Introductory

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The Art of Romance Writing

with Lish McBride and Olivia Waite

Love is all and all is love. Deepen the romantic threads in your own work by borrowing craft from modern romance: emotional fluency, self-knowledge and growth, longing, chemistry, and hard-won partnership.

generative, craft, workshop

6 Sessions
Thursdays, July 23 - August 27, 2026
10:00-12:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Summer Film Club

with Andrew Bell

Join other movie lovers as we watch and discuss the art of summer movies like Jaws, Dazed and Confused, Stand By Me, Call Me By Your Name, Do the Right Thing, Y Tu Mamá También, and more. So much can happen in a single season.

close reading, cohort

6 Sessions
Thursdays, July 23 - August 27, 2026
7:10-8:10 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

1 Session
Saturday, July 25, 2026
1:10-4:10 pm PT In Person Fiction Advanced

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Pet Peeves

with Mayur Chauhan

It turns out the antidote to writer’s block is being annoyed. Bring your grumbles and unpopular opinions—they’re going to fuel fun new humor pieces, poems, micro fiction and nonfiction. Get something off your chest and get some great writing from it, too.

generative

1 Session
Saturday, July 25, 2026
10:00-1:00 pm PT Online The Writing Life

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The Writer’s Journal

with Michele Simms-Burton

More than just a daily record, a writer’s journal is a source of creative material. In this class, you’ll learn to journal like a writer, adding observation, reflection, and lived experience to your entries. And you’ll practice expanding that writing into new fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

generative, personal growth

6 Sessions
Saturdays, July 25 - August 29, 2026
11:00-1:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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Writing Love and Disaster

with Steve Almond

Sometimes, love hurts. We’ve all had family members, friends, or lovers who were painful to be around. For better or worse, these relationships shaped who we are today. And they gave us lots to write about.

generative, craft, personal growth

1 Session
Monday, July 27, 2026
6:00-9:00 pm PT Online Fiction

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From Archive to Art: Writing With Research

with Maggie Mertens

Obsessed with a niche topic? There’s a story in there and research can help you unearth it. Learn to dive deeper into your interests and turn what you find into compelling literary nonfiction.

craft, workshop

6 Sessions
Tuesdays, July 28 - September 1, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT In Person Fiction Intermediate

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Finding the Poet Within

with Holly Day

New to poetry or just finding your way back? This beginner-friendly class explores craft through playful prompts, readings, and reflection. Leave with a few new poems—and the confidence to keep going.

generative, craft

6 Sessions
Thursdays, July 30 - September 3, 2026
7:10-9:10 pm PT Online Fiction

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