Courage to Write: Yearlong in Writing Practice
Registration for Courage to Write has now closed. Please check our class catalog for more yearlongs! The product of writing is the words on the page. But the work of
Registration for Courage to Write has now closed. Please check our class catalog for more yearlongs! The product of writing is the words on the page. But the work of
This scheduled for this class has changed; this class will now meet on March 13 & 14, 2026. For most of us, creativity doesn’t bloom on a tidy seasonal schedule—
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. Joan Didion changed the landscape of American nonfiction forever with her incisive gaze and cool observation. Writing with precision, restraint, and a fierce sense of
A chill evening at Hugo House featuring creative writing prompts, silent reading time, and a popup bookstore by Beguiled Books. Join us for Creative Writing and Silent Reading Night at Hugo House
Burnout doesn’t announce itself—it creeps in quietly. Before we realize it, the projects we care about stall, the well we once drew from goes dry, and sitting down to write is task that we never have time for. Rather than treat burnout as personal failure, we can
Most writers know the feeling: you sit down to write a story, stare at the blank page, and suddenly forget absolutely everything you thought you knew. This eight-week class is here to
What does it mean to engage the more-than-human world through our creations? To connect with the animals, plants, landforms, waters, and the vast systems that hold us? And what does it mean to do so now, in
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. Great commercial mysteries deliver two things at once: a story readers can't put down, and a puzzle they’re determined to solve. In this hands-on course, you’ll learn how to craft
Many writers get stuck because they’re trying to generate new work in isolation—cut off from the voices and ideas that could be feeding them. For this reason, reading is one of the most potent yet overlooked creative tools a writer has. This class will teach you
Sometimes a whole scene feels impossible to write—but a line? A moment? A glimpse? That’s doable. Fragments free you from the pressure of the “complete” and let you work with the sharp,