Writing Short Fiction: From Blank Page to Last Page
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
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
We often cast ourselves as the heroes of our own stories. But real life is messy, nuanced, and filled with moral ambiguity. What happens when the truth complicates your characterâwhen
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. Writing about hard experiencesâgrief, trauma, illness, ruptureâcan be daunting in its own way. Maybe youâve drafted pages that feel
You love to travel. You get a lot out of it, and youâre good at it, too. So what does it take to turn that love into a paid travel
âCrows are constantly testing the world, seeing what will happen if they try something new.â â John Marzluff and Tony Angell, Gifts of the Crow In this generative class designed
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. When was the last time your own writing surprised you? If youâve found yourself in a writing rut where
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. Weâve all been there as writers: you take a story all the way to its conclusion, only to have
"To help others understand nature is to make it breathe like some giant: a revolving, evolving, celestial being with ecosystems acting as organs and the living things within those placesâhumans
This class meets IN PERSON at Hugo House in Capitol Hill. Life rarely offers a single emotional register. There are times of dueling despair from bad news without and within
In this beginner-friendly writing class, weâll focus on generative writing through poetry prompts. The session will begin with introductions and a short warm-up, after which weâll read two separate poems