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In this class, you will learn first and foremost that you can write—and write well! In fact you will surprise yourself by the work you’ll be producing. The class is designed to enhance your creativity, imagination and personal voice while also teaching the skills of creative writing—memoir and fiction. This is an ongoing...

In the peaceful atmosphere of the Saturday workshop, and with the help of meditations that quiet the critical mind, writing becomes possible, cathartic, transformational. You can write memoir or fiction. Each workshop is focused around an inspirational theme or myth. You’ll write three times for about one hour each time, and receive constructive,...

Complete a longform story or anthology of short work, from outline to publication! Discuss and critique work-in-progress with your instructors and classmates. Visiting professionals will discuss their work and experience. Final projects will be published online. Learner Outcomes Stages of longform story creation: research, outlining, thumbnailing,...

Have you ever thought about turning your life’s trials and tribulations into a NY Times bestseller? In this five-week Online Memoir Writing Workshop, Erika Schickel (2 Memoirs, LA Times) will share her secrets for turning your life’s twists and turns into lively drama! Her fun, all new in-class exercises will help you infuse your most fascinating...

This online class features a weekly Google Meet discussion and written critiques. You will find a memoir voice that’s all you, after closely reading an assortment of wildly varied but equally powerful memoirs. How do you write a good memoir? You apply the narrative techniques of fiction and poetry: you take the fascinating, messy raw material...

Writing a memoir after the age of 50 can be a great way to take stock, whether you’re writing to get published, leave a record for your friends and family, or simply clarify the past for your own edification. Unlike novels, short stories and poems, the memoir requires a writer to stick to the truth, the actual sequence of events as they happened,...

CLAIMING A COHERENT NARRATIVE FOR YOUR LIFE  The purpose of memoir is to create a coherent narrative that leads to a transformative experience for your protagonist: You. We all have the story that we tell ourselves, and although the facts may be indisputable, our interpretation of them is subjective. In other words, our idea of our story...

Introduces the fundamentals of telling true stories in words and pictures, from single images to multi-panel strips. Students will become acquainted with the tools and terminology of the field. Quick bootcamp-style exercises will build an immersive environment to quickly and comfortably acclimate. Learner Outcomes Key concepts and terminology of...

Resistance Smackdown: A Creative Writing Restoration Workshop Having trouble getting your derrière in the chair, battling a vicious inner critic or compulsively reorganizing your fridge to avoid the blank page?  If so, you’ve got a resistance problem. Fortunately, we’ve recruited stellar author and essayist Erika Schickel to help you debunk...

The 90-Day Novel is a Live-on-Zoom workshop with Alan Watt that will take you from initial idea to the completion of your novel's first draft in 90 days. GET THE FIRST DRAFT DOWN QUICKLY The 90-Day Novel is about making a contract with your subconscious. Your subconscious is the seat of your genius, and there is a window...