Welcome One and All!
Creative writing is for anyone who feels the urge to write creatively and wants to explore different ways to do it. Whatever your level of experience — beginning to advanced — we want to help you progress, produce and, most of all, enjoy yourself in the process.
Below is a list of upcoming classes in San Francisco and Berkeley. Click on any class title to read the course description. If a class hasn’t yet started but has reached the maximum enrollment of 13, you’ll see CLOSED after the course title. To be put on a waiting list, send a request to jane@writingsalons.com. Include your phone number. If a class has started but has NOT reached our maximum enrollment number, you can enroll until just prior to the second class.
To register, use the ADD TO CART button and proceed to checkout.
If you have questions about classes, registration, locations, teachers, etc. please look at the sidebar links before calling or emailing. Thanks!
Best,
Jane Underwood
Owner/Director
P.S. Don’t Forget These Two Nifty Options:
1. LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP
2. GIFT CERTIFICATES
SAN FRANCISCO & BERKELEY
SATURDAYS
San Francisco:
I Want to Write BUT: A Kick in the “But” Class…for YOU? – Jane Underwood
April 13: 10 am to 4 pm ($95 members/$110 others)
Intro to Poetry: Finding Your Comfort Ground – Ben Jackson
April 20: 10 am to 4 pm ($95 members/$110 others)
Writing the 10-Minute Play – Patricia Cotter
April 27: 10 am to 4 pm ($95 members/$110 others)
The Great Travel Narrative: Live It! Write It! - Lisa Alpine
May 4: 10 am to 4 pm ($95 members/$110 others)
Writing Children’s Picture Books: Booster Shot - Shirin Bridges
May 11: 10 am to 4 pm ($95 members/$110 others)
Memoir Writing: Mine and Refine Your Memories – Kathleen McClung
May 18-June 29 (5 weeks, skip 5/25 and 6/8): 10:30 am-1 pm $215 members/$245 others – CLOSED
Full-Tilt Prose: Let Your Sentences Soar! - Katia Noyes
May 18-June 22 (5 weeks, skip 5/25): 2-4:30 pm $215 members/$245 others – CLOSED
Berkeley:
Creating Compelling Characters - Elaine Beale
April 20: 10 am to 4 pm ($95 members/$110 others)
Tiny Kingdoms: Writing and Publishing the VERY Short Story – Andy Touhy
April 27: 10 am to 4 pm ($95 members/$110 others)
Mischief & Metaphor: Crafting New Poems - Kathleen McClung
May 11: 10 am to 4 pm ($95 members/$110 others)
Creative Writing: Delving Deeper – Elaine Beale
June 1-29 (5 weeks): 10:30 am-1 pm $215 members/$245 others – OPEN
Writing Funny For Blogs, YouTube or…What’s That Other Thing? – PRINT! (And Getting Paid For It, Too!)- Stan Sinberg
June 1-29 (5 weeks): 2-4:30 pm $215 members/$245 others - OPEN
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SUNDAYS
San Francisco:
Fiction Workshop: Honing the Art of Storytelling – Andy Touhy
April 21-June 23 (9 weeks, skip May 26) 7-9:30 pm $365 members/$395 others
Daily Write Round Robin: Community, Creativity, Commitment – Jane Underwood
April 28 (mandatory attendance) and June 30 10:30 am-1 pm (plus every day online between meetings) $195 members/$225 others
Memoir Continuation Workshop – Kathleen McClung
May 5-Sept. 22 (six monthly meetings: May 5, June 2, June 30, July 28, Aug. 25, Sept. 22) plus online interaction between meetings) 2:30-5 pm $365 members/$395 others - CLOSED
Intro to Personal Essays: Telling Your Real Life Stories – Jenny Pritchett
May 19-June 23 (5 weeks, skip May 26) 10:30 am-1 pm $215 members/$245 others - CLOSED
Berkeley:
Intro to Fiction: You Can’t Build a House without a Foundation – Junse Kim
July 14-Aug. 11 (5 weeks) 2-4:30 pm, $215 members/$245 others
Screenwriting: The Fun Beginning, The Dreaded Middle, The Dynamic End – Terrel Seltzer
April 28-June 30 (9 weeks, skip May 26) 7-9:30 pm $365 members/$395 others
Starting Your Novel: Begin at the Beginning - Samuel Sattin
June 2-30 (5 weeks) 2-4:30 pm $215 members/$245 others – OPEN
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MONDAYS
San Francisco:
“Combo” Class: Intro to Fiction with Junse Kim, followed by Starting Your Novel with Karen Bjorneby)
April 22-July 1 (skip May 27; 10 weeks, same price as a 9-week class) 7-9:30 pm $365 members/$395 others – CLOSED
Intro to Fiction: You Can’t Build a House without a Foundation – Junse Kim
April 22-May 20 (5 weeks) 7-9:30 pm $215 members/$245 others
Starting Your Novel: Get a Foothold on Your Project – Karen Bjorneby
June 3-July 1 (5 weeks) 7-9:30 pm $215 members/$245 others – OPEN
Berkeley:
Write-a-Thon: Stop Talking, Start Doing, Have Fun! - Multiple Teachers
April 22-June 24 (9 weeks, skip May 27) 7-9:30 pm $365 members/$395 others
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TUESDAYS
San Francisco:
Intro to Creative Writing: Having Fun with the Fundamentals – Jenny Pritchett
April 23-June 18 (9 weeks) 7-9:30 pm $365 members/$395 others
Berkeley:
Fabulous Fiction: Mysteries, Thrillers, Romance, Sci Fi, Fantasy & More – Nick Mamatas
April 23-June 18 (9 weeks) 7-9:30 pm $365 members/$395 others
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WEDNESDAYS
San Francisco:
Journaling: Turn Your Life into Art – Ben Jackson
April 24-May 22 (5 weeks) 7-9:30 pm $215 members/$245 others
Playwriting 101: A Crash Course in Writing for the Theater & Beyond – Patricia Cotter
May 29-June 26 (5 weeks) 7-9:30 pm $215 members/$245 others - OPEN
Berkeley:
Write from Real Life: Personal Essays & Memoirs – Alison Luterman
May 1- June 26 (9 weeks) 7-9:30 pm $365 members/$395 others
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THURSDAYS
San Francisco:
Fearless Poetry Workshop - Julie Bruck
May 2-June 27 (9 weeks) 7-9:30 pm $365 members/$395 others
Berkeley:
“Combo” Class: Raw Writing with Ben Jackson, followed by Intro to Creative Writing with Elaine Beale
April 18-June 27 (10 weeks, same price as a 9-week class; skip May 16) 7-9:30 pm $365 members/$395 others
Raw Writing: Generating New Material – Ben Jackson
April 18-May 23 (5 weeks, skip May 16) 7-9:30 pm $215 members/$245 others
Intro to Creative Writing: Having Fun with the Fundamentals – Elaine Beale
May 30-June 27 (5 weeks) 7-9:30 pm $215 members/$245 others - OPEN
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