Five Wednesdays, Jan. 25-Feb. 22, 7-9:30 pm
$185 members/$215 others  Berkeley
Student Testimonials

ATTENTION: THIS CLASS IS NOW FULL

Jorge Luis Borges once said, ‘Every time I am faced with a blank page, I feel that I have to rediscover literature for myself.’  In this class, like Borges, you will be engaged in the act of rediscovery. “I teach writing to kids,” says Aurora Brackett, “and when I watch my students string one idea to the next, absorbed in the worlds they are creating, unconcerned with whether it ‘makes sense’,  I remember why I started writing in the first place.

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This class is not being offered next session.
$95 members/$110 non-members   Berkeley

“Not long ago I was feeling distant and unconnected from my writing,” says instructor Jamey Genna, “trying too hard to create a finished product even before I had more than a rough beginning.  I was also encountering a lot of writing friends who were stalled in their work: novelists who had written the first 50 pages and then stopped themselves by doing constant revision; short story writers who had ideas for stories but no inspiring atmosphere or time to sit down and put pen to paper.  I decided it might be time for me to: 1) put a hold on studying craft, 2) stop revising so much, and 3) get back to generating more new material.

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5 Weeks, 7-9:30 p.m.
$185 members/$215 non-members     Berkeley

Special Package Deal: Take this class together with the “Intro to Creative Writing” class, and receive both classes (5 weeks plus 5 weeks, back to back) for the price of one 9-week class. This discount applies only if you choose the “Intro to Creative Writing/Raw Writing ‘Combo’ option” when you register. If you register for Intro to Creative Writing separately and then decide to take Raw Writing, the discount doesn’t apply.

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“Not long ago I was feeling distant and unconnected from my writing,” says instructor Jamey Genna, “trying too hard to create a finished product even before I had more than a rough beginning.  I was also encountering a lot of writing friends who were stalled in their work: novelists who had written the first 50 pages and then stopped themselves by doing constant revision; short story writers who had ideas for stories but no inspiring atmosphere or time to sit down and put pen to paper.  I decided it might be time for me to: 1) put a hold on studying craft, 2) stop revising so much, and 3) get back to generating more new material.

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