“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.”
– Ernest Hemingway
Whether you’re a beginner, pro, or somewhere in between, we have the class for you.
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- Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Mentorship with Junse KimIn this remote mentorship, through reflections on your own fiction or creative nonfiction pieces, craft-focused readings of published works, and Junse’s feedback on your work in progress, you will develop your craft application skills and hone your critical analysis...more
Instructor: Junse Kim
March 30 - June 019 WeeksAll Day
Online - Your Story, Your Life: Memoir & Personal Essays“By writing memoir and personal essays, we give form to our histories and make something of meaning and beauty that is uniquely ours,” says instructor Katharine Harer. “I love this genre because you can be yourself, complete with your idiosyncrasies, strong opinions, flashes of wisdom and crazy moments...more
Instructor: Katharine Harer
April 07 - May 055 Tuesdays, (Pacific Time)6:30pm - 9:00pm
San Francisco, CA - Prose Studio: Developing Character MotivationsThe Writing Salon’s Prose Studio classes offer a space for writers to refine existing work, read and critically analyze published pieces, and generate new writing. Workshops form the heart of the experience, where participants’ fiction and creative nonfiction works are read and discussed with depth and care through the lens of each Studio’s topic...more
Instructor: Junse Kim
April 08 - May 136 Wednesdays, (Pacific Time)6:30pm - 9:00pm
San Francisco, CA - Prose Feedback CircleIn the Writing Salon’s Feedback Circle classes, students will gain a vision and vocabulary to make craft decisions in creative pieces, for both early drafts and developed work, and to guide classmates through their own process. While there will be some generative writing activities in class, the bulk of time will be spent sharing creative pieces and giving and receiving feedback...more
Instructor: Shelby Hinte
April 09 - May 075 Thursdays, (Pacific Time)6:30pm - 9:00pm
Online - Write from Real Life: Personal Essays and MemoirsIn this remote class you will plunge into the personal themes that make your real life stories uniquely yours. In the first half of this class, instructor Alison Luterman will give you writing exercises carefully designed to elicit the undertones and overtones that elevate events and anecdotes into the realm of art...more
Instructor: Alison Luterman
April 15 - June 109 Wednesdays, (Pacific Time)6:30pm - 9:00pm
Online - Earning Dramatic EmotionIn this 5-week process class we will dissect the intricate concepts of how emotions are developed in fiction and creative nonfiction, and master how to recognize and apply narrative craft that develop dramatic emotions in ways that can move our readers...more
Instructor: Junse Kim
April 21 - May 195 Tuesdays, (Pacific Time)6:30pm - 9:00pm
Online - Discover Creative Nonfiction: Shape Stories from Your Own LifeIn this class, through weekly, prompt-driven writing exercises, we’ll sift through our memories, everyday experiences, and preoccupations with a sense of adventure and curiosity. To make our stories vivid and captivating, we’ll learn about essential craft elements and practice applying them to our own lives...more
Instructor: Ann Guy
April 23 - May 215 Thursdays, (Pacific Time)6:30pm - 9:00pm
Berkeley, CA - Discover Creative NonfictionYour life is full of stories worth telling—moments that shimmer with meaning, people who’ve left their mark, experiences that won’t let you go. In Discover Creative Nonfiction, you’ll learn how to turn those stories into engaging narratives that come alive on the page...more
Instructor: Lauren Krauze
May 14 - June 115 Thursdays, (Pacific Time)6:30pm - 9:00pm
San Francisco, CA - Prose Feedback CircleIn the Writing Salon’s Feedback Circle classes, students will gain a vision and vocabulary to make craft decisions in creative pieces, for both early drafts and developed work, and to guide classmates through their own process. While there will be some generative writing activities in class, the bulk of time will be spent sharing creative pieces and giving and receiving feedback...more
Instructor: Kathy Garlick
May 19 - June 165 Tuesdays, (Pacific Time)6:30pm - 9:00pm
Berkeley, CA - From Memories to Memoirs: The Moments That Make Your StoryIn this 3-hour class, through writing prompts carefully chosen by David, you’ll pinpoint the memories that drive you to the page, ones that thrill, haunt, and comfort you. You’ll write, reflect, and write some more...more
Instructor: David Jacobson
May 301 Saturday, (Pacific Time)10:00am - 1:00pm
Berkeley, CA