Writing from the Heart: Uncover Your Most Powerful Themes

To write our best, we must write from the heart. But finding which subjects mean the most to us can be difficult. Each week Ray Hsu will lead you through a series of fun, engaging, and effective exercises to help you discover and explore the deep and most compelling themes in your life... more
July 08 - August 05
5 Tuesdays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Earning Dramatic Emotion

In 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

July 08 - August 05
5 Tuesdays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Write from Real Life: Personal Essays and Memoirs

In 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

July 08 - August 05
5 Tuesdays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Creative Nonfiction Mentorship with Ann Guy

In this remote mentorship, instructor Ann Guy will offer personalized guidance and feedback on your creative nonfiction work, including memoir, personal essay, lyric essay, travel writing, and experimental forms... more
April 14 - June 16
9 Weeks

All Day

Creative Nonfiction Workshop: Shaping Our Personal Stories

In Creative Nonfiction Workshop, students will share drafts of their own personal stories and workshop them through an inquiry-based approach that emphasizes exploration and discovery... more
May 14 - June 18
6 Wednesdays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Write from Real Life: Personal Essays and Memoirs

In 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
April 10 - June 05
9 Thursdays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Creative Nonfiction 101: Shape Stories from Your Own Life

In 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
April 28 - June 02
5 Mondays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Berkeley, CA

Earning Dramatic Emotion

In 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
May 14 - June 11
5 Wednesdays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

San Francisco, CA

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
April 08 - May 06
5 Tuesdays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

San Francisco, CA

Getting Your Toes Wet: An Introduction to Memoir Writing

Do you feel you have a story inside you, but you’re a little leery of getting thrown in the deep end? In this class, you’ll gently wade into the vast sea of memories and experiences you’ve been carrying around for your whole life... more
January 23 - February 20
5 Thursdays, (Pacific Time)

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Berkeley, CA
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