Berkeley

This class is for experienced nonfiction writers who are ready to take drafts from generative to gleaming, who want intensive workshop time, and who want to learn through the reading and [...]

“Revising gives us an opportunity to see our work in a new light,” says instructor Brian Tierney. “Sometimes you take a poem off its tracks and discover a whole different route; sometimes you [...]

"The journey of recovery is the Hero’s Journey,” says instructor Alison Luterman. “We search for something outside ourselves, or we are chased by our own demons and run to escape. We go to Hell; [...]

We all have the capacity to be creative, but many of us have faced voices (external and internal) that shut down those impulses. In this one-day class, you will participate in a range of [...]

“The bond between poetry and place has always been crucial to me,” says instructor Nate Klug. “Nowadays more than ever, when our environments are changing in rapid, complicated ways, we need [...]

“Zombies. Vampires. Aliens. Heroes and villains and criminals. Worlds of wonder and dark alleys full of terrors. If these elements catch fire in your imagination, you're in good company,” says [...]

Enjoy two and a half hours of creation and feedback each week with The Short Story Laboratory, a beginner class that teaches the basics of composing short stories and flash fiction in a fun and [...]

“Everyone is talented, original and has something important to say,” states Brenda Ueland at the beginning of her celebrated book, If You Want to Write. “I happen to agree with Ueland,” says [...]

Do you have a big idea for a book? A novel? A project that scares, excites, or intimidates you that speaks from your heart? In Dream Big, you'll learn and develop strategies to build the project [...]

To write our best, we must write from the heart. But finding which subjects mean the most to us can be difficult. Each week Jay Ridler will lead you through a series of fun, engaging, and [...]