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

Instructor: Ann Guy

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

Instructor: Shelby Hinte

April 14 - June 16
9 Weeks

All Day

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

April 14 - June 16
9 Weeks

All Day

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

Instructor: Ann Guy

April 14 - June 16
9 Weeks

All Day

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

April 14 - June 16
9 Weeks

All Day

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 14 - June 16
9 Weeks

All Day

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

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
February 05 - March 12
5 Wednesdays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

San Francisco, CA

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
January 14 - March 11
9 Tuesdays, (Pacific Time)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Your Singular Life

“Writing memoir is like being a miner, shining a light into the nooks and crannies of our lives,” says instructor Katharine Harer. “We think we know what we'll find, but we're often surprised by the depth and complexity we uncover... more
January 25
1 Saturday, (Pacific Time)

10:00am - 1:00pm