Writing Courses
I teach classes, not workshops, creating room for exploration, risk-taking and creativity with like-minded writers who engage in conversation with curiosity and compassion.
My classes are small, usually no more than eight writers. I devise prompts tailored to each writer, inviting her to find what is hidden, expand what is confined. "Workshops" typically focus relentlessly on a single writer at a time, with every one else piling on opinions and preferences. I find this leaves a writer twisting in an attempt to meet others' standards. She grows distant from her own instincts and becomes suspicious and shy of her voice on the page. A writer needs, instead, help to hear herself as unique and to seize her authority so that she may become a better writer.
My intention is to guide you into a full expression of your voice, into trusting your desires and into the authentic heart of your work.
Memoir Masterclass
Tuesdays, April 30, May 7, 14, 21;
5-7 pm Mountain time on Zoom
This four-week class is open to eight writers at any stage of work on memoir from not-one-word-yet to finished manuscript in need of revision. Each session we discuss the diverse aspects unique to memoir from voice to ethical complexities, as we sharpen your memories, intention and prose. This is a rigorous class in which you submit work each week (1200-word max) and read the work of your fellow writers. No subject is taboo as long as you investigate your relationship to it.
Open to eight participants.
The cost is $385, payable via Venmo and includes a half-hour one-on-one session with me.
Revision Intensive
Wednesdays, May 1, 8, 15, 22
5-7 pm Mountain time on Zoom
Revising is a crucial art, and the more you practice it, the more you’ll trust your instincts. In this month-long revision class you will work on a single piece or chapter of up to 4000 words to deeply understand it, refine it, revise it and get it ready for the world.
Open to five participants.
The cost is $485, payable via Venmo.
Prompts: Money
Mondays, April 29, May 6, 13, 20;
5-7pm Mountain time on Zoom
You think about money, don’t you? You think about it a lot. So much unsaid, so much unadmitted or forgotten or ignored. Come write about it and get into great big awareness and strange stories of deliberate trouble.
Join me in this prompt-based class where we loosen up and expand our creative selves. Lots of time for free writing and no pressure to share. There are no assignments or expectations in this relaxed class, no reading lists, just the invitation for you to write and express anything you want in weekly sessions that rely on prompts and quiet writing time, connected conversation, and respectful witness.
Open to ten participants.
The cost is $385, payable via Venmo.
Writing retreats. Coming soon.
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Payment And Refund Policy
Please submit payment to register for class. Cancel up to two weeks prior to the start of class for a 100% refund; within one week of start of class for a 50% refund. No refunds provided after midnight of start date.