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Upcoming Classes

Essay Revision Intensive

Saturday, May 30, 1-4pm EDT; $99 Online via Zoom During this one-day course, we’ll experiment with different techniques to find a new way into your draft—seeing it with fresh eyes so you can cut away the excess, dig deeper into the richest ideas, and take a fresh approach to structure. Come with a draft you’ve been struggling with—leave with a polished revision, and tools you can use again and again.

Art and the Self: Writing Personal/Critical Essays

Saturday, June 13, 1-4pm EDT; $99 Online via Zoom In this three-hour generative session, we’ll read and discuss examples of personal/critical essays—essays that engage with art as a way to articulate something personal—and generate new writing that incorporates both art criticism and memoir.

Independent Studies

  • $99

The Braided Essay (independent study)

This independent study course will guide you through the process of writing a braided personal essay that incorporates research, criticism, and/or other external elements—from generating an idea and identifying the various strands, to developing those strands, and, of course, braiding them together.

  • $99

Generative Essay Lab (independent study)

Whether you’re in a creative drought and need help coming up with new essay ideas, or you just feel like you keep repeating the same essay forms and want to try something new, this Generative Essay Lab is for you.

  • $99

Finding Your Memoir's Structure (independent study)

In this independent study, a series of craft lessons and assignments will walk you through the process of translating the messy, complex, ongoing story of your life into a satisfying narrative arc for your memoir.