Writing A Short Memoir

Turn your life experiences--dramatic and everyday--into a powerful short memoir. Tell the story of your life in bite-sized chunks. Learn the process of writing a short memoir piece: from selecting and reflecting on your experience, to writing and publishing your story.

• Oct 19, 2026 to Nov 02, 2026 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm (3 sessions total), Monday
• Fee: $140
• Item: 39574

Introduction to Creative Writing

Introduction to Creative Writing is a playful, generative writing course for anyone who wants to write in the community of others and cultivate a creative writing practice. You will use prompts and writing activities to help you leap the boundaries of your brain, explore genres, and create and curate your own material to expand into creative writing projects. In addition, you will learn the art of workshop and how to give and receive useful feedback. In this supportive environment, you'll gain confidence as a writer, learning to trust your process and your work. By the end of the 6-week course, you will have developed a regular writing practice, established a writing community, and completed several original works of creative writing.

• Oct 09, 2026 to Nov 13, 2026 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (6 sessions total), Friday
• Fee: $150
• Item: 39560
• Supplies are required for this course.

Surrealist Creative Writing

Surrealism challenges how you think and create. This class uses playful writing exercises and group activities to spark unexpected ideas. You’ll explore key artists and writers that shaped surrealism, like André Breton, Leonora Carrington, and Georges Bataille. Through experimentation and collaboration, you’ll break habits, embrace spontaneity, and write in ways you never have before.

• Oct 19, 2026 to Dec 14, 2026 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm (9 sessions total), Monday
• Fee: $220
• Item: 39583

How to Write a Novel in 30 Days

Whether you want to write a novel, short story, or even nonfiction, writers can use the fundamentals of write-a-novel-in-30-days to set goals, make a plan, and practice writing fast first drafts. The principles of the 30-day novel can support any stretch goal, help create new writing habits, and prove that you can write more than you ever have before. And it can be done in any time period. This process is a lesson in writing without editing—learning to create messy first drafts. A great class for writers at any level with an idea or a work in progress.

• Oct 07, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm (4 sessions total), Wednesday
• Fee: $95
• Item: 39573

Creative Writing 2

Creative Writing 2 is a 6-week class for anyone looking to develop their writing through practice, discussion, and community support. You can write in any genre and bring in your own work, whether it's a finished draft, a work in progress, or something new you’ve written during class.

This creative writing class focuses on giving and receiving feedback that is thoughtful, honest, and helpful. You’ll learn how to use that feedback to revise and move your writing forward. In-class writing time and conversations will help spark ideas and give you fresh ways to look at your work.

By the end of the course, you’ll have revised one or two pieces, built your feedback and revision skills, and added new writing to your practice.

• Oct 08, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (6 sessions total), Thursday
• Fee: $150
• Item: 39561
• Supplies are required for this course.

Poetry Writing for Everyone

Lautréamont believed poetry belongs to everyone. The Surrealists saw it as a kind of magic. For many writers across time, poetry has been a way to speak freely and make sense of lived experience.

In this class, you’ll write from prompts and read poems from a range of eras and voices. You’ll share your work with others in a space that values curiosity, respect, and thoughtful feedback. The focus isn’t on perfection or theory. It’s on showing up honestly, working through ideas on the page, and letting language do its work.

• Oct 03, 2026 to Nov 21, 2026 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (8 sessions total), Saturday
• Fee: $195
• Item: 39582

Write a Feature Film

Got an idea for a movie but not sure how to turn it into a script? This class walks you through the process of writing a feature film, from shaping your idea to building a strong structure and revising your draft. You’ll learn how screenplays work and how to tell a story that connects with an audience.

Each class includes short writing exercises, examples from films, and discussion. You’ll look at different ways to structure a story and develop your own approach. Come ready to write, share, and start building your script.

• Sep 30, 2026 to Nov 04, 2026 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm (6 sessions total), Wednesday
• Fee: $130
• Item: 39575
• Supplies are required for this course.

Creative Writing 3

Creative Writing 3 is for writers who have completed Creative Writing 2 and are looking to further develop work created in that class with community support. As in CW2, you can write in any genre and bring in your writing for review and discussion at any stage in the writing process—be it the next chapter of your novel or memoir, scenes for a screenplay, a rough draft of an essay, or new batch of poems. This class will help support and sustain your work through thoughtful, honest, and helpful feedback. In-class writing exercises and conversation will help spark ideas and give you fresh ways to look at your writing—and keep moving it forward.

• Oct 08, 2026 to Nov 12, 2026 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (6 sessions total), Thursday
• Fee: $150
• Item: 39562
• Supplies are required for this course.