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In-Person

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Writing Personal Essays that Resonate

Christie Grotheim

TUESDAYS, 8 WEEKS

Jul 5

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Aug 23

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Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Virtual

Managing the Rabbit Hole: Incorporating Research into Personal Nonfiction

Julia Ridley Smith

MONDAYS, 3 WEEKS

Aug 15

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Aug 29

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In-Person

Nonfiction

Fiction

Single Session

Draft Chat, August 22

Christie Grotheim

Wednesday

Aug 22

-

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Fiction

In-Person

Single Session

Story Basics: A Crash Course on Fiction Writing

Katie McDougall

Wednesday

Aug 31

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Aug 31

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Single Session

Poetry

Virtual

The Department of You

Dare Williams

Sunday

Sep 4

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Sep 4

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Writing the Body

Gaby Garcia

Fridays

Sep 9

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Sep 30

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In-Person

Single Session

Poetry

Fiction

Nonfiction

Melt the Frozen Core

Joseph Hardy & Kenneth Robinson

Saturday

Sep 10

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Sep 10

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In-Person

Single Session

Poetry

Nonfiction

Fiction

Zine-Making 101: How to Design and Distribute Your Own Mini-Magazine

Elise Anderson

Sunday

Sep 11

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Sep 11

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Nonfiction

Fiction

Flexing Facts to Tell the Truth: Exploring Autofiction in the Short Story

Heather Hasselle

Mondays, 6 Weeks

Sep 12

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Oct 17

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Fiction

Multi-Week

Virtual

Foundations of Fiction (Virtual)

Anna Schachner

Mondays, 8 Weeks

Sep 12

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Oct 31

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Nonfiction

Multi-Week

In-Person

Foundations of Creative Nonfiction

Brittany Ackerman

Mondays, 8 Weeks

Sep 12

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Oct 31

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Fiction

Show and Tell: Writing Complex and Revelatory Scenes

Trey Adams

Tuesdays

Sep 13

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Oct 4

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Fiction

In-Person

Single Session

Studies in Character

Katie McDougall

Wednesday

Sep 14

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Sep 14

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Single Session

Virtual

Fiction

Master Class with Jonathan Escoffery: The Anatomy of Story

Jonathan Escoffery

Wednesday

Sep 14

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Sep 14

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Single Session

Virtual

Nonfiction

Tightening Your Memoir

Katherine Standefer

Saturday

Sep 17

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Sep 17

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

To Self-Publish: How and Why

Cecelia Tichi

Saturday

Sep 17

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Sep 17

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Poetry

Advanced Poetry Workshop

Gary McDowell

Tuesdays, 6 Weeks

Sep 20

-

Oct 25

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Fiction

In-Person

Nonfiction

Poetry

Single Session

Very Short Prose: A Very Short Class

AM Ringwalt

Saturday

Oct 1

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Oct 1

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Single Session

Virtual

Freelancing 101

Tonya Abari

Saturday

Oct 1

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Oct 1

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Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Single Session

Virtual

Get Unstuck!: Moving Forward When Your Writing Stalls Out

Lee Conell

Sunday

Oct 2

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Oct 2

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In-Person

Single Session

Nonfiction

Poetry

Words & Music: A Collaboration with the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra

Yurina Yoshikawa

Sunday

Oct 2

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Oct 2

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Fiction

Nonfiction

Single Session

Virtual

Querying 101: The Hook, Book, and Cook Method to Success

Lisa Bubert

Sunday

Oct 2

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Oct 2

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Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Virtual

You Are The Protagonist

Sheree L. Greer

Mondays, 4 Weeks

Oct 3

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Oct 24

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Multi-Week

Poetry

Virtual

Season of the Witch

Meg Wade

Tuesdays, 4 Weeks

Oct 4

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Oct 25

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Nonfiction

Revise, Rinse, Repeat

Minda Honey

Tuesdays, 4 Weeks

Oct 4

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Oct 25

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Fiction

Nonfiction

Writing the Senses

Lee Conell

Thursdays, 4 Weeks

Oct 6

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Oct 27

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Fiction

Dungeons & Dragons & Writing

Evan Fleischer

Thursdays, 6 Weeks

Oct 6

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Nov 10

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Single Session

In-Person

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Social Media for Writers

Kim Baldwin

Saturday

Oct 8

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Oct 8

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Poetry

Single Session

Virtual

Music Makes Me Lose Control: Prosody and Pleasure

Dare Williams

Sunday

Oct 8

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Oct 8

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Remembering Wild: Decolonizing Nature Writing

Melissa Jean

Sunday

Oct 9

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Oct 9

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Fiction

In-Person

Single Session

Experimental Fiction

Nathan Knapp

Saturday

Oct 9

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Oct 9

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In-Person

Multi-Week

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Queer Fiction

Eliana Ramage

Wednesdays, 4 Weeks

Oct 12

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Nov 2

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Fiction

In-Person

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Novel Jumpstart

Mary Adkins

Saturdays, 4 Weeks

Oct 15

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Nov 5

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Single Session

Virtual

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Write, Submit, Repeat: An Interactive Workshop on Literary Journal Submissions

Sheree L. Greer

Saturday

Oct 15

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Oct 15

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Single Session

In-Person

Nonfiction

Sequential Art and Comics Storytelling

Malaka Gharib

Sunday

Oct 16

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Oct 16

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Fiction

In-Person

Multi-Week

Foundations of Fiction (In Person)

Lara Hughes

Thursdays, 8 Weeks

Oct 20

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Dec 15

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In-Person

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Create and Calm: Writing as a Mindfulness Practice

Melissa Jean

Saturday

Oct 22

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Oct 22

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Fiction

In-Person

Single Session

Dialogue and Scene

Katie McDougall

Wednesday

Oct 26

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Oct 26

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In-Person

Multi-Week

Nonfiction

Poetry

Fiction

Write Nashville

Eliana Ramage

Saturdays, 4 Weeks

Oct 29

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Nov 19

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Virtual

Multi-Week

Fiction

Keeping the Flash in Flash Fiction

Anna Schachner

Tuesdays, 4 Weeks

Nov 1

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Nov 22

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Nonfiction

Shake It Up, Shape It Up: Exploring Essay Structure

Sheree L. Greer

Thursdays, 3 Weeks

Nov 3

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Nov 17

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Single Session

Virtual

Nonfiction

Metaphor in Memoir

Jane Marcellus

Saturday

Nov 5

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Nov 5

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In-Person

Single Session

Poetry

Music of the Poetic Image

Gary McDowell

Sunday

Nov 6

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Nov 6

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Multi-Week

Virtual

Nonfiction

Going There: Memoir and Scene

Sheree L. Greer

Mondays, 6 Weeks

Nov 7

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Dec 12

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Nonfiction

Multi-Week

In-Person

Writing Personal Essays that Resonate

Christie Grotheim

Mondays, 6 Weeks

Nov 7

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Dec 12

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Virtual

Single Session

Fiction

Nonfiction

Meet the Spirit of Your Work in Progress

Ginger Eager

Saturday

Nov 12

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Nov 12

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In-Person

Fiction

Single Session

Hidden Forms: Crafting Narrative from Fairy Tales

Lara Hughes

Saturday

Nov 12

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Nov 12

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Single Session

In-Person

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Writing with Tarot

Meg Wade

Sunday

Nov 13

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Nov 13

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Multi-Week

In-Person

Fiction

Writing About Place Through the Senses

Adria Bernardi

Tuesdays, 4 Weeks

Nov 22

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Dec 13

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Fiction

In-Person

Single Session

What We Talk About When We Talk About Style

Katie McDougall

Wednesday

Nov 30

-

Nov 30

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