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Foundations of Fiction (In Person)
Lara Hughes
Thursdays, 8 Weeks
Oct 20
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Dec 15
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Nonfiction
Going There: Memoir and Scene
Sheree L. Greer
Mondays, 6 Weeks
Nov 7
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Dec 12
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Writing Personal Essays that Resonate
Christie Grotheim
Mondays, 6 Weeks
Nov 7
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Dec 12
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Fiction
Writing About Place Through the Senses
Adria Bernardi
Tuesdays, 4 Weeks
Nov 22
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Dec 13
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Picture It: Vision-Boarding and Intention-Setting
Ciona Rouse
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Fiction
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Writing Therapy
Anna B. Sutton
Mondays, 4 weeks
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Story Basics: A Crash Course on Fiction Writing
Katie McDougall
Wednesday
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Foundations of Fiction
Eliana Ramage
Thursdays, 8 weeks
Jan 12
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Mar 2
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Poetry
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Very Short Prose
AM Ringwalt
Saturdays, 3 weeks
Jan 14
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Jan 28
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Tightening Your Memoir
Katherine Standefer
Saturday
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Jan 14
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The Possibilities of Plot
Katie McDougall
Wednesday
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The Essayette
Brittany Ackerman
Saturday
Jan 28
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Create and Calm: Writing as a Mindfulness Practice
Melissa Jean
Tuesday
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Jan 30
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Ménage à Trois: Reimagining the Relationship Between Writer, Character, and Reader
Loie Rawding
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Jan 31
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Shake It Up, Shape It Up: Exploring and Exploding Essay Structure
Sheree L. Greer
Thursdays, 3 weeks
Feb 2
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Feb 16
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The Business of Creative Writing: Creating Your Writing Practice
Lisa Bubert
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Writing Through Grief
Vanessa Martir
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Pedagogy for Mixed-Level Classrooms
Meg Wade
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Writing Setting: Reaching Deeper into Real and Imaginary Spaces
Lee Conell
Saturday
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Feb 11
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Novel Jumpstart
Lucas Schaefer
Sundays, 4 weeks
Feb 12
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Mar 5
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Point of View and Voice
Katie McDougall
Wednesday
Feb 15
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Words and Music: A Collaboration with the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra (TEENS)
Yurina Yoshikawa
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Experimental Fiction
Nathan Knapp
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Feb 18
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Words and Music: A Collaboration with the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra
Yurina Yoshikawa
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Writing as a Restorative Act
Anna B. Sutton
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AAPI Writers Workshop: Prose
Yurina Yoshikawa
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Write, Submit, Repeat
Sheree L. Greer
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Strategies for Revision
Eliana Ramage
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Writing to Publish
Molly McGhee
Wednesdays, 8 weeks
Mar 8
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Apr 26
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The Business of Creative Writing: Submitting Your Work (and Dealing with Rejection)
Lisa Bubert
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Mar 11
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Short Story Boot Camp
Lucas Schaefer
Sundays, 4 weeks
Mar 12
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Beyond Story: Discourse Decisions in Fiction
Trey Adams
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
Mar 14
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The Personal Essay
Yurina Yoshikawa
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
Mar 14
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Generating the Personal in Speculative Fiction
Molly McGhee
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What Poetry Can Teach Prose
Gary McDowell
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The Scent of a Story: Using Olfactory Inspiration to Generate New Writing
Loie Rawding
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The Power of Two: Diptychs and Duplex Forms
Pauletta Hansel
Saturday
Mar 25
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Journalism 101 for the CNF Writer
Jennifer Chesak
Tuesday
Mar 28
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Mar 28
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Writing from Your Authentic Self: Beginning Poetry Workshop
Lisa Dordal
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The Nature of Death: A Series on Grief and Healing through Landscape
Meg Wade
Saturdays, 4 weeks
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Apr 22
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The Business of Creative Writing: Pitching Personal Essays for Publication
Lisa Bubert
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Epistolary Writing
Vanessa Martir
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Nonfiction Pitch Chat
Margaret Littman
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Getting the Words Right: Revision Through Erasure
Trey Adams
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Social Media for Writers
Kim Baldwin
Saturday
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Apr 22
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Foundations of Creative Nonfiction
Stewart Lewis
Wednesdays, 6 weeks
Apr 26
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Finding the Lyric Essay or Poem in Family Stories
Pauletta Hansel
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AAPI Writers Workshop: Screenwriting
Yurina Yoshikawa
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Poetry-Curious: An Intro to Writing Verse
Anna B. Sutton
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Praising the Stone with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón (IN PERSON option)
Ada Limón
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Praising the Stone with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón (VIRTUAL option)
Ada Limón
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Intro to Autofiction: What, How, and Why?
Trey Adams
Saturday
May 6
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May 6
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The First 20 Pages of Your Novel
Ginger Eager
Wednesdays, 4 weeks
May 10
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May 31
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Writing Like a Naturalist
Melissa Jean
Thursday
May 11
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May 11
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The Business of Creative Writing: Book-Publishing 101
Lisa Bubert
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May 13
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May 13
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