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Novel Generator
Nathan Knapp
Mondays, 4 weeks
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Writing YOU on the Page
Vanessa Martir
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The Short(ish) Essay
Susannah Felts
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Pitch Perfect: How to Get Published in the NASHVILLE SCENE
Hannah Herner and Kelsey Beyeler
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Look Again: Writing Poetry in Response to Art
Nathaniel Rosenthalis
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Lauren Nossett
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Alexis Ozden
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Lisa Bubert
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Writing Beautiful Letters
AM Ringwalt
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The Short Story
William Henry Lewis
Mondays, 4 weeks
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Aug 26
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Crafting Dynamic Characters
Cara Lynn Albert
Mondays, 4 weeks
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Aug 26
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Story Basics
Katie McDougall
Tuesday
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Aug 6
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Alice Munro's Powers of Disturbance
Whitney Bryant
Wednesdays, 4 weeks
Aug 7
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Aug 28
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Writing Romance: A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Swoon-Worthy Stories
Sara Holifield
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Grammar for Business: Understanding the Rules in Context
Tamara Scott
Saturday
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Aug 10
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The Art of the Shock: Stories That Go Too Far
Andrew Steiner
Tuesday
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Writing as Spiritual Practice
Claire McKeever-Burgett
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Content Marketing Essentials: A Freelancer's Guide
Tina Dominguez
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Aug 17
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Developing Your Non-Fiction Book Proposal
Ami McConnell & Shannon Miller
Saturday
Aug 17
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Aug 17
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A Formal Feeling Comes: Finding a Poetic Form for Difficult Material
Pauletta Hansel
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Sep 10
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Novel Jumpstart
Lucas Schaefer
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Aug 21
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Sep 11
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How to Thrive as a Sensitive Writer
Lori Beerman
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Aug 24
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Picture Books That Surprise and Delight
Lisa Bubert
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Aug 24
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Aug 24
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Writing for Healing (Online)
Claire Coenen
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Aug 28
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Sep 18
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Memory Mining
Heather Hasselle
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Sep 24
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Soundtrack Your Stories
Liz Riggs
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Sep 4
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Foundations of Fiction
Clemintine Guirado
Thursdays, 8 weeks
Sep 5
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Oct 24
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Foundations of Creative Nonfiction
Vanessa Martir
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Sep 5
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Oct 24
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Dare to Fail! A Screenwriting Workshop For One-Minute Films
JR Robles
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Sep 7
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Switch Hitters
Amy Estes
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Culture and Character
Odie Lindsey
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Sep 21
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The Hermit Crab Essay: Digging Into Forms
Lara Hughes
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Dialogue in Fiction
Liz Riggs
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Dress for the Job You Want: Creating an Author Website
Meredith R. Lyons
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Formal Poetry Playtime
Erin Hoover
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Based On A True Story
Leslie T. Grover
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Immigrants Write
Nina Adel
Mondays, 8 weeks
Sep 16
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Nov 11
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Playful Character Discovery Through Improv
Emma Supica
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Sep 16
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Speculative Fiction & Ancestral Exploration
Silk Jazmyne
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Sep 17
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You Are the Protagonist
Sheree L. Greer
Wednesday
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Sep 18
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Finding a Literary Agent: The Art of the Query Letter
Laurie Dennison
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Words & Music (YOUTHS)
Leslie Hinson
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Leslie Hinson
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Experimental Fiction
Nathan Knapp
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Food Memories: Craft Talk and Book Signing
Anne Byrn
Monday
Sep 23
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Sep 23
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The Personal Essay
Christina Berke
Mondays, 4 weeks
Sep 23
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Oct 14
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Clocks in Flight: Time and Perception in Fiction and Memoir
Nancy Reisman
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Sep 25
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Email to Impress: Crafting Business Messages that Get Read
Tamara Scott
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Sep 28
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Developing Your Poetry Manuscript
Pauletta Hansel
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Sep 28
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Hot Poems Only
Leah Nieboer
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Sep 28
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Writing About Sociopathy
RJ Jacobs
Monday
Sep 30
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Sep 30
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Association: Finding the Repeated Elements Trying to Talk to Each Other
Adria Bernardi
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
Oct 1
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Oct 22
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Finding Your Star: How to Write a Picture Book for Children
Heidi Fiedler
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
Oct 1
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Oct 22
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Ordinary Grace: Writing Familial Love
Andrew Steiner
Wednesday
Oct 2
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Oct 2
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Advanced Poetry Workshop
Amie Whittemore
Wednesdays, 4 weeks
Oct 2
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Oct 23
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Comedic Writing for Everyday Life
Cortney Warner
Wednesday
Oct 2
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Oct 2
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"You didn't write, you rewrote": Beginning with Revision
Christian Detisch
Thursdays, 4 weeks
Oct 3
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Oct 24
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Journaling for Gratitude
Latonya Moore
Saturday
Oct 5
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Oct 5
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Horrigin Stories: The Horror Genre as Memoir
Lori Beerman
Saturday
Oct 5
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Oct 5
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Rewriting Illness
Odie Lindsey
Saturdays, 3 weeks
Oct 5
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Oct 19
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Writing for Healing (In Person)
Claire Coenen
Mondays, 6 weeks
Oct 7
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Nov 18
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Style
Katie McDougall
Wednesday
Oct 9
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Oct 9
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The Art of a Good Sentence
J.F. Ewert
Saturday
Oct 12
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Oct 12
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Building Dread in Supernatural Horror: Dramatic Structure of THE EXORCIST
Jennifer Rumberger
Tuesday
Oct 15
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Oct 15
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Buying the Flowers Yourself: Tips and Tricks for Beginning, Building, and Revising Your Novel or Short Story
David James Poissant
Wednesday
Oct 16
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Oct 16
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Never Give Up: Surviving Submissions and Rejections
Sheree L. Greer
Wednesday
Oct 16
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Oct 16
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Bring the Family! Generations Writing Together
Nina Adel
Saturday
Oct 19
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Oct 19
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Writing as an Antidote to Existential Dread
Claire Coenen
Saturday
Oct 19
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Oct 19
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NaNoWriMo Novel Development Crash Course
Mayra Cuevas
Sunday
Oct 20
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Oct 20
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Glancing in the Rearview: Backstory and Flashback
Lara Hughes
Mondays, 3 weeks
Oct 21
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Nov 4
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Screenwriting
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Building Dread in The Slasher: Dramatic Structure of HALLOWEEN
Jennifer Rumberger
Tuesday
Oct 22
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Oct 22
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Elevating the Personal Essay
Christie Grotheim
Wednesdays, 8 weeks
Oct 23
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Dec 18
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Create & Calm: Writing as a Mindfulness Practice
Melissa Jean
Tuesday
Oct 29
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Oct 29
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Horror Poetry
Ellie Black
Tuesday
Oct 29
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Oct 29
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Borrowing from the Neighbors: Poetry Through the Lens of Other Forms of Art
Ryan Varadi
Wednesdays, 4 weeks
Oct 30
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Nov 20
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Nonfiction
Fiction
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Dreaming-Writing
Leah Nieboer
Wednesdays, 4 weeks
Oct 30
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Nov 20
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Nonfiction
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First There Is a Mountain: Writing Through Trauma
Joseph Hardy & Kenneth Robinson
Saturday
Nov 2
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Nov 2
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Six Ways of Looking at a Poem
Ciona Rouse
Thursdays, 3 weeks
Nov 7
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Nov 21
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The Poetics of Autumn
Melissa Jean
Saturday
Nov 9
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Nov 9
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Writing About Home: A Generative Workshop
Erin Hoover
Saturday
Nov 9
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Nov 9
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Fiction
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Writing the South
Susannah Felts
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
Nov 12
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Dec 3
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Queering The Essay
Amy Estes
Tuesdays, 4 weeks
Nov 12
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Dec 10
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Going There: Memoir and Scene
Sheree L. Greer
Saturday
Nov 16
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Nov 16
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Writing the Body in Late Capitalism
Kate Tighe-Pigott
Mondays, 4 weeks
Nov 18
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Dec 9
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Rough Draft Done! Now What?
Andrew Steiner
Wednesday
Dec 4
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Dec 4
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Studies in Character
Katie McDougall
Thursday
Dec 5
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Dec 5
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Orienteering Above, Below, and Within: Story Spaces and Telescopic Sight
Nancy Reisman
Saturday
Dec 7
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Dec 7
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Healing Shame With Pride
Alexis Ozden
Thursday
Dec 12
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Dec 12
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Music Into Written Word
Erin Cecilia Thomas
Saturday
Dec 14
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Dec 14
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