Looking for a particular genre, class type, or class length, but don’t know how to find it? Look no further—welcome to the Fall 2021 writer’s guide.
Fiction
One-Day Classes
- Idea Factory: Plot—It’s Complicated (Louisville) with Tiffany Quay Tyson
- Idea Factory: Plot—It’s Complicated (Zoom) with Tiffany Quay Tyson
- Idea Factory: Compelling Main Characters (Louisville) with Traci Groff-Jones
- Idea Factory: Compelling Main Characters (Zoom) with Traci Groff-Jones
- Visiting Author Series: Generosity in Fiction (Zoom) with Joan Silber
4-Week Classes
- 4-Week: Novel Bootcamp III—Your Novel’s Arc (Denver) with William Haywood Henderson
- 4-Week: Novel Bootcamp III—Your Novel’s Arc (Zoom) with William Haywood Henderson
- 4-Week: How to Own a Short Story (Zoom) with Dino Enrique Piacentini
- 4-Week: Reading as a Writer—Frank Herbert’s Dune (Denver) with Alexander Lumans
- 4-Week: YA for Beginners—Starter Kit (Zoom) with Traci Groff-Jones
- 4-Week: Reading as a Writer—Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber (Zoom) with Dino Enrique Piacentini
- 4-Week: The Cinematography of Fiction (Zoom) with Daniel Levine
- 4-Week: Novel Bootcamp IV—Your Novel’s Voice (Denver) with William Haywood Henderson
- 4-Week: Novel Bootcamp IV—Your Novel’s Voice (Zoom) with William Haywood Henderson
8-Week Classes
- 8-Week: Plotshop—A Workshop for Your Plot (Zoom) with Rachel Weaver
- 8-Week: Advanced Novel (Zoom) with Hermione Hoby
- 8-Week: Advanced Novel Workshop (Zoom) with William Haywood Henderson
- 8-Week: Intro to Writing the Short Story (Zoom) with Trent Hudley
- 8-Week: Novel CPR—Book Rescue for Frustrated Geniuses (Zoom) with Clemintine Guirado
- 8-Week: Intermediate Short Story Workshop (Zoom) with Emily Flouton
- 8-Week: Intro to Writing the Novel (Zoom) with John Cotter
- 8-Week: Intermediate Novel Workshop (Zoom) with Jacinda Townsend
- 8-Week: Advanced Short Story Workshop (Zoom) with William Henry Lewis
Nonfiction
One-Day Classes
- Idea Factory: Deepening your Memoir (Louisville) with Sarah Gerard
- Idea Factory: Deepening your Memoir (Zoom) with Sarah Gerard
- Idea Factory: Mapping your Narrative Arc (Louisville) with Tanja Pajevic
- Idea Factory: Mapping your Narrative Arc (Zoom) with Tanja Pajevic
- Nonfiction Book Proposals 101 (Denver) with Shana M. Kelly
- The Lyrical Line and Memoirist’s Toolkit (Zoom) with Genevieve Walker
- The Braided Essay (Zoom) with Karen Auvinen
4-Week Classes
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4-Week: Creative Nonfiction 101 (Zoom) with John Cotter
8-Week Classes
- 8-Week: Beginner/Intermediate Memoir Workshop (Louisville) with Kay Tolchin
- 8-Week: Intro to Writing the Personal Narrative and Memoir (Zoom) with Melissa Alvarado Sierra
- 8-Week: Drafting and Critiquing the Long-Form Essay (Zoom) with Lisa Kennedy
- 8-Week: Daytime Writing the Memoir (Zoom) with Karen Auvinen
- 8-Week: Intermediate Memoir and Personal Essay (Denver) with Steve Knopper
- 8-Week: Advanced Memoir and Narrative Nonfiction (Zoom) with Lauren Markham
Poetry
One-Day Classes
- Idea Factory: Evoking Childhood Memories (Louisville) with Jodie Hollander
- Idea Factory: Evoking Childhood Memories (Zoom) with Jodie Hollander
- Crafting Musical Poetry (Denver) with Jodie Hollander
- The Monstrosity of the Poem (Zoom) with Dan Beachy-Quick
4-Week Classes
- 4-Week: Poetry for the Rest of Us (Zoom) with Joy Roulier Sawyer
8-Week Classes
- 8-Week: Advanced Poetry Workshop (Zoom) with Abigail Chabitnoy
- 8-Week: Intermediate Poetry Workshop (Zoom) with Lynn Wagner
- 8-Week: Daytime All-Levels Poetry Workshop (Zoom) with Radha Markum
- 8-Week: Intermediate/Advanced Poetry Workshop (Denver) with André Hoilette
- 8-Week: Introduction to Poetry Workshop (Zoom) with Suzi Q. Smith
- 8-Week: Poetry Workshop (Asynchronous) with Jennifer Denrow
Dramatic Writing
8-Week Classes
- 8-Week: Intro to Screenwriting (Zoom) with Chris Grillot
- 8-Week: Works in Progress—Intermediate/Advanced Screenwriting (Zoom) with Jenny Taylor-Whitehorn
- 8-Week: Playwriting Workshop (Denver) with Melissa Lucero McCarl
Hybrid
8-Week Classes
- 8-Week: Experimental/Hybrid Generative Writing (Zoom) with Toby Altman
- 8-Week: Online Betwixt, Stretched, Of-The-Moment—Hybrid and Unexpected Forms (Asynchronous) with Jessica Roeder
All Genres
One-Day Classes
- Idea Factory: From the Mind to the Page (Louisville) with André Hoilette
- Idea Factory: From the Mind to the Page (Zoom) with André Hoilette
- Idea Factory: Hybrid and Experimental Prose Forms (Louisville) with Alyse Knorr
- Idea Factory: Hybrid and Experimental Prose Forms (Zoom) with Alyse Knorr
- Idea Factory: The Language We Inherit (Louisville) with Suzi Q. Smith
- Idea Factory: The Language We Inherit (Zoom) with Suzi Q. Smith
- Idea Factory: Write from the Start (Louisville) with BK Loren
- Idea Factory: Write from the Start (Zoom) with BK Loren
- Writing the Haunts, Writing the Scares (Zoom) with Juan Morales
- Big Time Intertextuality: Layering Your Work with Others (Zoom) with Addie Tsai
- The Multitudes: Setting Scope, Organizing Ideas, and Playing with Form within an Essay Collection (Zoom) with Cinelle Barnes
- The Compassionate Workshop (Zoom) with André Hoilette
4-Week Classes
- 4-Week: Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em—Crafting Unforgettable Characters (Zoom) with Nur Ibrahim
- 4-Week: How to Start your Novel or Memoir (Zoom) with Rachel Weaver
- 4-Week: Writing 101—Gotta Start Somewhere (Zoom) with Joy Roulier Sawyer
- 4-Week: The Fabric of Words—Depth and Texture in Prose (Zoom) with John Cotter
- 4-Week: From Micro to Macro—Revising the Details (Zoom) with Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
- 4-Week: Writing Jump-Start—Grief, Isolation, Community, Renewal (Asynchronous) with Jennifer Wortman
- 4-Week: Writing 101—Gotta Start Somewhere (Zoom) with Joy Roulier Sawyer
- 4-Week: Elements of Strong Story—Novel or Memoir (Zoom) with Rachel Weaver
- 4-Week: A Strange Object—New Structures in Storytelling (Denver) with Alexander Lumans
- 4-Week: Writing Jump-Start—Nature, Nation, God, Sin (Asynchronous) with Jennifer Wortman
8-Week
- 8-Week: Style, Voice, Imitation and Theft (Denver) with Nini Berndt
- 8-Week: Writing Through Triptych—Exploring Three-Part Forms in Narrative (Zoom) with William Henry Lewis
- 8-Week: Daytime Intro to Writing Novel and Memoir (Zoom) with Rachel Weaver
- 8-Week: Getting It Done—96 Hours Towards a Finished Draft (Zoom) with Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
- 8-Week: The Poetic Essay and Memoir (Zoom) with Chip Livingston
- 8-Week: Writing Our Rage (Zoom) with Lisa Kennedy
- 8-Week: Intermediate/Advanced Fiction and Nonfiction Workshop (Asynchronous) with Christopher Merkner
