Jump Start

This eight-week writing class offers a space for new and experienced writers to build community, strengthen creative resilience and jump start your writing.

Each week I provide a variety of approaches, from somatic practices to documentary techniques, to help you generate new material. We explore image, character, rhythm and other fundamentals applicable to any genre.

In addition to in-class writing, students have access to weekly parallel writing sessions and an individual writing consult with me.

No prior writing experience needed.

Saturdays from 10:15am -12:00pm PST, January 8 - March 5. No class on February 12. On Zoom. $450. Info on creative ways to pay here.

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Jump Start II

An eight-week class helps writers develop a first draft of a new story, play or chunk of a novel.

This class combines in-class writing, creating foundational documents to support the story sharing work and giving feedback

Each meeting consists of creative exercises, discussion of writing challenges and feedback on works-in-progress. We use specific guidelines for feedback so that that writers get the honest, generative feedback that readies them to move forward. Participants also have access to one-on-one consults with me during the run of the clinic.

We meet twice monthly from January to November with a hiatus in August. Participants will have a chance to share their work four or more times over the course of our time together.

Saturdays 12:30 - 2:30pm PST March 26- May 21, 2022.  

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Writing Clinic

A space for writing, sharing work and getting constructive feedback. The Writing Clinic is designed to help writers complete the next draft — whatever genre they’re working in. 

Each meeting consists of creative exercises, discussion of writing challenges and feedback on works-in-progress. We use specific guidelines for feedback so that that writers get the honest, generative feedback that readies them to move forward. Participants also have access to one-on-one consults with me during the run of the clinic.

We meet twice monthly from January to November with a hiatus in August. Participants will have a chance to share their work four or more times over the course of our time together.

Saturdays 12:30 - 2:30pm PST January , 2022. Additional sessions may be added depending on class size. $675. 

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