Writing Classes
Multi-week and Self-paced classes, Online Seminars, and In-Person classes
Online Writing Classes & Seminars
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Magical Realism Writing Workshop
10/6/2026
In this four-week online writing workshop, we'll explore the history of the genre, how to identify it in text, and how to write magical realism by utilizing its various elements. Students will have the opportunity to write one magical realism piece and receive personalized feedback from the instructor.
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Revising Your Speculative Fiction Novel Seminar
10/14/26
This seminar is for writers of speculative fiction, science fiction, magical realism, fantasy, dystopian, and related subgenres who want to learn revision and editing techniques that will prepare their manuscript for submission to literary agents and publishers. -
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The Art of the Editing Phase
11/21/2026
Whether you have a novel or a short story completed, this class will provide you with the tools to take your story to the next level. You’ll learn how to revise from the line level to the overall storyline. Through examples and exercises, you’ll gain better insight into grounding a scene through details, revising your story’s tone, and editing for lyricality of language.
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Freelance Writing Seminar
12/9/2026
This online writing class is for writers interested in freelance writing, whether that means articles and essays for magazines and websites or copy for businesses and social media. You'll leave with a clearer understanding of where to find freelance writing gigs, how to pitch articles to editors, and how to handle the business side — taxes, contracts, negotiations, and more.
Self-Paced Course:
Writing An Identity Not Your Own for Speculative Fiction Writers
Learn how to write characters with historically marginalized identities and prevent biases and stereotypes in your science fiction, fantasy, dystopian, romantasy, and speculative fiction novels and stories.
You will receive access to the Writing An Identity Not Your Own: Speculative Fiction course which includes five sections of pre-recorded presentations, excerpts and examples, additional writing challenges, an editing checklist, resources, and exercises (presented in the videos and outside them).
