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WRITING X 431.1
Poetry I

Learn the basic techniques of poetry writing in this introductory course combining writing exercises and workshopping.

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In Person
WRITING X 461.3E
Gay Men's Writing Workshop: A Literary Approach to Writing About Gay Life

Explore gay men's experiences in a safe, encouraging workshop environment of peers as you craft compelling fiction and nonfiction.

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Online
WRITING X 422.3
Personal Essay III

This advanced workshop helps you polish existing essay drafts into powerful pieces suitable for publication.

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WRITING X 461.4E
Writing Life Stories Inspired by Travel

Turn your memories of travel into powerful explorations of emotional and intellectual journeys.

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WRITING X 424.6E
Memoir and Personal Essay Two-Sunday Workshop

Get your creative juices flowing with this focused weekend workshop that helps you jump-start work on several new pieces of creative nonfiction writing.

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In Person
WRITING X 413.6E
Write a Novel in 10 Weeks

This ambitious workshop guides you to achieve the unthinkable: a novel draft in just 10 weeks.

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WRITING X 461.9E
Intensive Revision

Get ruthless with your own drafts and discover ways to elevate your writing to its greatest potential in this workshop devoted only to revision techniques.

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WRITING X 461.8E
Finding Inspiration

Learn to find inspiration from a variety of sources in this course for writers who need to jumpstart their creativity.

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WRITING X 461.2E
Power Up Your Writing: Deeper Characters, Deeper Truths

Approach writing from a variety of perspectives to discover new ideas, techniques, and skills in this workshop for writers of all genres.

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Online
WRITING X 461.1E
Emotion Into Art: Infusing Your Writing with Feeling

Learn how to create writing that triggers emotional responses in your reader. Great for beginning and intermediate writers.

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WRITING X 461.14E
Writing the Erotic

Explore the erotic as a genre as you learn to incorporate writing about sex and sexuality artfully into your writing, no matter its subject.

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WRITING X 424.5E
How to Sell Your Nonfiction Work

Find out how to become a professional nonfiction writer in this career-focused course for beginning writers.

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WRITING X 424.4E
Travel Writing

Apply the techniques of evocative writing to place-based works while learning the skills of the professional travel writers

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WRITING X 424.3E
Writing Out of Your Life

Find stories from your life to turn into written works in this encouraging course that focuses on generating new work instead of revising and critiquing.

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WRITING X 413.9E
Speculative Fiction and Magical Realism

Kickstart your imagination with this introductory course on writing beyond the ordinary and in alternate realities.

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Online
WRITING X 413.7E
Write a Novel in a Month as Part of National Novel Writing Month

Dive right into to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) with this workshop designed to help you achieve success with pre- and post-November activities.

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WRITING X 413.1E
Story Structure for the Novel

Develop a solid premise and sketch out your story's structure with the goal of completing a six-page detailed synopsis that you can use to complete a draft of your novel.

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Online
WRITING 791.8
Master the Art of Organizing Your Writing Life

Ever feel like your writing life is filled with half-started stories, a tangle of notes, and ideas that vanish as quickly as they appear? Step into a world where chaos meets its match. This…

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Live Online
WRITING X 424.28E
Writing the Family Narrative

Develop a small body of work by exploring different ways to creatively tell stories informed by your ancestral history, both known and unknown.

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Online
WRITING X 432.20E
The Continuing Poet

Perfect for poets not quite ready for advanced workshops, this course sustains and builds on your writing practice with readings, discussions, and prompts to keep you writing and discovering your potential. 

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Live Online

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