Story Circle

by, for, and about women

Online Classes

Writing Classes for Women

Since 1997, Story Circle Network has offered courses (onsite and online) in memoir, reminiscence, journaling, family stories, writing-as-healing, place writing and nature writing, writing for personal growth and spiritual development, and poetry. We also offer classes in fiction (using fiction techniques, fiction in memoir, and fictionalizing women’s lives) and teach general writing skills, organization, critical editing, and blogging.

Classes offered vary from term to term.

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Current & Upcoming Classes

Journaling/Self Discovery

Mindful Journaling for Memoir by Studying Phyllis Theroux’s Memoir, The Journal Keeper
We meet via Zoom conferencing once a week for 8 sessions with our journals open, pens in hand, and ready to explore the wide and wonderful craft of journaling. In this class we will focus on trusting the writing process,…
Instructor: Aimee Luna
Using the Gifts of Winter as a Source for Creative Exploration
Winter is a beautiful season that's rich with reflection, introspection, renewal, healing, connection, and a thirst for all that is light. There are so many gifts wrapped up in the season of winter with the capacity to uncover the depths…
Instructor: Tina Games

Memoir and Life Writing

Drawing With Light – Painting With Words
Each of the six classes will start with instructions regarding the week’s photography assignment, followed by writing suggestions. Combining photography with a writing prompt will generate a conversation between the visual and the literary. Photographs can be taken with a…
Instructor: Ariela Zucker
Joywriting
Here, you will engage in writing that seeks for joy where it may be found, even in the midst of suffering.
Instructor: Marianne Rogoff

Networking

Blogging for Beginners
In this four week class, we will clarify the differences between a blog and a website, narrow down and choose your focus for your blog, navigate the tech, create a bucket of ideas for future posts, write and revise your…
Instructor: Amy Isaman

Poetry

Haiku for Health: How the Ancient Practice of Haiku Connects Mind, Body, and Spirit
Have you ever wondered how haiku originated and exactly what it is? Haiku is an old Japanese poetic form derived from a much older linked-verse form and is now practiced all over the world. Are you curious about this poetry…
Instructor: Cyndi
Poetry Making: Rhythm and Soul
Four Week Course Poetry making, evoking rhythm, soul and your erotic voice. Deepening your imagination, creativity sensing, intuitive expression, instinctual imagery and primal feelings, sharing and emerging your poetic voice and story"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought…
Instructor: Marta Luzim, MS

Writing Better Through Reading

Learning to Use Literary Elements by Studying Toni Morrison’s Novel, Beloved
This class will focus on literary elements and how Nobel Laureate in Literature Toni Morrison uses them to enhance her fiction. This information can be applied to fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. The class will also allow students to submit…
Instructor: Len Leatherwood

Independent Study

Independent Study Program, Session 1
What is keeping you from your dreams? Do you have an idea for a story but don't know how to start? Do you have a draft but need an editor? Are you stuck on your summary? Cover letter? Query? Do…
Instructor: Lynn Goodwin
Independent Study Program, Session 2
What is keeping you from your dreams? Do you have an idea for a story but don't know how to start? Do you have a draft but need an editor? Are you stuck on your summary? Cover letter? Query? Do…
Instructor: Lynn Goodwin

Propose a Class

Our faculty members, all women, are experienced teachers and published writers with a special interest in helping women explore their lives. If you are a skilled writer who is experienced in teaching memoir, journaling, life-based fiction, and other lifewriting forms and are interested in joining our faculty, we would like to hear from you.

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