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

Flash Writing

An Experiment: Committing to Writing 20 Minutes a Day for 1 Month
This course will require an active commitment on the part of its participants to pledge to write daily for 20 minutes, 6 days a week, for 4 weeks. Participants will read short articles that provide help and guidance on the…
Instructor: Len Leatherwood

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
Reframing Grief
This course addresses the symptoms of grief, how grief can alter our thinking and behavior, and the natural need to tell the story as a way to understand and assimilate what has happened. We will “research quotes that define our…
Instructor: Marianne Rogoff

Memoir and Life Writing

Would I, Could I, Should I Write a Memoir? Part Two*
Part Two of this interactive eight week class covers more than the nuts and bolts of publishing, marketing and distribution options. We also examine the working lives of successful memoirists to prepare to meet our obligations as published authors. The…
Instructor: Cynthia F Davidson
Writing Life Stories
This interactive course is designed to enable students to develop competence in writing life stories about themselves and relatives by analyzing, organizing, and developing ideas; locating and using online resources for supporting ideas; and adapting one’s writing to various audiences.…
Instructor: Sharon Carmack
You Have a Family Story to Tell…Let’s Get It Done!
This class will be a discussion and exploration of straightforward ways to organize historical facts and incidental information into a cohesive family history. We will work through tricky areas such as how to handle conflicting memories of an event or…
Instructor: Rosa Latimer

Screenwriting

So You Want to Be in Movies
From FADE IN to FADE OUT, participants will learn the details of the format of writing a screenplay, as well as the story structure, whether adapting from a novel or starting with a new idea. Each week, participants will receive…
Instructor: Maryann Miller

Verbal Storytelling

Tell Your Story: Finding Your Voice in the Spoken Art of Storytelling
We will begin sharing stories the first week of our weekly sessions, creating compelling narratives from authentic memories and refining the telling of them with coaching and feedback. We'll focus on crafting a clear structure, with rising and falling action…
Instructor: KateStoryteller

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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