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

Essays and Poetry

Build A Sandcastle With Your Words – Creative Essays, Poetry or Both!
You will have the opportunity to deepen your writing practice through writing prompts and sharing your work. We will also read and learn from published writers' essays and poetry.

Fiction Writing

Writing Autobiographical Fiction
During each week of this course, participants will unveil layers of wordsmithing prowess by writing vignettes of memory, based on: life's experiences, everlasting encounters (good and bad), people and places you vividly recall, and so forth. Transform each memoir into…

Flash Writing

Write Flash, Right Now – A Workshop in “Flash” Fiction/Memoir

Over a period of 3 weeks, this course will give you the opportunity to learn about and write flash in class. For the first ten minutes, we'll have a mini-lesson in Flash followed by a 20-minute timed writing. Students will…

Journaling/Self Discovery

Breaking the Silence: A Four Week Explorative Journey To Your Truth
Do you ever find yourself regretting that you didn't ask for what you want or hiding when what you really want is to be seen? If so, then you will love this workshop! You will write personal stories that will…
Continuing the Hearing Journey of Spring; Nature, Writing, Listening, and our Walks in Hope from Grief
This five-week course is a continuation of the course The Art of Hearing; the Sounds of Spring. Nature, Writing, and Listening. Though the first course sets the stage for immersion in and integration with Nature, having taken the first course…
Finding the Writer Within
This class provides an opportunity to get words and stories within you down on paper to help foster your authentic voice. Each week we will write from a prompt given out the week before. Writing can be done in a…

Memoir

Introduction to Guided Autobiography
Guided Autobiography workshops are organized around a sequence of themes—topics that are common threads in the fabric of just about anyone’s life. In "Introduction to Guided Autobiography," we cover the first four of GAB's nine themes: Branching points, family, role…
Writing your Wild Life into Existence
Embark on a creative writing journey as you draw from lived experiences to create new ones dawning courage, hope, fierceness and immense pleasure. Reframe your past by rewriting your future. Take a walk on your wild side as we circle…

Nonfiction

Learning from the Best of Women Travel Writers
We will mine five stories about the following: a lede or hook and nutgraf, themes, sense of place, use of five senses, emotional beats, metaphors, disorientation and awareness, humor, and faith in the transformative power of travel. In the process…

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…

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…
UPCOMING WEBINAR

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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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