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
Freelance Writing
Write and Sell Your Story in Short Spurts
Writing your story in short, feature article length segments boosts confidence and can provide income while working on a book length project. A series of articles based on the life and times of you also provides material for your future…
Instructor: Kathryn Haueisen
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
Heart of a Woman – Impassioned Writing to Heal and Forgive Trauma
This four-week course activates a writing journey from your head into your flesh, bones, and heart. Body-felt writing is passionate, instinctual, intuitive and juicy. You will be gently guided into memories, feelings, and active imagining to write your personal trauma-story…
Instructor: Marta Luzim, MS
Processing The Good, The Bad, and The Overwhelm
I encourage you to relate what’s happening to your life. If you share we'll only say what we love in the writing.No political rants. Instead, identify how an issue relates to you; show how it affects your mental, physical, emotional,…
Instructor: Lynn Goodwin
Memoir and Life Writing
Leaving Your Legacy: Writing Legacy Letters
Participants will learn the history of legacy letters, reasons for writing them and engage in writing exercises to stimulate ideas and finally write their own letter. Class participation and sharing are encouraged. Additional exercises are given as homework. Instruction will…
Instructor: Thelma Zirkelbach
What Lurks Behind: Finding the Emotional Current Behind your Story
I encourage travel stories and essays in this class, but that is not the only focus. A draft typically addresses the events of the story and the major talking points of an essay. We will meet every two weeks to…
Instructor: Rhonda Wiley-Jones
Would I, Could I, Should I Write a Memoir? (Part One)
This interactive class is designed to address concerns and answer participants' questions, in-depth. By sharing what I and others wish we'd known at the outset of our self-publishing adventures, participants will learn to consider all aspects of conceiving, writing, and…
Instructor: Cynthia F Davidson
Nonfiction
Dive Into Creative Nonfiction with Sarah White
Topics include: Exploring the forms and boundaries of the creative nonfiction genre; brainstorming for writable ideas,; plotting your story structure; conducting research; and bringing it all together with effective writing craft. Expect to write 2-3 pages weekly for in-class discussion.…
Instructor: Sarah White
Poetry
The Broadsheet/The Broadside
The Broad Sheet and Broadside came about during the Industrial Revolution. They were one-sheet poems and stories handed out on street corners and often were entertainment for those who lived within a few blocks, mostly because they referenced individuals within…
Instructor: Katherine McCord
Writing Craft
A Good Book Isn’t Written, It’s Re-Written
Specific elements of the classes include: Characters: Are multi-layered. Do you need a bio of each character? Avoid the grocery-list type of description. Make the Dialogue Shine - Making it real, but not boring. The Fish-Cleaning Approach to Editing: Cutting…
Instructor: Maryann Miller
Remember When I Was Little: Writing Children
Each participant will come to the course with a challenge related to writing a child character (and it can be the writer at a young age in a memoir). Over eight weeks, we’ll explore such themes as control in childhood,…
Instructor: Lynn Ermann
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
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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.
