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

Using the Full Moon for Creative Inspiration
For many centuries, the full moon has inspired thousands of beautiful stories, songs, dances, paintings, and poems. Through its fullness and light, it has served as a muse in a variety of ways. What is it about the full moon…
Instructor: Tina Games

Journaling/Self Discovery

The Place Where You Live: Finding Inspiration in the Ordinary
Maybe a mysterious old house has caught your attention. Or an unusual street name. Or an oddly-shaped rock formation. Sharpening your skills of observation, asking questions, and learning more about the curiosities around you are great ways to gather new…
Instructor: Katherine Kirkpatrick

Memoir & 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

Memoir and Life Writing

Would I, Could I, Should I Write a Memoir? In-Between Class
The In-between terms class is designed to maintain continuity between Part One and Part Two.
Instructor: Cynthia F Davidson

Nonfiction

Learning from the Best of Women Travel Writers
We will mine five stories about the following: themes, emotional beats, sense of place, use of the senses, metaphors, disorientation and awareness, humor, and faith in the transformative power of travel. In the process we will find what makes their…
Instructor: Rhonda Wiley-Jones

Publishing

Taking Away the Intimidation of Traditional Publishing
Ready to dive into the query trenches for literary agent representation? In this class, we’ll run the gamut of everything you need to successfully query. We’ll polish your materials, research online databases and find potential agents for a great match.…
Instructor: Kristin Owens

Writing Craft

Refresh Your Expressive Writing Skills
Over four weeks we’ll explore fundamentals of writing at the level of sentence, paragraph, and essay. We will mix the “micro” skills—punctuation, sentence structure, and paragraph development—with the “macro” skills—developing essays in a variety of genres, for a variety of…
Instructor: Sarah White

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 you want to make yo[…]

Reviewed by: 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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