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The Jack Grapes Method Writing Program

SF Creative Writing Institute @ 25 Taylor St, San Francisco, CA

We want to connect with the world. We want to share the life that is inside us. We want to write poetry and prose that speaks the truth and moves the reader. But where do we start? There’s a voice within all of us wanting to find its place in the world. The concepts and techniques in the Jack Grapes METHOD WRITING Program will lead you step by step, show you how to create compelling moments and scenes, how to move your reader with writing that...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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$425

8 sessions

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Writers Beyond Robots: Sci-Fi, Visual Storytelling

SF Creative Writing Institute

Writers Beyond Robots: Sci-Fi, Visual Storytelling and Virtual Reality This five-week workshop will look at the legacy of Sci-Fi and myth-building that promote agency over automation. As we study the craft involved in creating thoughtful text for new media forms, including virtual reality (VR), we’ll use visceral language as a model for designing new narratives.  This course leads you through the creation of your own short story, poetry...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Intro to Fiction

SF Creative Writing Institute @ 50 Scott St, San Francisco, CA

Learn the art of storytelling from acclaimed novelist and editor Nick Mamatas. Discover how to start your story in the right place, keep it engaging, and end it with impact. Gain the confidence and tools to write compelling fiction, regardless of length or genre.

(6) Beginner 18 and older
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$425

6 sessions

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Fabulist Fiction

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Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Mysteries, Young Adult, Magical Realism & More. Exciting plots and larger-than-life characters are the cornerstones of popular fiction and the emphasis of this course. Whether you’re writing romance, mystery, science fiction, or suspense, the principles of writing popular fiction — interesting prose, characters with whom we can empathize, and a story that moves — are key. In this course, we’ll workshop...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Revolutionary Poetry Workshop

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In times of injustice and unrest, it is the work of the poet to incite change. To make revolutionary art is to take responsibility for reality. Every craft has a tether of social orientation. We do well to tie the development of our craft to the liberation of all people. In so doing, we relax into the potential of art to be an absolutely humanizing process, in which we gain a more nuanced insight into reality as we digest it. And as poets with true...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Memoir Writing

SF Creative Writing Institute @ Virtual Classroom

Writing a memoir can seem daunting. What do I keep in? How much of my life should it encapsulate? Perhaps you are already working on a memoir but are stuck on how to proceed.  A memoir is not the same as an autobiography and that should alleviate some of your feelings of being overwhelmed.  In this 4-week course, you will learn exactly what a memoir is and why you should write it. This memorable or dramatic section of your life is one in...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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$325
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Pulp Fiction: How to Write Genre Stories Fast

SF Creative Writing Institute

Create wild genre stories in days and weeks by learning from the pulp masters of yesterday and today with Jay Ridler, author of the Brimstone Files!  This 4-week class is an antic no-fail zone of creation that teaches you the tricks of quick production used by Mickey Spillane, Ray Bradbury, John Scalzi, and other scribes of the pulp jungle. You’ll leave with completed stories, improved skills, and have a blast every step of the way.

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Queer Poetics

SF Creative Writing Institute @ Virtual Classroom

In this four week intensive we’ll be studying queer poetry and poetics while working on our own poems. Queer here meaning both LGBTQIA , as well as unfixed (both meanings), as well as strange and poetics here meaning the study and theory of writing. To that end we’ll be looking at poems and essays from historical and contemporary queer writers such as Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, Eve Sedgwick, Cameron Awkward-Rich, Franny Choi, and many others....

(6) All levels 18 and older
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$300

4 sessions

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Body Language : The Poetry of Movement

SF Creative Writing Institute

After a year or more at home, more time at the computer, with less touch and physical contact with others, let’s get back into our bodies. This new online workshop is specially designed for both writers and dancers.  Artists will be guided through exercises to tune in to each of the senses, to practice articulating physical and emotional sensations in spoken and written and embodied language.  Participants will be asked to work solo...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Advanced Prose Workshop

SF Creative Writing Institute @ 50 Scott St, San Francisco, CA

Our signature creative writing workshop will focus on editing and revising your in-progress work and offer exercises to keep you in flow. We’ll gather in person at our new location at the Harvey Milk Center for the Arts in San Francisco to talk about narrative concepts, examine each other’s work, share ideas and edits, challenge each other, and cheer each other on. We’ll post revisions, edits and readings once a week online and/or bring them...

(6) Advanced 18 and older
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$425

7 sessions

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Intro to Poetry

SF Creative Writing Institute @ 50 Scott St, San Francisco, CA

Discover the beauty and power of poetry in this immersive course at the SF Creative Writing Institute. Explore both ancient and modern works as you develop your poetic voice with guidance from esteemed poet and teacher Paul Corman-Roberts. Enhance your writing skills and join a supportive community of fellow poets in this transformative journey.

(6) Beginner 18 and older
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$395

6 sessions

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Chapbook Editing II

SF Creative Writing Institute

In this six week workshop, we will work on editing short poetry and/or prose poetry manuscripts. Any new material for these manuscripts will be prompted (if necessary) in class but written and integrated outside class meetings.  Inside the workshop we will focus on editing, shaping, arrangement, and bringing out a theme in your work with guided group feedback and individual consultation with the facilitator. Time to get that chapbook...

(6) Intermediate 18 and older
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Writing & Publishing Children’s Books

SF Creative Writing Institute @ 25 Taylor St, San Francisco, CA

Explore the exciting and creative world of children’s books in this insightful seminar.  We will cover different genres of children’s books: picture books, chapter books, middle grade to YA; how to generate story ideas; secrets of a productive writer; finding a good agent, and the rewarding aspects of writing for children.  We will explore the financial opportunities that writing books for children can bring to you.  Taught by...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Write-A-Thon

SF Creative Writing Institute @ 25 Taylor St, San Francisco, CA

How deep will your voice go after journaling five hours straight? What new character or new insight will emerge? Join us for our second monthly Write-A-Thon!  There will be prizes, food and fun and who knows—this may be the beginning of your big project for 2017 or make a resolution to finish what you have been working on. All kinds of writing is welcome.  We will be quiet and leave you alone to toil on your magnum opus. Or, you...

(6) All levels 18 and older
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XDrop-In Writing Workshop

SF Creative Writing Institute @ 50 Scott St, San Francisco, CA

Get expert feedback on something you’ve been struggling with, a prompt for generating new work and valuable critique in a warm, friendly environment. Suitable for writers working on  poetry, fiction and memoir.   In this self-contained writer’s workshop, we will generate short new writing for feedback based on a prompt for developing and sharing.  You’ll leave having written something new  and gain some new perspective....

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Drop-In Writing Workshop

SF Creative Writing Institute @ 50 Scott St, San Francisco, CA

Improve your writing skills and gain valuable feedback in a warm and friendly environment at the SF Creative Writing Institute. Join us for an in-person workshop on poetry, fiction, or memoir, where you'll receive expert guidance and critique. All levels are welcome!

(6) All levels 18 and older
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Poetry Workshop III : Contemporary Poets & Poetry

SF Creative Writing Institute

This four-week workshop will explore the craft of poetry through the lens of established contemporary poets— Ocean Vuong, Ben Lerner, Sally Wen Mao, and Sam Sax, using deep discussion of their work as inspiration for poetic experimentation. The class will include generative writing prompts, close readings of poems, and generous feedback and attention in a relaxed, supportive online environment. All levels welcome.

(6) All levels 18 and older
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