Writers Grotto Classes

Get noticed online with Lyzette Wanzer starting Oct 21 in her fabulous six-week Zoom workshop: https://bit.ly/35ky9T5

Write a flash fiction story each week, get feedback and send a story out for submission at the end of the class! Details and to enroll:

Feeling stuck, unmotivated, and distracted? Develop a daily writing habit with Meghan Ward's The Writing Habit, a five-week online class based on the methods of Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit and Hal Elrod's The Miracle Morning. Class starts Oct 6. Details and to enroll:

Why do some memoirs take off from the first page, while others stall out before the end of chapter one? More importantly: How can you make sure the memoir you’re writing gets all the necessary gears lined up on those all-important first ten pages? Find out with Rachel Howard's Narrative Engine: the First Ten Pages Oct 3, 12-4 pm on Zoom: https://bit.ly/3n32QnM

Imagine there is a place where your feelings can always be heard, your ideas are welcome, and you can explore your creativity freely without judgment. Well, there is! The Inner Journey: Journaling in Hard Times with Jenny Bitner starts Saturday. For details and to enroll: https://bit.ly/3csBLWd

Everyone has a story to tell. Tell yours with Writing from Your Life, a six-week asynchronous online class with optional Zoom sessions in which you'll learn the nuts and bolts of memoir and personal essay writing. See below for details and to enroll:

You’ve got something to say, and you want people to hear it. Newspapers, magazines and websites are looking for well-reasoned essays. In two 1.5-hour sessions of Publish Your Opinion, you will learn how to write an essay or op-ed for publication. Oct. 22 and 29. https://www.sfgrotto.org//publish-your-opinion-with-laird/?.

When journalists write features, they let their hair down, dig deep, and evoke emotion. In Feature Writing, you'll learn to tell stories that not only inform but enchant your readersand how to sell them to the editors at newspapers, websites, and magazines who are hungry for good stories. Wednesdays, September 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4. Early-bird rate through September 23. https://www.sfgrotto.org//feature-writing-with-alissa-gre/

Two days left to sign up for Less is More: Short Fiction Basics with Audrey Ferber. With in-class exercises and writing assignments, you will focus on character, scene, setting, plot, and dialogue, the building blocks of fiction. Enroll here: https://bit.ly/33LRdsD

Write, Revise, and Submit your Lyrical Essay with Lyzette Wanzer starts tomorrow! Click below to enroll: https://bit.ly/33niHo2

In these difficult times we need a place we can turn to where we feel safe. For many people this place is our journal. In this class we will experiment with new ways to write in your journal and tap into more creativity and nurturing in your special book. https://www.sfgrotto.org//advanced-fiction-with-jenny-bit/

Are you working on a novel or short stories and want serious feedback in an online workshop? This small workshop starts on Zoom on September 21st with Jenny Bitner. https://www.sfgrotto.org//advanced-fiction-with-jenny-bit/