Program Overview
The Writing Institute helps individuals grow as writers, regardless of their current skill level or experience. Classes are small—no larger than 12 students—and use workshops to build a collegial community of writers. Through interaction with skilled faculty and students, participants become better thinkers, listeners, and writers.
Writing Institute workshops give students an opportunity to present work for critique and offer constructive critiques of fellow students’ work. Instructors help guide these discussions in a nurturing and noncompetitive atmosphere.
Spring 2019 Course Offerings
Fiction
Advanced Novel Writing Thursday Session with Pat Dunn and Jimin Han
February 7 - April 18
Advanced Novel Writing Tuesday Session with Pat Dunn
February 5 - April 16
Art & Craft of Writing Dialogue with Susan Kleinman
February 5 - March 5
Beginning Novel Writing with Marcia Bradley
February 6 - April 17
Intermediate Novel Writing: Thursday Session with Eileen Palma and Ines Rodrigues
February 7 - April 18
Intermediate Novel Writing: Wednesday Evening with Veera Hiranandani and Barbara Josselsohn
February 6 - April 17
Novel Writing for Beginners: Morning Workshop with Eileen Palma
February 6 - April 17
Short Story Writing with Marian Thurm
February 7 - April 18
The Writer’s Incubator: Learning to Identify Your Weaknesses and Capitalize on Your Strengths with Steven Schnur
February 6 - April 17
Writing Short Fiction for Beginners with Crissy Van Meter (ONLINE)
February 4 - March 4
Novel Writing Master Class—Online Course with Caitlin Alexander
February 6 - March 6
Nonfiction, Memoir, and Essay
Creative Nonfiction: The Tiny and the Ordinary Workshop with Kathy Curto
February 7 - April 18
Life Stories: A Writing Workshop for Ages 50+ with Cindy Beer-Fouhy
February 6 - April 17
The Essay Workshop with Peter Bricklebank
February 7 - April 18
Writing Intensive for Memoirists with Kathy Curto
February 7 - April 18
Writing in the Deep: Memoir with Kathy Curto
February 8 - April 19
Writing Poetry and the Lyric Essay with Carla Carlson
February 5 - April 16
First Person Funny: Writing the Comic Essay with Dan Zevin
February 4 - March 4
Jump-Start Your Memoir with Alexandra Soiseth (ONLINE)
February 4 - March 4
Writing About Art and Culture (and making a living doing so) with David Masello
February 5 - March 5
Novel Writing Master Class—Online Course with Caitlin Alexander
February 6 - March 6
Poetry
How to Make a Chapbook and Get Your Work into Print with Elaine Sexton
February 6 - March 6
Writing Poetry and the Lyric Essay with Carla Carlson
February 5 - April 16
Creative Writing Specialties
Art & Craft of Writing Dialogue with Susan Kleinman
February 5 - March 5
Short Story Writing with Marian Thurm
February 7 - April 18
The Writer’s Incubator: Learning to Identify Your Weaknesses and Capitalize on Your Strengths with Steven Schnur
February 6 - April 17
Writers' Guide to Investigative Research with Donna Zucker
February 4 - March 4
Writing About Art and Culture (and making a living doing so) with David Masello
February 5 - March 5
Writing for Children and Young Adults with Veera Hiranandani
February 4 - April 15
Reading & Writing the Short Story with Rachel Aydt
February 7 - April 18
Writing Short Fiction for Beginners—Online Course with Crissy Van Meter
February 4 - March 4
Publishing
99 Rejections to Publication with Kim Liao
March 30
How to Get Published: Agent and Editor Q/A with Caitlin Alexander and Cynthia Manson
March 23
How to Make a Chapbook and Get Your Work into Print with Elaine Sexton
February 6 - March 6
Publishing with Independent Presses with Leland Cheuk
March 16
Query Letter Writing with Caitlin Alexander and Cynthia Manson
April 27
Self-Publish Your Book with Caitlin Alexander
February 5 - April 16
Self-Publish Your Book—with Caitlin Alexander (ONLINE)
February 5 - April 16
One Day Intensives
99 Rejections to Publication with Kim Liao
March 30
How to Get Published: Agent and Editor Q/A with Caitlin Alexander and Cynthia Manson
March 23
How to Write and Create a Family History Book with Donna Zucker
February 9
Let's Write About Sex, Baby: The Art of Writing Erotica with Brian Centrone
March 2
Map Out Your Plot: A One-Day Intensive with Veera Hiranandani
April 6
Publishing with Independent Presses with Leland Cheuk
March 16
Query Letter Writing with Caitlin Alexander and Cynthia Manson
April 27
Writing the Documentary Portrait with Heather Winters
March 9
Online
Jump-Start Your Memoir with Alexandra Soiseth
February 4 - March 4
Self-Publish Your Book with Caitlin Alexander
February 5 - April 16
Writing Short Fiction for Beginners with Crissy Van Meter
February 4 - March 4
Novel Writing Master Class—Online Course with Caitlin Alexander
February 6 - March 6