Classes

Writing Through: an ONLINE creative writing class

April 3  – May 22, 2017

8-week online writing class

Ready to get your writing into fighting shape?

 

This class is ideal for writers wanting to polish a short story or personal essay for publication, or those focusing on refining memoir or novel chapters.

  • Two students are workshopped each week, receiving feedback from the entire class and myself.
  • Various craft techniques reviewed in optional reading/exercises.
  • Markets, queries, book proposals and the business side of writing discussed, too.

How it works

Classes are asynchronous, meaning you sign in and chime in whenever it’s convenient to you throughout the week, meeting weekly deadlines.

 

Classes are taught using Easyclass classroom management software. You’ll receive a link, password and sign-in instructions 2 weeks before class begins, to familiarize yourself with the online environment. The interface looks a lot like Facebook—without the ads. It’s really easy and I’ve done this before!

 

Class size is limited to 10 students, for maximum attention to your work. Waiting list maintained for next class, whenever offered.


Tuition: $350

$175 reserves your spot now

or pay $300 by March 15 and save $50


online workshop



About the instructor:

Shawna Kenney authored the award-winning memoir I Was a Teenage Dominatrix, which has been internationally translated and optioned for television. She edited the anthology Book Lovers (Seal Press), co-authored Imposters (Mark Batty Publishers), and co-wrote the forthcoming Live at the Safari Club: A History of HarDCore Punk in the Nation’s Capital (Rare Bird Books). Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Creative Nonfiction, Vice, The Rumpus, Playboy, Ms., Indiewire, Bust and numerous other outlets while her fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction and has taught writing everywhere from juvenile detention centers to the Danish countryside, from community colleges to public universities.

 

Intermediate Memoir via UCLA Extension

Intermediate Memoir Writing

Downtown LA campus

April 6 – June 8, 2017

 

Summer Writing Retreat in DENMARK

Treat yourself to a luxurious week-long writing retreat in the Danish countryside, mentored by myself and writer Anja Klemp Vilgaard.

Details here:

Hamlet’s Hideaway

August 20 – August 26, 2017

 

Need a writing coach?

Do you need deadlines and encouragement or are you wrestling with a project on your own? I can help! For my private coaching services, click here.