Seattle writing classes
Writing Classes now open for enrollment:
- Our Seattle writing classes meet on the University of Washington campus.
- They are co-sponsored by Classesandworkshop.com and the University of Washington’s Experimental College.
- They are non-credit courses for the general community, open to everyone.
- For course descriptions, dates, times and registration information, click the class title or scroll down this page. To sign up, click the Take Class button.
In this Seattle writing class, students will learn about the elements of short story writing, get practice coming up with stories of their own, and more. You’ll also learn how to copyright your writings, strategies for getting published, and ways to make money as a writer.
Now registering for SUMMER QUARTER 2013:
When: Thurs. 7:30 pm-9:30 pm, July 18-August 15 (five meetings)
Where: University of Washington campus (Seattle branch)
Tuition: $125 - For more information, click here »
To SIGN UP NOW, click the TAKE CLASS icon below.
- General Public: $125 tuition + $10 reg fee = $135
- UW Students (current ID): $120 tuition + $5 reg fee = $125
Thinking about writing a novel? Get off to a good start in this class! We’ll look at character, plot and story structure, and do some in-class writing exercises to get you rolling. Plus, you’ll learn about a storytelling template with roots in cultures around the world, and how it can be used to help bring your project into focus.
Sign up now for the summer 2013 class, starting in July:
When: Wednesdays, July 17-Aug. 14, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. (five meetings)
Co-sponsored by: University of Washington’s Experimental College
Where: University of Washington campus in Seattle
To SIGN UP NOW, click the TAKE CLASS button below.
- General Public: $125 tuition + $10 reg fee = $135
- UW Students: $120 tuition + $5 reg fee = $125
In this Seattle screenwriting class, open to all levels, you’ll learn how screenplays are written, and have opportunities to write some short scenes and “mini-scripts,” workshop them in class, and get feedback on your writings. We’ll focus on plot and structure, script formatting, dialogue and action, and what goes into writing a tightly written, effective and marketable script.
Sign up now for the SUMMER QUARTER 2013 class:
When: Wed. 7 pm-9 pm, July 17th-August 14th (five meetings)
Where: University of Washington campus in Seattle
Tuition: $125 - Want more information? Click here »
To SIGN UP NOW, click the TAKE CLASS ICON below.
- General Public: $125 tuition + $10 reg fee = $135
- UW Students (current ID): $120 tuition + $5 reg fee = $125
In this enjoyable Seattle poetry-writing class, open to everyone, topics covered include craft, form, and meaning; the role of sound and rhythm in verse; how to generate work; strategies for revision. Students will have opportunities to workshop their poems. This class will be back in Fall Quarter 2013. Please check back! Judith Skillman, instructor.
Love writing, and want to get back into it? Or thinking it might be fun to try your hand at it for the first time? Our classes are a good place to start, or to re-start yourself after a break.
Student comments
Hi, Nils:
You may not remember me, but a few years ago I took my first-ever creative writing class with you… The class had such a profound impact on me that I immediately applied to graduate programs to pursue a Master’s Degree in creative writing. I was fortunate to be accepted to a wonderful school in Los Angeles, and recently graduated with distinction. I have also completed my first novel, and many times throughout the writing/editing process, I would sometimes hear your voice in my head saying, “Show, don’t tell,” and, “Watch for excessive modifiers.”
I also teach English now, and I’ve realized how meaningful it can be to hear from students who have valued your instruction. To that end, I want to thank you for giving me my first “push” and encouraging me to continue doing what I love. I plan to move back to Seattle in the coming months, and I hope I’ll run into you sometime so I can thank you in person.
I hope you’re continuing to teach and to inspire.
Sincerely,
Kristen B.
Thanks for a fun and interesting class. I appreciate how you value each student for their individual voice and style, and how you encourage and bring out the best in each of us. I always learn new and effective ways to look at things when I take one of your classes… – Barb B. (Bellevue)
Thanks again for the writing class this quarter. I found your comments on my stories, and other students’ stories, helpful and to the point. You said what you thought, but without trashing anybody. I also appreciated being able to hear other students’ comments on what I’d written. – Megan C. (Edmonds)
I took it because I was “stuck” in journaling, and wanted to shake myself loose and open up my writing abilities and inclinations in some new directions. Your suggestions and comments were great. I’m unstuck. Thank you!!!! I’ll be back in the fall to take the class again. – Marie L., Lake Forest Park
Writers on writing:
“The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes. Then there is the business of surprise. I never know what is coming next. The phrase that sounds in the head changes when it appears on the page. … That’s why I go on, I suppose. To see what the next sentences I write will be.” – Gore Vidal
“A writer is a vehicle. I feel the story I am writing existed before I existed; I’m just the slob who finds it, and rather clumsily tries to do it, and the characters, justice. I think of writing fiction as doing justice to the people in the story, and doing justice to their story – it’s not my story…” - John Irving
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“I’m sure that writing isn’t a craft, that is, something for which you learn the skills and go on turning out. It must come from some deep impulse, deep inspiration. That can’t be taught, it can’t be what you use in teaching.” - Robert Lowell
“Maybe writing can’t be taught, but editing can be taught.” - Donald Barthelme
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