How to Start a Story
✨Now available for early registration! ✨
How to Start a Story: Craft-focused prompts and exercises to help you consciously start your stories
A 30-minute on-demand class from journalist, author and mentor Michelle Kicherer
This mini course is focused on the most difficult part of writing a story: starting.
In How to Start a Story we’ll use three very different types of writing prompts to start a story with potential. Then, we’ll review how these prompts help you to reflect on what your story is “about.”
We’ll also work on a story together! I’ll use an example for each prompt to help get you started. Or, you can even start off with my example!
In fact, Banana Pitch Press will be hosting a page for participating writers to submit one of the stories they used in this class. Each participating writer who takes the course May through August 2025 is guaranteed for their story to be featured on the press website. See below for guidelines. The collective story we’ll be writing together is called “Barry’s Parakeet.”
Intrigued?
Pre-register now for a cool $5 off this $35 course.
Each class comes with:
3 prompts that I’ll guide you through
1 feature spot of your story on the Banana Pitch Press website
Live Class Session
I will be hosting ONE (1) live, online session on June 23, 2025 for all folks who register between now and June 23. Bring all your questions and shares and I’ll do my best to answer them all.
*Story feature guidelines for Banana Pitch Press:
up to 3,000 words
no hate speech or excessive violence
Super excited to have you in class! Early registration price available until May 10.
✨Now available for early registration! ✨
How to Start a Story: Craft-focused prompts and exercises to help you consciously start your stories
A 30-minute on-demand class from journalist, author and mentor Michelle Kicherer
This mini course is focused on the most difficult part of writing a story: starting.
In How to Start a Story we’ll use three very different types of writing prompts to start a story with potential. Then, we’ll review how these prompts help you to reflect on what your story is “about.”
We’ll also work on a story together! I’ll use an example for each prompt to help get you started. Or, you can even start off with my example!
In fact, Banana Pitch Press will be hosting a page for participating writers to submit one of the stories they used in this class. Each participating writer who takes the course May through August 2025 is guaranteed for their story to be featured on the press website. See below for guidelines. The collective story we’ll be writing together is called “Barry’s Parakeet.”
Intrigued?
Pre-register now for a cool $5 off this $35 course.
Each class comes with:
3 prompts that I’ll guide you through
1 feature spot of your story on the Banana Pitch Press website
Live Class Session
I will be hosting ONE (1) live, online session on June 23, 2025 for all folks who register between now and June 23. Bring all your questions and shares and I’ll do my best to answer them all.
*Story feature guidelines for Banana Pitch Press:
up to 3,000 words
no hate speech or excessive violence
Super excited to have you in class! Early registration price available until May 10.
✨Now available for early registration! ✨
How to Start a Story: Craft-focused prompts and exercises to help you consciously start your stories
A 30-minute on-demand class from journalist, author and mentor Michelle Kicherer
This mini course is focused on the most difficult part of writing a story: starting.
In How to Start a Story we’ll use three very different types of writing prompts to start a story with potential. Then, we’ll review how these prompts help you to reflect on what your story is “about.”
We’ll also work on a story together! I’ll use an example for each prompt to help get you started. Or, you can even start off with my example!
In fact, Banana Pitch Press will be hosting a page for participating writers to submit one of the stories they used in this class. Each participating writer who takes the course May through August 2025 is guaranteed for their story to be featured on the press website. See below for guidelines. The collective story we’ll be writing together is called “Barry’s Parakeet.”
Intrigued?
Pre-register now for a cool $5 off this $35 course.
Each class comes with:
3 prompts that I’ll guide you through
1 feature spot of your story on the Banana Pitch Press website
Live Class Session
I will be hosting ONE (1) live, online session on June 23, 2025 for all folks who register between now and June 23. Bring all your questions and shares and I’ll do my best to answer them all.
*Story feature guidelines for Banana Pitch Press:
up to 3,000 words
no hate speech or excessive violence
Super excited to have you in class! Early registration price available until May 10.