Write About Your Dog - Day 1 Only
Hone your writing voice using one of your favorite topics: your dog
August 7, 4-6 pm PST
Class includes reading list and worksheet for developing story, dialogue, and how to make strong edits.
After several years of teaching both fiction and memoir classes, one theme kept emerging: the role that each writers’ dog played in their lives. Some of us rescued our dogs, some of our dogs rescued us, and most of us know a little of both. Earlier this year, when my dog was in an accident that paralyzed him from the waist down, I realized just how important that little guy was to me. So many students related to my story. People started including dogs in their stories more often, realizing how important it was to include their dog as a character in some capacity. The topic came up so much that I realized it was time to lean into it: a dog class, just in time for National Dog Day on August 26.
I started this class so other writers could dive into the dog details we don’t spend much time on in other writing classes. Together, we’ll:
Write the heartbreaks and the highlights
Describe mannerisms in a unique way
Uncover your most honest reasons for owning your dog
Share stories about how yours or someone else's dog changed your life
My classes offer a safe space to share excerpts from early drafts, to explore free writes that can’t fail and to ask any and all questions. As I always say: there are no stupid questions, only pretentious instructors.
In this class we’ll examine the work of writers like
John Steinbeck
Shirley Jackson
Ann Patchett
Stephen King
Sigrid Nunez
And others!
We’ll look at what these writers do well, pull inspiration as we can, then use guided prompts to start drafting your own story. Whether you’re writing about dogs for publication, for pleasure, or as a gift for a dog owner in your life, I’m excited to meet you and get writing.
I want everyone to be able to come! So, there are three tiers to this class:
One-day session - $75
The 3-week class - $225
Start this class with an idea and leave by week three with a completed story!
The support level: pay a little extra to help cover another writers’ spot! - $300
Hone your writing voice using one of your favorite topics: your dog
August 7, 4-6 pm PST
Class includes reading list and worksheet for developing story, dialogue, and how to make strong edits.
After several years of teaching both fiction and memoir classes, one theme kept emerging: the role that each writers’ dog played in their lives. Some of us rescued our dogs, some of our dogs rescued us, and most of us know a little of both. Earlier this year, when my dog was in an accident that paralyzed him from the waist down, I realized just how important that little guy was to me. So many students related to my story. People started including dogs in their stories more often, realizing how important it was to include their dog as a character in some capacity. The topic came up so much that I realized it was time to lean into it: a dog class, just in time for National Dog Day on August 26.
I started this class so other writers could dive into the dog details we don’t spend much time on in other writing classes. Together, we’ll:
Write the heartbreaks and the highlights
Describe mannerisms in a unique way
Uncover your most honest reasons for owning your dog
Share stories about how yours or someone else's dog changed your life
My classes offer a safe space to share excerpts from early drafts, to explore free writes that can’t fail and to ask any and all questions. As I always say: there are no stupid questions, only pretentious instructors.
In this class we’ll examine the work of writers like
John Steinbeck
Shirley Jackson
Ann Patchett
Stephen King
Sigrid Nunez
And others!
We’ll look at what these writers do well, pull inspiration as we can, then use guided prompts to start drafting your own story. Whether you’re writing about dogs for publication, for pleasure, or as a gift for a dog owner in your life, I’m excited to meet you and get writing.
I want everyone to be able to come! So, there are three tiers to this class:
One-day session - $75
The 3-week class - $225
Start this class with an idea and leave by week three with a completed story!
The support level: pay a little extra to help cover another writers’ spot! - $300
Hone your writing voice using one of your favorite topics: your dog
August 7, 4-6 pm PST
Class includes reading list and worksheet for developing story, dialogue, and how to make strong edits.
After several years of teaching both fiction and memoir classes, one theme kept emerging: the role that each writers’ dog played in their lives. Some of us rescued our dogs, some of our dogs rescued us, and most of us know a little of both. Earlier this year, when my dog was in an accident that paralyzed him from the waist down, I realized just how important that little guy was to me. So many students related to my story. People started including dogs in their stories more often, realizing how important it was to include their dog as a character in some capacity. The topic came up so much that I realized it was time to lean into it: a dog class, just in time for National Dog Day on August 26.
I started this class so other writers could dive into the dog details we don’t spend much time on in other writing classes. Together, we’ll:
Write the heartbreaks and the highlights
Describe mannerisms in a unique way
Uncover your most honest reasons for owning your dog
Share stories about how yours or someone else's dog changed your life
My classes offer a safe space to share excerpts from early drafts, to explore free writes that can’t fail and to ask any and all questions. As I always say: there are no stupid questions, only pretentious instructors.
In this class we’ll examine the work of writers like
John Steinbeck
Shirley Jackson
Ann Patchett
Stephen King
Sigrid Nunez
And others!
We’ll look at what these writers do well, pull inspiration as we can, then use guided prompts to start drafting your own story. Whether you’re writing about dogs for publication, for pleasure, or as a gift for a dog owner in your life, I’m excited to meet you and get writing.
I want everyone to be able to come! So, there are three tiers to this class:
One-day session - $75
The 3-week class - $225
Start this class with an idea and leave by week three with a completed story!
The support level: pay a little extra to help cover another writers’ spot! - $300