Through the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, I teach community writing classes. Forthcoming in-person options:

Space, Place, & Identity: Creative Nonfiction Workshop: In this class, we’ll write about where we’re from, where we’ve been, and where we hope to go in the future. We’ll generate essays about one’s hometown or region, travel or exploration, and the changed geography of our lives during the pandemic. You will write four short essays by the end of the class. Mondays, 6-9pm, starting March 27. Register here.

Close Reading: Fiction Workshop: Each week, we will close-read a short story and discuss the craft elements being used like point of view, interesting structure, tone and subtext, dialogue as story and more. We’ll then use those elements in our own work. You will either write one longer short story, or several shorter works depending on your preference. Wednesdays, 10am-12:30pm, starting March 29. Register here.

Freewriting Intensive: Fiction: Do you have story ideas but don’t know where to start? Are you wondering what to do with those completed story drafts that need revision? Or, maybe you’re a first-time writer looking for a way into the work? In this two-day intensive, we break down specific craft elements (POV, time management, characterization, etc), and then use what we’ve learned in progressive writing prompts that seek to help us delve deeper and complicate our initial ideas. Weekend only, 10am-1pm, April 1-2. Register here.

Freewriting Intensive: Creative Nonfiction: Are you curious about translating real-life events onto the page? Do you have personal stories that seem like they could work together holistically? Are you a consummate journaler who wants to experiment with craft? In this two-day intensive, we break down specific craft elements (structure, characterization, time management, etc), and then use what we’ve learned in progressive writing prompts that seek to help us experiment with starting points, finding commonalities or interesting juxtapositions, and pushing our interpretations deeper. Weekend only, 10am-1pm, April 22-23. Register here.