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School of Writing

'The tribute to learning is teaching.'

Basic Writing Classes

• Curing Your Writing Problems with Patrika Vaughn - Seven Common Writing Problems and How to Solve Them.
  

• Setting the Hook with Jean Lauzier - Improving your opening paragraphs.  Learn how to grab your writer from the start.
  

• Self-Editing Made Easy with Roseanne Dowell - In this class, you'll learn how to cut (ouch) words, sentences, and paragraphs to make your story stronger, more believable, and more importantly – more publishable.
  

• Start Here - Basic Writing Skills with Patrika Vaughn - Conquer your fears and start with the basics of plot, character development and fleshing out your story from beginning to end.
  

• The Nitty-Gritty of Good Grammar and Great Writing with Francis X. Curry - A primer for beginning writing - learn every aspect of grammar from A to Z! (also in e-Book format).
  

• The Muse with Jamieson Wolf - Focus on inspiration and help people who want to write put that pencil to the paper.  (also in e-Book format).
  

• Writing as Meditation with Chandra Ghosh Jain - Writing is way to express suppressed feelings. Life and writing get so intricately interwoven that life seems the tale of creation and the writer the carrier of the essence of life.  (also in e-Book format).
  

• Writing as an Extreme Sport! with Jane Bernard - This workshop will help you to hone your skills and polish your work so that it shines!   (also in e-Book format).
  

• You, Me and Poetry with Floriana Hall - Learn the basics of poetry including haiku, acrostic, tanka, personification, diamante, cinquains, clerihew, limericks and more - become a great poet! (also in e-Book format).