Creative Writing Classes San Francisco

2 classes in-person in San Francisco have spots left, and 13 classes live online are available.

Intro to Poetry

SF Creative Writing Institute @ 50 Scott St, San Francisco, CA 94117

Join us on this deep yet highly accessible dive into the world of poetry. This class will serve as an introduction to both modern AND ancient poetry, and the enduring connection of words; to include moderate writing generation and light feedback (if desired.)  Longtime poet and teacher Paul Corman-Roberts will lecture, and facilitate discussion, space and constructive feedback leading up to the development of initial works, responses and even...

Saturday Oct 7th, 11am–2pm Pacific Time

 (6 sessions)

$395

6 sessions

Drop-In Writing Workshop

SF Creative Writing Institute @ 50 Scott St, San Francisco, CA 94117

Join us in-person for a drop-in workshop on poetry, fiction or memoir.  Get expert feedback on something you’ve been struggling with, a prompt for generating new work and valuable critique in a warm, friendly environment. Suitable for writers working on  poetry, fiction and memoir.   In this self-contained writer’s workshop, we will generate short new writing for feedback based on a prompt for developing and sharing. ...

Saturday Oct 21st, 11am–1:30pm Pacific Time

Creative Writing 101: 6 Weeks

Gotham Writers Workshop @ Zoom Conference

Are you eager to test the waters of creative writing but not sure where to start, or how? Have you written previously but been away for a while and hope to dip back in? Here you will be guided surely and safely into the writing life. There’s no pressure to work on a specific project or even settle on which type of creative writing you prefer. The idea is to explore—see with a writer’s eyes, spark ideas to life, gain confidence, and experiment...

Tuesday Oct 10th, 10am–1pm Eastern Time

 (6 sessions)

$364

6 sessions

Intensive Creative Writing Weekend

Alaa Al Aswany Creative Writing Workshop - Virtually Online

This Creative Writing Weekend is designed for writers who want to learn the craft of exceptional storytelling in an intensive setting. In this  workshop course, students gain a high level of training in the craft of writing by mastering rhythm, tempo, tone, and brevity. They explore the process of developing lively characters, mapping out a plot, describing realistic settings, adding subtext and layers of meaning, and penning captivating fiction....

Saturday Oct 7th, 3–9pm Eastern Time

 (2 sessions)

$2,500

2 sessions

Intensive Creative Writing Weekend

Alaa Al Aswany Creative Writing Workshop

This Creative Writing Weekend is designed for writers who want to learn the craft of exceptional storytelling in an intensive setting. In this three-day workshop course, students gain a high level of training in the craft of writing by mastering rhythm, tempo, tone, and brevity. They explore the process of developing lively characters, mapping out a plot, describing realistic settings, adding subtext and layers of meaning, and penning captivating...

Saturday Oct 7th, 3–9pm Eastern Time

 (2 sessions)

$2,500

2 sessions

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Creative Writing Workshop - All Genre

Los Angeles Writers Group

Add some creativity to your week from the comfort of your own home. This long-standing in-person generative (est. in 2003), creative writing workshop, which took place in West Hollywood, CA, for 15 years, has switched to an online format, so you can now join us from anywhere. Tap into your creative side, write work that will surprise you, and learn a few things along the way. Writes of any genre and any skill level are welcome, and you can use...

Saturday Oct 7th, 10am–12:30pm Pacific Time

Creative Writing Weekly via Zoom

The Writing Studio @ Live Online via Zoom

In this class, you will learn first and foremost that you can write—and write well! In fact you will surprise yourself by the work you’ll be producing. The class is designed to enhance your creativity, imagination and personal voice while also teaching the skills of creative writing—memoir and fiction. This is an ongoing class geared toward those who are committed to writing and will continue this practice overtime....

Thursday Oct 5th, 6:30–9:30pm Pacific Time

 (4 sessions)

Now:
$180
Was:
$200

4 sessions

Saturday Creative Writing Workshop

The Writing Studio @ Live Online via Zoom

In the peaceful atmosphere of the Saturday workshop, and with the help of meditations that quiet the critical mind, writing becomes possible, cathartic, transformational. You can write memoir or fiction. Each workshop is focused around an inspirational theme or myth. You’ll write three times for about one hour each time, and receive constructive, respectful feedback on your work. You’ll surprise yourself by the material you’ll be producing. ...

Saturday Oct 21st, 9:30am–6:30pm Pacific Time

Writing Disability

SF Creative Writing Institute

This workshop will help you express your experiences with learning and physical disabilities in different mediums. People with disabilities have unique thoughts and feelings that come from their experience This class will serve as a creative, emotional, and mental outlet for writers who disabilities who want to  don’t know how to express the unique thoughts and feelings that come from the experience of being disabled.  We will discuss...

Thursday Oct 19th, 10am–1pm Pacific Time

 (4 sessions)

$425

4 sessions

The 90-Day Novel Telecourse

L.A. Writers' Lab

The 90-Day Novel is a Live-on-Zoom workshop with Alan Watt that will take you from initial idea to the completion of your novel's first draft in 90 days. GET THE FIRST DRAFT DOWN QUICKLY The 90-Day Novel is about making a contract with your subconscious. Your subconscious is the seat of your genius, and there is a window of time that it can remain fully engaged in a creative task before it gets distracted, fatigued, or...

Monday Jan 8th, 12–1:30pm Pacific Time

 (14 sessions)

$650

14 sessions

Online Level 1 Intro to Fiction and Poetry

The Writers Studio

Our Online Level I workshop is an introduction to the philosophy on which The Writers Studio was founded in 1987 by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Philip Schultz. Persona writing, a method of borrowing the voice and temperament of accomplished writers, offers writers the imaginative distance and perspective they need to overcome their negative inclinations, their fear of self-exposure and endless doubt. This method also helps writers try on different...

Wednesday Oct 11th, 9–10pm Eastern Time

 (8 sessions)

$435

8 sessions

Online Level 1 Intro to Poetry

The Writers Studio

Our Online Level I workshop is an introduction to the philosophy on which The Writers Studio was founded in 1987 by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Philip Schultz. Persona writing, a method of borrowing the voice and temperament of accomplished writers, offers writers the imaginative distance and perspective they need to overcome their negative inclinations, their fear of self-exposure and endless doubt. This method also helps writers try on different...

Thursday Oct 12th, 7:30–8:30pm Eastern Time

 (8 sessions)

$435

8 sessions

Fiction Writing Level 1: 10-Week Workshop

Gotham Writers Workshop @ Zoom Conference

Fiction is a wonderful conjuring act. With only words and the reader’s imagination, a work of fiction can sail across the world in pursuit of a whale, or time-travel to another dimension, or zero in on a few minutes in line at the local bank, enveloping the reader in a made-up story that feels real.   To pull off this feat requires a balance of craftsmanship, daring, and insight into human nature. Here you will learn the time-tested elements...

Tuesday Oct 10th, 10am–1pm Eastern Time

 (10 sessions)

$464

10 sessions

Finish that Novel!

Santa Monica College

Do you have an unfinished manuscript under your bed or in an old computer file? Or maybe you have an idea you know would make a great story. This class is the place to bring what you've written or get started on your masterpiece. Receive professional advice, hear feedback, and develop a strategy for completing your novel to your satisfaction.  Students will have the opportunity to share their weekly writing in a fun and strictly supportive...

Tuesday Oct 24th, 6:30–7:30pm Pacific Time

 (6 sessions)

$108

6 sessions

Mystery Writing Level 1: 10-Week Workshop

Gotham Writers Workshop

Nothing quickens the pulse like a good mystery, which is why millions of readers surrender themselves to the page-turning exploits of their favorite sleuths. Mystery is an expansive genre, welcoming amateur detectives, intellectual puzzle-solvers, policemen, private eyes, lawyers, spies, even average folk caught in a web of suspense. If crime is a central element, consider it a mystery. To write riveting mysteries, you must merge the skills of a...

Tuesday Jan 9th, 12am–11:45pm Eastern Time

 (11 sessions)

$464

11 sessions

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