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6-week ONLINE Personal Essay & Memoir I/II – begins 6.18.25

April 8, 2025 By Julia Fierro

Instructor: Sarah Herrington
Dates: begins June 18

Location: Online (wkly video meetup Wed 7-9pm ET)
Fee: $575 ($25 discount for returning writers)

A writing sample is not required (but welcome) for this class. Please fill out an application with your contact info.

Through group discussion of student work, plus that of published authors, writers in this workshop will examine the art and craft of creative nonfiction. The focus will be on learning to understand and use a full range of literary techniques in order to tell a truly compelling nonfiction story. Topics such as the use of dialogue, the creation of scene, attention to style and how to craft structure from true events will be discussed. Participants will also spend time talking about the particular responsibilities that come with writing creative nonfiction. In-class writing prompts will be used to inspire and motivate students to produce new work.

Our online class platform includes thoughtful craft lessons to inform and inspire writers, a class homepage for discussions, book recommendations and more, and an in-line commenting tool that allows for supportive and constructive feedback.

This workshop is open to writers working on memoir and personal essays, and writers at all levels of skill and experience are welcome to join.

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Sarah Herrington is an essayist, poet, editor and teacher. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Modern Love, Anxiety, Solver Stories and OpEd columns, the LATimes, SFChronicle, Tin House, Slice, NYLON, Salon, Los Angeles Review of Books, Interview, Entropy, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Poets and Writers magazine, Oprah magazine and other publications. She’s the author of four books on yoga and spirituality. She holds MFAs from New York University and Lesley University and teaches at Loyola Marymount University.

Filed Under: Memoir, Nonfiction, Online, Personal Essay

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8-week ONLINE Personal Essay & Memoir I/II – begins 5.7.25

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