GrouP Courses
Alissa teaches a variety of creative writing and literature classes throughout he calendar year, including a popular and longstanding Writer's Workshop. Space in classes is limited, and some courses are available through referral/pre-approval only. Classes are synchronous and hosted online. Some in-person offerings will become available in future.
Check back here regularly for course schedules, descriptions and registration information.
Check back here regularly for course schedules, descriptions and registration information.
Current Course Offerings
THE WRITER'S WORKSHOP
The Writer’s Workshop is a longstanding and popular virtual group writing and critique course. We have a core group of writers who join each term, and we welcome new students when we have openings.
The primary work of the course is the workshop process itself: feedback and discussion of student writing, guided by Alissa in a fun, supportive and collaborative literary environment. This process is designed to help you achieve your writing goals, further refine and improve your work, and to have fun. You’ll share your writing with classmates, read their work, and engage with a community of compassionate, craft-smart and supportive writers. We’ll address craft issues, discuss technique and complete in-class exercises along the way to aid your learning.
The workshop is fully inclusive, and welcomes poets and prose writers of all genres, all experience levels, and at any stage of the writing process. Workshoppers are expected to read and respond to manuscripts each week outside of class, and to maintain deadlines throughout the term. Please come to class prepared to share a portion of your current writing project.
Enrollment requires pre-approval; please contact Alissa directly here to reserve your space during an upcoming session.
****Currently, enrollment for the Fall 2024 Writer’s Workshop is closed.
The next session of the Workshop is tentatively scheduled for Spring 2025.
The Writer’s Workshop is a longstanding and popular virtual group writing and critique course. We have a core group of writers who join each term, and we welcome new students when we have openings.
The primary work of the course is the workshop process itself: feedback and discussion of student writing, guided by Alissa in a fun, supportive and collaborative literary environment. This process is designed to help you achieve your writing goals, further refine and improve your work, and to have fun. You’ll share your writing with classmates, read their work, and engage with a community of compassionate, craft-smart and supportive writers. We’ll address craft issues, discuss technique and complete in-class exercises along the way to aid your learning.
The workshop is fully inclusive, and welcomes poets and prose writers of all genres, all experience levels, and at any stage of the writing process. Workshoppers are expected to read and respond to manuscripts each week outside of class, and to maintain deadlines throughout the term. Please come to class prepared to share a portion of your current writing project.
Enrollment requires pre-approval; please contact Alissa directly here to reserve your space during an upcoming session.
****Currently, enrollment for the Fall 2024 Writer’s Workshop is closed.
The next session of the Workshop is tentatively scheduled for Spring 2025.