All writing is about life and the experience of living it. It’s about lives lived. Particularly in the creative nonfiction form. You are ultimately writing about life. You are creating life by sharing your unique perspective on the world. In this 5-week course, we’ll explore and try on different writing tools and techniques to breathe new life into your nonfiction writing.

Each week, I will share a short reading that exemplifies expert wielding of a writing tool or technique that we’ll unpack and experiment with applying to our own personal essay or memoir work. You don’t need to be an expert at writing to write, nor do you have to be one to join and enjoy this course. You may choose to share your writing with me and with the other participants, or keep it to yourself. This course is about the creative process and not about production; no pressure, no homework.

Age range – 18+

5 Tuesday afternoons from 1:30-3:30 PM: May 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th & June 3rd, 2025.

Location – The County Arts Lab, Unit 2E, Picton Armoury Building

Sliding scale pricing.