Pathway: Expand & Discuss

Expand & Discuss Offerings

For readers and writers who love digging in, this pathway offers rich conversations and craft-focused discussions centered around books and big ideas. Grow, question, and engage with others who love to think critically about stories and storytelling.

Sun Yung Shin YLWP 2025 Reading
2025 Year-Long Creative Nonfiction Writing Project Final Reading | Jan 6

Please join us to celebrate the conclusion of the 2025 Year-Long Creative Nonfiction Writing Project. Participants from the Year-Long 2025 Creative Nonfiction Writing Project will read from their completed manuscripts at this culminating event. The CNF cohort is led by Sun Yung Shin.

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Peter Geye YLWP Reading 2025
2025 Year-Long Novel Writing Project Final Reading | Jan 8

Please join us to celebrate the conclusion of the 2025 Year-Long Novel Writing Project. Participants from the Year-Long 2025 Novel Writing Project will read from their completed manuscripts at this culminating event. The Novel cohort is led by Peter Geye.

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Carolyn Holbrook YLWP Reading 2025
2025 Year-Long Memoir Writing Project Final Reading | Jan 14

Please join us to celebrate the conclusion of the 2024 Year-Long Memoir Writing Project. Participants from the Year-Long 2025 Memoir Writing Project will read from their completed manuscripts at this culminating event. The Memoir cohort is led by Carolyn Holbrook.

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Expand & Discuss Classes
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Online
Single Session
How to Earn a Living as a Writer
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Rachel Werner
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Online
Single Session
Rekindle Your Writing: A Class for Writers of Color and Indigenous Writers
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Rachel Werner
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Online
Single Session
Organic Poetry
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Michael Curran-Dorsano
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Online
8 Week
The Art of the Everyday
Date
Jan 21, 2026 - Mar 11, 2026
Time
Wednesday, 6 p.m. - Wednesday, 8 p.m.
Price
$296.00
$266.40 (Friend)
Cynthia Chen
Cynthia Chen
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Online
Single Session
Poetry Comics
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Suzanne Wise
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Online
Single Session
Poetics of Place: Writing at the Intersection of Nature & Queerness
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
KD Hack in garden
KD Hack
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Online
4 Week
Play, Process, and Practice: Snowy Edition
Date
Jan 26, 2026 - Feb 16, 2026
Time
Monday, 6 p.m. - Monday, 8 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
Jesaka Long
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In-Person
Single Session
Shoots and Sprouts: Beginnings in Poems
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Christopher Vaughan
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Online
4 Week
Reading and Writing Diverse Children's and Young Adult Fiction
Date
Feb 5, 2026 - Feb 26, 2026
Time
Thursday, 6 p.m. - Thursday, 8 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
Rachel Werner
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Online
Single Session
How to Earn a Living as a Writer
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Rachel Werner
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Online
Single Session
Fiction Basics: Five Parts of Story
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Brian Malloy
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In-Person
Single Session
To Market, To Market: How Professionals Look at Your Manuscript
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Jennie Goloboy
Catherine Lundoff
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Online
6 Week
Fiction in Your Fact: Experimenting and Playing with Nonfiction
Date
Mar 3, 2026 - Apr 7, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 10 a.m. - Tuesday, 12 p.m.
Price
$222.00
$199.80 (Friend)
Andy Dehnart
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Online
Single Session
You Don’t Have to Tell the Truth: Omission, and Speculation in Poetry
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
Asa Drake
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Online
Single Session
You've Finished Your Book—Now What?
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Price
$111.00
$99.90 (Friend)
Savannah Brooks
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In-Person
Single Session
Powerful First Pages: Pro Tips, Pitfalls, and Practical Advice
Date
Time
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Tamara Hogan
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Online
Single Session
Worldbuilding: The Keys to Writing Immersive Setting
Date
Time
Saturday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Price
$74.00
$66.60 (Friend)
Jackie Cangro
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In-Person
Single Session
Crafting Powerful Scenes—The Building Blocks of Story
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Price
$55.50
$49.95 (Friend)
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Nigar Alam
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Online
Single Session
Stand by Your Plan: Practices for Sticking with Manuscripts
Date
Time
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Price
$37.00
$33.30 (Friend)
Kelly Foster Lundquist
Kelly Foster Lundquist
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Online
8 Week
Writing the Illness Memoir
Date
Jun 15, 2026 - Aug 3, 2026
Time
Monday, 7 p.m. - Monday, 9 p.m.
Price
$296.00
$266.40 (Friend)
Marianne Manzler
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Online
4 Week
Healing Through Writing
Date
Jun 16, 2026 - Jul 7, 2026
Time
Tuesday, 4 p.m. - Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Price
$148.00
$133.20 (Friend)
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Shama Shams