Summer 2012 Creative Writing Classes

Writing Memoir:  What’s the Real Story?

Focus on the exploration of ways to get at the heart of what you truly wish to communicate to your readers.  You’ll also learn the writer’s approach to “truth” when writing memoir.  An intimate class, geared to the beginning memoirist or to a more advanced writer who wishes to re-focus on the heart of the story.

Dates:  Tuesdays, June 5 – July 17, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.  No class on July 3^rd – enjoy the Fourth of July! 

Location:  A Montrose-area bungalow

Class size:  limited to six students – register now to assure your place.

Tuition:  $175, payable in advance of the first class, non-refundable  Please pay via PayPal (cortez.sarah@gmail.com) or email me to make other payment arrangements.  Be sure to email me to reserve your class space.

The Spiritual Essay

Philip Zaleski, editor of the Best American Spiritual Essays, said that spiritual writing describes the indescribable. In this class, you will look at examples of spiritual essays that work (or don't), while learning and practicing in some of the forms that the spiritual essay can take - the confessional, the polemical, the prescriptive, and the satirical. You may write from a position of faith or one of doubt. Writers of every level and all systems of belief will benefit from this class.

Please note there will be required readings from The Best American Spiritual Writing 2008 edited by Philip Zaleski.  Available on Amazon from $2.01 to $5.70. This book should be purchased before the first class.

Dates: Mondays, June - July 16. From 5:45 to 7:15 pm.  No class on July 2^rd – enjoy the Fourth of July! 

Location:  The Jung Center of Houston, 5200 Montrose Blvd. in the Museum District. 

Class size:  limited to 16 students – register now to assure your place.

Tuition: $145, payable in advance of the first class, non-refundable.   Jung Center members pay only $135.

Please call 713-524-8253 to register or go online to www.junghouston.org.