Stories connect us, move us, and help us make sense of the world—whether they’re true, imagined, or somewhere in between.

This four-week creative writing class is open to adults of all experience levels (ages 21 and up) and designed to help you unlock, shape, and share the stories only you can tell. Whether you’re interested in writing memoir or fiction, each session builds on the last, offering structure, inspiration, and space to explore.

Through engaging prompts, discussion, and short take-home writing exercises, you’ll learn how to:
• Identify the emotional heart of your story
• Shape scenes with strong beginnings, middles, and ends
• Build tension and character
• Use revision as a tool for discovery

Come ready to write, reflect, and share—this is a warm, welcoming space for anyone curious about storytelling and looking to get words on the page.

Alexandra Soiseth is a memoirist and novelist, editor and teacher, and certified creativity coach with more than two decades of experience helping writers bring their stories to the page. A former Associate Director of the MFA Writing Program at Sarah Lawrence College, she has taught fiction, creative nonfiction and memoir classes at the undergraduate and graduate level, as well as through continuing education and community-based programs. Alexandra is the author of Choosing You (Seal Press), a memoir praised for its emotional clarity and narrative structure, and her shorter work has appeared in Global City Review, CrossBRONX, Lumina, and others. She is a recipient of a Canada Arts Council grant and Ontario Arts Council grant. Her teaching blends deep editorial insight with compassionate, practical guidance, emphasizing both the emotional journey of storytelling and the craft required to shape it.