Online Class Infromation

 Releasing The Writer Within offers another option for those of you who live far away or can't find the time to come to class.

Course Offerings

Journal Writing

Hannah will help you recapture that same freedom of expression you had as a kid, pushing past the inner-censor and releasing everything on to paper.

Discover Your Writer's Voice

In this workshop you will find and hone your voice and learn several techniques that will jump-start your writing and help you complete projects.

Storytelling Techniques

Using the journal as a writer's tool, Hannah helps students identify the stories they wish to write–from their own lives. Whether it is fact or fiction, whether it is a memoir piece or fantasy, in this workshop students will walk away with the ability to tell a story–beginning, middle, and end. Stories will be effortless to write and ideas flowing.

Breaking Through The Block

Does the phrase "writer's block" describe your current writing life? Whether you have been blocked just a few weeks or years, this workshop shows you practical techniques that will not only help you knock down that proverbial wall, but will also help you continue to write forever. Writer's need only a pen, a notebook, and an open mind.

Critique and Feedback is a special class for those of you who want to focus on a specific piece that needs to be polished.  Students will choose one piece that they feel needs work and both students and teacher (me) will critique it. This is not the same as a writing group or a critique group.  This a structured class with one person (me) guiding the group in appropriate ways to give and receive criticism. 

How Online Classes Run

Each course is offered four weeks.  I use "Moodle", an open source teaching tool for posting, viewing, and commenting on assignments. Students get peer and teacher feedback. Students are offered a free tutorial for using the online tools, and I provide detailed instructions for using "Moodle".

Please click here for details about the curriculum.