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Creative Writing Essentials |July 2025 (4-Weeks)

$320.00

Creative Writing Essentials– (Weekly Writing Class Online) Gain foundational tools, stay inspired, stay consistent with writing prompts & community.

For All Levels— All genera

Perfect for when you want to get ongoing inspiration, stay consistent, and gain foundational tools.

Through weekly themed inspiration and prompts you will grow your writing and your ideas, and build your skills.

Includes: Weekly live online classes, writing prompts & community.

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Creative Writing Essentials– (Weekly Writing Class Online) Gain foundational tools, stay inspired, stay consistent with writing prompts & community.

For All Levels— All genera

Perfect for when you want to get ongoing inspiration, stay consistent, and gain foundational tools.

Through weekly themed inspiration and prompts you will grow your writing and your ideas, and build your skills.

Includes: Weekly live online classes, writing prompts & community.

Creative Writing Essentials– (Weekly Writing Class Online) Gain foundational tools, stay inspired, stay consistent with writing prompts & community.

For All Levels— All genera

Perfect for when you want to get ongoing inspiration, stay consistent, and gain foundational tools.

Through weekly themed inspiration and prompts you will grow your writing and your ideas, and build your skills.

Includes: Weekly live online classes, writing prompts & community.

Hone in on the stories you want to tell with weekly guided prompts and in-class writing provide the container you need for diving deep into your creative process and unearthing the stories you want to tell. This dedicated time for writing will help you develop your ideas and generate writing and flourish in an incredible community of support. 90-minute weekly sessions.

  • Bring your stories to life

  • Generate fresh writings and ideas

  • Thrive in a nourishing community of support

  • Nourish your inner writer and stay connected to your writing self

  • Gain proven writing framework centered your soulful journey

  • Develop writings based on the intersection of place, nature, history and self

This 6-week comprehensive interpretive training is designed to uplift and evolve your interpretive practice. Rooted in a sense of place, storytelling, and relevance, this immersive training offers interpreters—from new seasonal staff to seasoned veterans—a dynamic learning journey that enhances personal confidence, creativity, and connection and offers foundational skill building from a unique perspective. 

Through an engaging blend of theory, reflection and innovative skill building, participants come away with a grounded sense of focus and purpose and leave prepared to deliver high-quality, story-rich interpretation across diverse settings.

Comprehensive – 6-Week Training Format

3 hours per week/20 hours total

$5,500 up to 15 participants

Section One: The Shift to Sense of Place Interpretation 


Pre-Work: Introduction to Sense of Place Interpretation


Begin your journey by exploring the foundations and purpose of sense of place interpretation.


Week One: Rethinking Interpretive Foundations


Gain a fresh perspective on interpretive principles and approaches to renew your connection with your resource.


Section Two: Elevate Content and Delivery Skills 

Week Two: Creating Meaningful Sense of Place Stories


Develop foundational storytelling skills that connect visitors deeply to place and meaning.


 

Week Three: Honing Delivery Skills: The Technique Toolkit

Build a practical toolkit of techniques for engaging, clear, and compelling storytelling.



Week Four: Crafting Better Narratives
: Sequencing, Context and a Sense of Place

Learn how to sequence and contextualize stories to highlight the power of place and the layers of time, story and perspective. 


3. Program Design and Delivery for Balance, Effectiveness and Ease 

Week Five: Designing Well-Balanced Visitor Experiences


Master seven steps to creating programs that balance education, engagement, and emotion.



Week Six: Mastering the Art of the Program Arc: The Pocketknife Program


Apply five essential tools to design interpretive experiences with flow, impact, and visitor motivation in mind.

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