Spring 8-Week Series: The Story Only You Can Write & The Tools To Make It Happen

Melody Bridgewater — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 23:22:22 +0000

Do you want to explore writing a personal story, memoir, or micro-memoir?

Do you need a nurturing environment to get into the flow of your creative process?

This creative, memoir writing workshop and community will help you write, organize, and distill the shimmering details of your story while enhancing your craft toolbox and confidence as a writer.

The biggest challenge with writing is developing your creative process. Being in this class will help you navigate and demystify the confusion.

How do we craft a story? How do we begin? When do we know it’s “the end”?

How do we structure a story for the greatest impact on the reader?

If you want to live up to something deep inside that says “Write!” you must.

You will gain:

writing & storytelling tools
ways to access themes that matter most to you
editorial, and creative development support
practices to build your creative process
3 or 4 new pieces you love

We will study examples of personal essays, micro-memoirs, memoirs, and the essentials of storytelling.

What participants appreciate most:

1:1 writing coaching & feedback
constructive editorial feedback in class on 2-3 pages of work
the warmth and encouragement of the community
readings
playback recordings
weekly Q&A
option for a 50-minute one-on-one at a 10% discount*
option for additional editorial and creative development

Session Dates

Two-hour sessions are held via Zoom on Thursday evenings, live on Zoom. Recordings available.

Thursday, March 12, 7-9 PM EST
Thursday, March 19, 7-9 PM EST
Thursday, March 26, 7-9 PM EST
Thursday, April 2, 7-9 PM EST
Thursday, April 9, 7-9 PM EST
Thursday, April 16, 7-9 PM EST
Thursday, April 23, 7-9 PM EST
Thursday, April 30, 7-9 PM EST

Rate:

$560. PayPal, credit card (includes a 3% cc fee), or Venmo
$550. Personal check.
Payment plan available.

Testimonials:

“Jennifer’s approach to writing offers is a brilliant recipe of educating, mentoring, guiding, and collaboration. She meets each writer where they are with intentional guidance to help them improve and expand their craft. I have grown as much from listening to others’ work and feedback as I have from working on my own projects and pieces. Jennifer creates the environment to make this possible. I leave each class with so much more to consider, practice, and experiment with than expected.” – KB

“Jennifer provides a space of freedom and constructive support. The other writers are generous with their stories and feedback. Jennifer has a way of drawing out creativity from writers who didn’t believe they had it. She makes me a better writer every week.” – GG

“It’s a remarkable experience to be in Jennifer Schelter’s Memoir class. She guides the class in craft and creates a nurturing, collaborative environment for even the most reticent writer. Each person’s unique writing voice is encouraged. New members quickly feel the support and reinforcement from the group. This creates a safe petri dish to explore one’s most vulnerable and original work, unafraid of negative criticism. When freed from judgment, one can hear excellent possibilities for growing the writing for the reader’s greater engagement or understanding. The suggestions and observations are offered not as judgments but as positive options to enrich the story, the memory, or to clarify the thought. Class is positive and enlightening. We begin by practicing writing about what we see, hear, feel, and smell. I found this extraordinarily revealing. The process opened up all kinds of writing and got me out of my head and into real, precise sensory observation. Then we have a prompt. It might be on a theme, or sentence, or some area of craft, and off we go, writing. Later, Jennifer asks who wants to read. I have been incredibly inspired by my fellow members and encouraged to continue my crafting and storytelling skills. I’m learning to find my own writing process! I am so grateful to Jennifer for opening up the possibility of my writing and helping me hone my creative process. Her approach is helping me reach my best level as a writer.” – PR

Students currently enrolled in the memoir course receive 5% off:

50-minute, one-on-one writing coaching sessions (during the course)
creative development & editorial readings (1-15 pages)
story structure work
single page readings

Policy: No refunds after attending two classes. If, after one class, a participant drops the course, they will receive full credit (minus $100 service fee).

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Creative Space

paulag — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:01:58 +0000

A weekly virtual writing room to work alongside other friendly, dedicated writers and enhance one’s process.

Thursday, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Noon- 1 pm EST on Zoom.

We will:

Start by stating intentions for the time
Enjoy 55 minutes in your creative process
End with gratitude for your process

Receive:

A group work space
Time to appreciate your creative process
A creative, friendly community

When we have skin in the game, we commit, show up, and create.

This offering is FREE to students currently enrolled and studying memoir, yoga, or meditation.

Drop-in, $10

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Spring 8-Week Series: The Story Only You Can Write & The Tools To Make It Happen

Session Dates

Testimonials:

Students currently enrolled in the memoir course receive 5% off:

Creative Space