This class meets in Astoria.

Come revisit and write about the important moments in your life including childhood memories, love, family, transformational experiences, your career, personal quests, and more. Each session will include time to write and time to share.

Students should bring a pen and notepad or tablet/laptop to class.

8 sessions

Instructor Bio:  Eve Marx is a professional book author and journalist. Her essay collection, "View From the Porch: Tales from the Anti-Hamptons" won a Washington Irving award for literary excellence. She received her Master's degree in Education from Columbia University in New York City. For over twenty years, she has led memoir writing and creative nonfiction classes for children, teens and adults in traditional and nontraditional academic settings. She has been a newspaper columnist and feature writer whose work has been published in national magazines and regional publications. Her great joy is guiding both new and more experienced writers to explore and expand their literary talents.

*Please note*: Updated Cancellation & Refund Policy

• To receive a full refund (less registration and credit card processing fees) you must send your cancellation request to communityed@clatsopcc.edu two working days prior to the class start date. 

There are no refunds allowed beyond this deadline.  You are liable for payment of classes at the time of registration and will be held liable unless the classes are dropped within the refund period.

If you withdraw due to circumstances beyond your control, such as a medical emergency, you may file a petition for a refund. The date of receipt of the petition, length of class attendance, and cost of course materials and services may be considered in denying or reducing the amount requested. If you need to complete a form to petition for a refund, please email:  communityed@clatsopcc.edu or call 503-338-2550. 

In this class, students will learn about the importance of language, descriptive narration, and story structure. Students will examine and experiment with tenses, points of view, and sometimes write outside of their comfort zones. This course is for those who want to write every week and go over what they write with a group. Writers who are working on a memoir, a novel, or non-fiction are welcome. The ultimate goal of this class is to inspire, motivate, and support one another!

9 sessions

Instructor Bio:  Sean Davis is the author of The Wax Bullet War, a Purple Heart Iraq War veteran, and the winner of the Legionnaire of the Year Award from the American Legion in 2015 as well as the recipient of the Emily Gottfried Emerging Leader, Human Rights award for 2016. His stories, essays, and articles have appeared in the Ted Talk Book: The Misfit’s Manifesto by Lidia Yuknavitch (Simon and Schuster), the Forest Avenue Press anthology: City of Weird, Sixty Minutes, Story Corps, Flaunt Magazine, The Big Smoke, Human (the movie), and much more.

Refund Schedule and Drop Dates

To receive a full refund (less registration and credit card processing fees) you must send your cancellation request to communityed@clatsopcc.edu  two working days prior to the class start date.

There are no refunds allowed beyond this deadline.  You are liable for payment of classes at the time of registration and will be held liable unless the classes are dropped within the refund period.

If you withdraw due to circumstances beyond your control, such as a medical emergency, you may file a petition for a refund. The date of receipt of the petition, length of class attendance, and cost of course materials and services may be considered in denying or reducing the amount requested. If you need to complete a form to petition for a refund, please email:  communityed@clatsopcc.edu or call 503-338-2550. 

Come write your very own life sketch. This class is for anyone who wants to write a brief auto-biography or ‘self-portrait’ that is focused on their life-long work or professional career.

Students should bring a pen and notepad to class.

6 sessions

Cancellation & Refund Policy

To receive a full refund (less registration and credit card processing fees) you must send your cancellation request to communityed@clatsopcc.edu two working days prior to the class start date. 

There are no refunds allowed beyond this deadline.  You are liable for payment of classes at the time of registration and will be held liable unless the classes are dropped within the refund period.

If you withdraw due to circumstances beyond your control, such as a medical emergency, you may file a petition for a refund. The date of receipt of the petition, length of class attendance, and cost of course materials and services may be considered in denying or reducing the amount requested. If you need to complete a form to petition for a refund, please email:  communityed@clatsopcc.edu or call 503-338-2550.