Current Offerings

The Fire We Make

A Winter Solstice Writing Intensive

A three-hour, generative writing intensive during which we’ll reach deep into the darkness of winter solstice to discover, and write into and through, the most vital parts of ourselves: memories, dreams, questions, transformations, and more. You will leave with eight seedlings of future essays, stories, or poems, stirring with potential and glowing with discovery and aliveness.

Saturday, December 19;
10 AM – 1 PM CST

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Writing in the Dark

The Workshop

Now in our seventh year, Writing in the Dark has been home to hundreds of writers and more than two dozen cohorts—plus a vibrant community on Substack. We would love to welcome you and your words to our lamplit corner. Come write with us!

October 20 - November 24, 2026

Tuesdays 6 – 8 PM Central

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Past Offerings

Memory, the Body, and What Fiction Teaches Us: An Enlivened Approach to Memoir

A weeklong writing retreat at Atelier Clos Mirabel, in the foothills of the French Pyrénées.

September 4 - 11, 2027

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The Through Line

In-person (Minneapolis) intensive for memoirists ready to find the invisible thread that makes readers keep turning pages—the reason this particular life, told in this particular way, becomes literature. Leave with a clear “Revision Map” for your project, based on these crucial discoveries.

October 8-11 (sold out)

October 22-25 - (sold out)