I find Sheila’s feedback to be some of the very best I have ever received to help me move my writing to better, higher, deeper levels.
—Teri Wunderman
I’m still pinching myself…to have found you as a teacher is simply a miracle. This is the first time in a while that I can see how to take my writing up another notch.
—Sher Laughlin
I feel like you really are able to get under our skin and feel and see what’s important to us, and say that back to us complete with suggestions of how to say it better. This has been an incredible gift to me, and others too, I’m sure. (I cried a lot as I read your response.)
—Marianne Vincent
This is the best writing class, the best group of writers and the best teacher I have ever worked with.Thank you, all of you, for helping me along this path and kicking me in the behind to keep me writing!
I had been searching for a writing class online for years and have tried so many but they all left me empty…. yours has filled me with energy and a spark that has ignited my psyche!
—Ruth Ewers
—Ruth Ewers
The essay you helped me with, “Of Birds and Bees and Spiders, Too” won 1st place in the Arapahoe Community College Literary Contest in the nonfiction category. (That was the essay about deciding whether or not to help a bumblebee out of a black widow spider’s web.) I incorporated your comments and apparently it worked! Thank you again for your spot-on editor’s eye!
—Joyce Deming
You are so careful, Sheila, to edit out without adding in. It is like this: I ride the horse and do it well, but have no idea that I have not asked the horse to really run to win. I am just riding the horse well. You take your seat in the saddle, put the horse through its paces and then release him to really run, haunches bunched, breathing hard, riding the rail, tail flying, nostrils flared, to cross the finish line under the wire to win. You trot back to hand me the reins and say, “See how it’s done?” Like it is all in a day’s work.
—Barbarann Ayers
Sheila has the unique ability to take a writer’s rough narrative and identify the essence that could be developed into a worthwhile literary piece. Sheila’s careful feedback helps writers revise, compress, and expand, whatever the piece needs.
—Mary Ellen Talley
… this has been a very productive class for me. I’ve learned a lot and feel like I have grown a lot in the process.
Enrollees will have four assignments: one about writing in letter form (epistolary), one in sudden nonfiction or flash fiction, one in poetry or prose poetry, and one in personal essay. Expect to create four fresh pieces of writing after reading inspiring models from published work. You’ll receive detailed response from me and are encouraged to respond to your classmates’ work as well. If you want more information about this class, please let me know . For a spot in it, enroll now!
Not a member yet? Join us at the Lift Off level today and save $5. Use the Add to Cart button below and your total for joining and a class will be $150 ($35/year for the Lift Off Membership thereafter). If you are already a member, please login for the member’s price.
Literature in Letters: Using the Epistolary Form
Join our small group of five in studying epistolary literature in poems, fiction and essays. Emulate the strategies professional writers have used to create four fresh works of your own. Everyone receives detailed response from Sheila and four classmates for help in drafting revisions and understanding the strengths of what they have created. Fee is $120 for members. There are no refunds as class size is limited. Email classes@writingitreal.com for information about current start dates and openings.
Not a member yet? Join us at the Lift Off level today and save $5. Use the Add to Cart button below and your total for joining and a class will be $150 ($35/year for the Lift Off Membership thereafter). If you are already a member, please login for the member’s price.
Online Personal Essay Writing Workshop
In this four-week class, five group members work together in an online classroom with Sheila Bender, everyone on their own time, developing four essays. People post one essay per week and respond to one another’s work using Sheila’s special three-step response method. Everyone receives Sheila’s detailed response to each of their four pieces. Whether you work from the prompts and model essays that Sheila offers the class or you use older work you want to revise, this class will help you move your writing along. Email classes@writingitreal.com for information about current start dates and openings.
Not a member yet? Join us at the Lift Off level today and save $5. Use the Add to Cart button below and your total for joining and a class will be $150 ($35/year for the Lift Off Membership thereafter). If you are already a member, please login for the member’s price.
Writing It Real Online Poetry Writing Workshops
In this four-week class, five group members work together in an online classroom with Sheila Bender, everyone on their own time, developing four poems. People post one poem per week and respond to one another’s work using Sheila’s special three-step response method. Everyone receives Sheila’s detailed response to each of their four pieces. Whether you work from the prompts and model poems that Sheila offers the class or you use older work you want to revise, this class will help you move your writing along toward polished poems. Email classes@writingitreal.com for information about current start dates and openings. Fee is $120 for members. There are no refunds as class size is limited.
Not a member yet? Join us at the Lift Off level today and save $5. Use the Add to Cart button below and your total for joining and a class will be $150 ($35/year for the Lift Off Membership thereafter). If you are already a member, please login for the member’s price.
Writing It Real Online Writing Healthy Starts Workshop
In this four-week class, five group members work together in an online classroom, each on their own time, responding to three writing exercises a week supplied and developed by Sheila. People post their work (up to 250 – 750 words each piece) and respond to one another’s work. Work is meant to be in the freewriting stages. Everyone receives Sheila`s detailed response to each of their pieces, responses that help writers develop their exercise results into poems, stories or essays. Email classes@writingitreal.com for information about current start dates and openings. Fee is $120 for members. There are no refunds as class size is limited.
Not a member yet? Join us at the Lift Off level today and save $5. Use the Add to Cart button below and your total for joining and a class will be $150 ($35/year for the Lift Off Membership thereafter). If you are already a member, please login for the member’s price.
Writing It Real Online Writing Sudden Stories From Life Workshop
In this four-week class, five group members work in an online classroom, each on their own time, with Sheila on writing four short stories from life modeled after flash fiction pieces by professional writers. People post their work (up to 1000 words each piece) and respond to one another’s work. Everyone receives Sheila`s detailed response to each of their pieces, responses that help writers develop their drafts for publication if they wish. Email classes@writingitreal.com for information about current start dates and openings. Fee is $120 for members. There are no refunds as class size is limited.
Not a member yet? Join us at the Lift Off level today and save $5. Use the Add to Cart button below and your total for joining and a class will be $150 ($35/year for the Lift Off Membership thereafter). If you are already a member, please login for the member’s price.
Custom Online Classes and Tutorials
Sheila is happy to facilitate your writing group or offer you a tutorial customized for your needs, pocket book and time. Email her at classes@writingitreal.com with your idea.
Other Online Class Opportunities
International Association for Journal Writing (IAJW): Those who journal for writing practice and want to deepen their ability with the writing craft will enjoy the several classes Sheila offers through the IAJW. Check the website for current classes and tutorials: International Association for Journal Writing
Writers.com: Sheila offers courses and tutorials on writing one’s way through grief as well writing articles from what you know. She runs tutorials for those writing graduate and undergraduate application essays. Visit writers.com for registration and information or email writers@writers.com.
Story Circle Network: Sheila currently offers classes in craft elements through Story Circle. Check the website for current schedule and information.
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