Teaching

I love teaching almost as much as I love writing. My goal as a teacher is to encourage you to write: passionately, profusely and with pleasure in the process.

To accomplish this goal, I focus in class on producing writing, using prompts, in-class exercises and homework assignments. We also critique work and read inspiring examples but this is secondary to the writing.

Current Classes

Current Teaching Venues
Richard Hugo House, www.hugohouse.org
Experimental College, www.exco.org

Topics for Ongoing Classes
Writing the Historical Novel, Writing the Novel, Writing Your Life, Writing Memoir, Writing Family History, Writing the Non-fiction Book Proposal, Voice, Suspense, Time & Tempo, Shapes of Stories, Writing Collage, Texturing the Novel, Image & Story (combining photography & writing, co-taught with photographer LoriDeMarre), The Artist's Way, Career Planning for Writers

Topics for One Day Classes
Overcoming Writers Block, Circles for Writers (on developing & running a writing group), Developing Characters, Writing at the Art Museum, Writing in Silence, Writing Rites of Passage, Playing with Words, Writing Retreats on various topics

Past Teaching Venues
UW Women’s Center
UCLA Writers Program; Seattle Community College Continuing Education Program;
Seattle University, Continuing Education Program
UW Extension Writing Program

Guest Speaker at Conferences
Pacific Northwest Writers Conference
Tacoma Community College Writing Conference
Write on the Sound Writing Conference
Edmonds Historical Society
Seattle Genealogical Society
Whidbey Island Writers Conference
Nearby History Seminar (Museum of History and Industry)

Lecture Topics
The Writer's Life, Writing Your Life: Fiction or Non-Fiction?, Developing Characters, Writing Family History

Success Stories
• A member of one of my writing groups published her first novel which was written on her lunch breaks at her insurance company job.

• Another member of one of my writing groups won first prize for genre fiction in the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference.

• A student in my Non-Fiction Book Proposal class received a grant to write the book she developed in my class.

Waverly Fitzgerald
Supporting you in meeting your writing goals
206.325.1452
waverly@waverlyfitzgerald.com

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