Writing Classes in San Francisco, CA

In this course, you will learn to enhance and augment your creative writing ability. This poetry class is one that will assist in your creative writing process and upon completion you will gain confidence in writing some of the best poetry you have written. Materials Needed to Fully Participate: Pencil/Pen Notebook An open mind About the...

This Integrated Skills English class is designed for Advanced level non-native English speakers. Each week, the students are practicing all the main communication areas: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing, with an emphasis on using grammar correctly. It's designed for advanced level students looking to fine tune their English and improve the...

This Integrated Skills English class is designed for Advanced level non-native English speakers. Each week, the students are practicing all the main communication areas: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing, with an emphasis on using grammar correctly. It's designed for advanced level students looking to fine tune their English and improve the...

This Integrated Skills English class is designed for Advanced level non-native English speakers. Each week, the students are practicing all the main communication areas: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing, with an emphasis on using grammar correctly. It's designed for advanced level students looking to fine tune their English and improve the...

Manhattan Language’s American English Program includes a Speaking and Listening class and an Integrated Skills class: In the Speaking and Listening class you will focus on developing your English communication skills through class discussion, role-play, debate and many other kinds of exercises. In the Integrated Skills class, you will work...

This course focuses on professional written communication. Students learn to write clear, concise, and effective business letters, memos, reports, email, texts, and proposals. Additionally, students learn to target their message for stakeholders (superiors, colleagues, employees, and clients) using effective tone, language structure, and word choice....

In this higher-level grammar course, students improve their English fluency and accuracy through engaging activities. Focusing on sophisticated forms such as, gerunds and infinitives, complex sentences types, reduced clauses, and appropriate word selection, students enhance their speaking and writing skills. Activities incorporate a combination of...

This course is for those professionals who have mastered the fundamentals of business writing and want to become versed in more complex forms of written communications in the workplace. The focus is on producing documents such as executive summaries, recommendations, formal reports, formal proposals and requests for proposal. The key elements of effective...

This course provides students with the skills needed for effective writing in academic and professional settings. The writing process is emphasized, with particular focus on organization and development of ideas within paragraphs and essays. Note: Students need to be in levels 5, 6, 7, or 8 to register for this course.

Are you eager to test the waters of creative writing but not sure where to start, or how? Have you written previously but been away for a while and hope to dip back in? Here you will be guided surely and safely into the writing life. There’s no pressure to work on a specific project or even settle on which type of creative writing you prefer. The...

In this course, students explore different elements of English structure through readings, digital media, dialogs, songs, games, and student writing. By the end of the course, students should have a solid grasp of basic verb tenses, prepositional phrases, articles, and sentence varieties. Pre-requisites:  Students need to be levels in 3 or 4...

If you’re just stepping into the world of playwriting, welcome! In this 5-week class, Kara Lee Corthron will help you build a toolbox of the fundamentals, so your first play (and each play you write after that!) can be built on a strong foundation. This class might be for you if you are: A budding playwright who wants to get down to basics. A...

This course offers effective strategies to sharpen your writing skills by structuring your ideas logically, exercising diplomacy in letters and reports, and shaping your arguments. Course Objectives Writing is a key method of communication for most people, and it’s one that many people struggle with. This workshop will give participants a refresher...

Tap into your creativity, strengthen your writing practice, and enjoy the company and feedback of others in this intimate writers’ workshop. Open to both new and experienced writers, this class will explore fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Come prepared to experiment, hone your craft, and most importantly, have fun.

In this class, you will learn how to write more persuasive and effective emails, letters and sales proposals and create a more favorable impression of themselves and their organization. You will learn step by step how to produce clear and direct emails, letters, proposals and copy for ads and public announcements. This course is interactive, fast-paced,...