Teaching

Molly's new Internet workshop for women. A Voice of Your Own. How to write intimately, truthfully, and fearlessly about your own life in the tradition of Mary Oliver and Anne Lamott.

Molly teaches several on-going classes throughout the year, and occasional one-day or half-day classes. She runs a Poetry Boot Camp — her 6-day internet poetry workshop — once a month.

Molly also works privately with poets on individual poems and book manuscripts. Click here for more information

Writing to Heal:
for cancer survivors, their family, friends, caregivers, and hospital staff
Eight Thursdays, 2:30-4:30 pm, Oct. 2 - Nov. 20, $20 Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Please register with Debby Kirk at the Cancer Center: 530-274-6872
Come write about everything — the good, the bad, and the rest of it. No previous writing experience necessary. Molly will teach her technique for boosting your immune function, and we'll do in-class exercises on every subject under the sun. Bring pen and paper. Kleenex and chocolate provided.

Poetry Craft & Exploration:
Eight Tuesdays, 10-12 am, Sept. 30 - Nov. 18, $175
Bring a poem every week and we'll critique it with you, emphasizing what works well and what might be confusing. This session will focus on honesty in writing: its effects on the reader and the writer, what it does to a poem. Limited to 7. Please bring a new poem and 8 copies to the first class. E-mail Molly to register at molly@mollyfisk.com.

The Writer's Toolbox
Eight Tuesday evenings: 6-8 pm, Sept. 30 - Nov. 18, $175
In this class we'll cover the tools all writers need: strong imagery, surprising metaphor, a clear and consistent voice, specific detail, sensory breadth, precise word choices, and accurate observation. Everyone is welcome: beginners and experienced writers, poets, essayists, memoirists, fiction and nonfiction writers, "genre" writers. We'll be doing exercises in class and some critique work, and looking at a wide range of examples. Open to 6 participants. E-mail Molly to register at molly@mollyfisk.com.