SMALL STORIES :: for (various sized) People

A WRITING CLASS Online| 2026

Tuesday eves. 6-8 (MT) USA

August 4, 11, 18, & 25

Questions and to see if this is for you: katharinekaufman@gmail.com

SPECIAL DISCOUNT LINK FOR AUGUST

You’ll write ::

• stories that fit in the palm of your hand
• poems and prose poems
• alphabet stories
• little essays
• shy narratives that hide
• poems with repeated words, sounds
• notes
• stories that fold to fit in a crack of a stone wall
• hybrid forms and forms that don’ t want to be defined
• the space between

You’re invited to ::

• develop your own daily writing ritual
• discover and read authors you relate to more deeply.
• follow your pen.
• write what you could not speak.

The rhythm of each meeting ::

•  pause and sit for a few minutes
• short writing time
• read a small story, essay or poem (leaning toward women authors and people of color)
•  longer time to write
• share your work from last week’s prompt
• a small discussion
• listening to others poems/prose

Each week you’ll be given a new writing prompt based on the reading chosen for the group.

This is a generative writing class. No critiques.

This group emphasizes writing as a practice and sharing our early drafts.

An aside:

I started this class at the beginning of the pandemic. At that time I understood I could not write essays as I had been writing them. I could write short things, simple things; and then be done, and go dig something, walk, clean the sink. I thought this might be familiar— and I thought of you. The class has evolved to become much more personally curated. My choice of readings and prompts are based on the events of the week, day and the writing of those attending the class.