Begins Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026

Class will meet weekly via Zoom on Wednesdays, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PDT

🌍 Class Times by Time Zone: Los Angeles (PDT): 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM / Chicago (CDT): 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM / New York (EDT): 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM 

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Instructor Bio

Instructor Christina Berke is a Chilean-American writer and trauma-informed educator with an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from UNLV, a BA from UC Berkeley, and an M.Ed. from UCLA. She is the inaugural Carol Shields Prize Foundation Residency Fellow and the 2022 Katharine Bakeless Nason Contributor Award Recipient in Nonfiction at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Her work has been supported by Sewanee Writers' Conference, Hedgebrook, Storyknife, Vermont Studio Center, and Ragdale. Her writing is in The Sun, Lidia Yuknavitch's Khora, Pithead Chapel, Teen Vogue, and elsewhere.

Who is this class for?

This online writing workshop is for you if you're feeling stuck and ready to jump-start your creativity, no matter what genre you write.

If the 12 weeks of the full-fledged Artist's Way program give you pause, this is a good way to dip your toe in. Open to all levels.

What to expect:

Maybe you've heard about "morning pages" but haven't made the time to start. Or maybe you're curious about how to build a better practice for your writing. Perhaps you're just looking for accountability. In this 4-week creative writing workshop, you'll be guided through some of the best exercises from Julia Cameron's classic creativity book for artists, adapted and refined for those working full-time jobs, trying to balance it all, or looking for a creative energizer.

Each weekly Zoom writing class will focus on a different aspect of the creative life—from unblocking your inner creative to quieting your inner critic to sustaining a practice that lasts. The instructor will provide prompts and selected excerpts from The Artist's Way. The book is encouraged but not required.

This is a generative, low-stakes online writing class designed to help you build confidence, generate pages, and find community with fellow writers who are making creativity work alongside the rest of life.

What are the writing goals?

In this course, students will generate pages of new material through low-stakes writing prompts, boost their creativity, and build a supportive writing community. This is a generative workshop—there is no instructor feedback component.

Readings

Readings will include selected excerpts from The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, provided by the instructor. The book is encouraged but not required.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week 1: Unblocking Your Inner Creative

Week 2: Reclaiming Play

Week 3: Quieting the Inner Critic

Week 4: Sustaining a Creative Life

COURSE TAKEAWAYS:

• Create a sustainable creative writing practice that fits alongside a full-time schedule
• Build confidence and trust in your creative instincts
• Generate raw writing material through low-stakes, guided prompts
• Learn strategies for overcoming creative blocks and silencing your inner critic
• Connect with a community of fellow writers balancing creativity and life

TESTIMONIALS:

"Christina so thoughtfully curated this class and really opened my eyes to what is possible within the world of creative non-fiction. I left a better reader and writer, and now have a group of classmates to continue workshopping with in the months to come. This was an 8 week recharge for me as a writer." — Former Student

"The instructor, Christina, runs a terrific workshop that includes prompts, lecture, readings. Never boring. The course materials are varied and captivating. I loved learning about--and working with--various sub-genres of creative nonfiction that were new to me. Highly recommend this instructor and the course. This was my first course with WritingWorkshops.com, and it was terrific. The instructor is excellent, smart, professional and knows her material well. I'm taking a second WW.com course now, which is also first rate." — Former Student

"After taking this class, I feel more confident in writing overall. The professor really cared about creating a fun, healthy, and safe feeling environment for the class. The professor was very thorough with explaining assignments, as well as having clear instructions for each assignment." — Former Student

"This was by far my favorite class this semester--I really liked that all the writing projects were all fun to write. Professor Berke always brought positive energy to the class and is always willing to help her students." — Former Student

"This course taught me so much. I learned about new forms, styles, and formats of creative non-fiction that I feel like have given me a solid foundation to go forth and continue practicing the craft, and ultimately write my stories into their new, beautiful homes. I am also very grateful for the community space this course provided!" — Former Student

"This was my first class and Christina made me feel so welcomed and really sparked wonderful discussions among the students. She inspired me to write more and I am really grateful she taught the class. She clearly enjoys the subject as well!" — Former Student

"Christina is a wonderful instructor. I appreciated her intentionality in her selection of readings, and the ways that she guided us in working through examples and applying the principles to our own creative work. The free-writing prompts were also thought-provoking and have given me a lot of material to work with as well." — Former Student

"Christina is kind, humble, and helpful. She clearly has a heart that wants to help writers emerge into the literary world. Her class was helpful for learning how to pitch to editors. I'm sending my first pitch this week, and her class gave me the confidence to know that I'm covering the basics in the pitch. It also feels like I have one more person rooting for me as a writer." — Former Student

PAYMENT OPTIONS:

Tuition is $330 USD. You can pay for the course in full or use Shop Pay or Affirm to pay over time with equal Monthly Payments. Both options are available at checkout.

ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE:

• Instructor: Christina Berke
• Begins Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
• Class will meet weekly via Zoom on Wednesdays, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PDT
• Tuition is $330 USD.