Begins Monday, December 7th, 2026

This class is asynchronous and meets via Wet Ink. Complete your weekly assignments on your own schedule — there are no set meeting times.

This Class is Open to All Writers. Any questions about this class? Use the Chat Button to talk with us.

Instructor Bio

Led by Holly Lyn Walrath, a writer, editor, and publisher. Her poetry and short fiction have appeared in Strange Horizons, Fireside Fiction, Analog, and Flash Fiction Online. She is the author of several books of poetry, including Glimmerglass Girl (2018), Numinose Lapidi (2020), and The Smallest of Bones (2021). She holds a Master’s in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. In 2019, she launched Interstellar Flight Press, an indie SFF publisher dedicated to publishing underrepresented genres and voices.

Who is this class for?

This online writing workshop is for writers of all genres and all levels who want to build a more intentional, organized writing life. If you feel out of sorts or disorganized in your creative practice, this class will help you find a journaling method that works for you. All Levels welcome.

What to expect:

Journaling is proven to boost mental health and help focus your thoughts — and for writers, it can be so much more than that. In this creative writing workshop, you'll learn a range of journaling techniques geared specifically toward the writing life, exploring journaling not just as a way to process and track your thoughts, but as a method for improving your craft and building a sustainable career as a writer.

Writers are observers, and one of the best ways to keep track of your observations and ideas is through a dedicated writing journal. Over four weeks, we'll cover the fundamentals of journaling for writers: tracking your writing, managing large ideas and projects, tracking submissions, setting goals, revising in a journal, and more. Along the way, you'll experiment with popular journaling methods — from bullet journaling to morning pages — to discover the approach that fits your life.

This is a hands-on online writing class. You'll be asked to share one journaling exercise each week and to give and receive feedback on each other's work within our Wet Ink classroom. You may also want to pick up a simple notebook to try the techniques on your own.

What are the writing goals?

In this course, students will complete one journaling exercise per week, sharing their work and exchanging feedback with peers in the online classroom. By the end of the four weeks, students will have established a personalized journaling practice, tried multiple journaling methods, and set up a journal structure to carry their writing life into the new year. You'll receive feedback from the instructor on all assigned writing activities.

Readings

Recommended (but not required) reading: The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll and The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week 1: Bullet Journaling and the Basics of Journaling
Week 2: Morning Pages and Daily Writing
Week 3: Observational Journaling
Week 4: Digital Journaling & Prepping for the New Year

COURSE TAKEAWAYS:

• Set up and prepare your 2027 journal
• Learn journaling techniques from mind mapping to morning pages
• Explore how to create a structure for your writing life
• Enrich your writing by cultivating awareness and observation

ONLINE COURSE STRUCTURE:

This class is asynchronous, meaning you complete the weekly assignments on your own schedule. There are no set meeting times to allow for greater participation; your cohort will consist of writers from different time zones, which allows for a wonderful diversity of voices.

Along with your weekly deadlines, there is plenty of interaction with the instructor and your peers within Wet Ink, our dedicated online classroom. Craft materials, lectures, reading assignments, and writing prompts are all available through the online classroom. Students also post work and provide and receive feedback in the online classroom.

You can finish the work as you see fit, week to week, which is perfect for any schedule. There are discussion questions each week inspired by the assigned readings and topics in the lecture notes. Students are encouraged to take these wherever they find most compelling and/or useful. The instructor engages with these discussions throughout the week, and you will receive feedback on all assigned writing activities.

HOW DOES WET INK WORK?

Wet Ink was built and designed specifically for online writing classes. Wet Ink is private, easy to use, and very interactive.

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.