Starport is bringing  a variety of Creative Writing classes to the Gilruth Center to help you enhance your writing abilities. Whether your interests are writing blogs, novels, biography, short stories, historical or flash fiction or poetry, you will benefit from the teachings of Katherine Sanger (see instructor bio below).

Current Opportunities:

Writing Mystery

Come join this workshop on mystery writing. Who done it? How? Why? When? Learn how to ask – and answer – the questions presented to you, your protagonist, and you reader. Learn about hiding clues, motives, and best practices of fiction writing in general.

• 1 Day Workshop
• Saturday, June 28, 2025
• 9:00am to 12:00pm
• Moon Room
• Class Size: Minimum 6
• $65 until June 20
• $75 June 21
• Virtual Class Option Available

Register for Writing Mystery

Fantasy and Sci-Fi

Learn the difference between science fiction and fantasy (is there one?), science fiction and fantasy basics, world-building, characters, and more. Now’s the chance to figure out if Star Wars is science fiction or fantasy…

• 1 Day Workshop
• Saturday, July 12, 2025
• 9:00am to 12:00pm
• Moon Room
• Class Size: Minimum 6
• $65 until July 4
• $75 July 5
• Virtual Class Option Available

Register for Fantasy and Sci-Fi

Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction: Flash Fiction is a short story – under 1,000 words! It requires just as much, if not more, skill as writing a longer piece. Taking the literary world by storm, it has become more and more popular by the increasing popularity of e-books and the Internet reading.  Come learn about the elements of story and tips and tricks for Flash!

• 1 Day Workshop
• Saturday, August 16, 2025
• 9:00am to 12:00pm
• Discovery Room
• Class Size: Minimum 6
• $65 until August 8
• $75 August 9
• Virtual Class Option Available

Register for Flash Fiction

So You Want to Be a Writer

A chance to learn from the ground up. Always wanted to write but couldn’t find the time or figure out how to write something people want to read? Learn about best practices, plotting, genres, revision, elements of story, and more.

• 1 Day Workshop
• Saturday, August 30, 2025
• 9:00am to 12:00pm
• Discovery Room
• Class Size: Minimum 6
• $65 until August 22
• $75 August 23
• Virtual Class Option Available

Register for So You Want to Be a Writer

Writing Your Autobiography

Want to share your life? Spend three hours learning the difference between autobiography and memoir, how to write them, and how to publish them.

• 1 Day Workshop
• Saturday, September 27, 2025
• 9:00am to 12:00pm
• Discovery Room
• Class Size: Minimum 6
• $65 until September 19
• $75 September 20
• Virtual Class Option Available

Register for Writing Your Autobiography

About the Instructor:

Katherine Sanger was a Jersey Girl before getting smart and moving to Texas. She’s been published in various e-zines and print, including Baen’s Universe, Black Chaos, Wandering Weeds, Spacesports & Spidersilk, Black Petals, Star*Line, Anotherealm, Lost in the Dark, Bewildering Stories, Aphelion, and RevolutionSF, and edited From the Asylum, an e-zine of fiction and poetry, and Serial Flasher, a flash fiction e-zine. Kate is a member of HWA and SFWA. She taught English for over 10 years at various online and local community and technical colleges. You can find her on Facebook or Twitter @ KatherineSanger.