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:

Autobiography & Memoirs – 1 Day Workshop

Autobiography, memoir: just what’s the difference between them? How do you decide which to write – and what to do with it? We’ll cover the differences and how to write vignettes, essays, and long form. We’ll do some practical exercises. To top it off, we’ll discuss some ways and places where you can publish – or get someone else to publish – your work.

• 1 Day Workshop
• Saturday, July 20, 2024
• 9:00am to 12:00pm
• Inspiration Room
• Class Size: Minimum 6 participants
• $65 until July 12
• $75 July 12 – 20

Register for Autobiography & Memoirs 

Writing for Children– 1 Day Workshop

This class will help you learn how to write for a specific age group covering ages 0-14, board books to YA, including everything from writing to publishing!

• 1 Day Workshop
• Saturday, September 21, 2024
• 9:00am to 12:00pm
• Class Size: Minimum 6 participants
• $65 until September 13
• $75 September 14 – 21

Register for Writing for Children Workshop

Punch Up Your Prose – 1 Day Workshop

This class will teach you some powerful tips, tricks and hacks to make your writing flow.

• 1 Day Workshop
• Saturday, October 5, 2024
• 9:00am to 12:00pm
• Class Size: Minimum 6 participants
• $65 until September 27
• $75 September 28 – October 5

Register for Punch Up Your Prose

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.