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:

World Building – 1 Day Workshop

How do you build a world? It’s more than just including some new plants and animals. It requires an expansive view of all that exists. Come learn more about all the parts of a world and how you can share them with your readers.

• 1 Day Workshop
• Saturday, June 15, 2024
• 9:00am to 12:00pm
• Discovery Room
• Class Size: Minimum 6 participants
• $65 until June 7
• $75 June 8 – 15

Register for World Building

Creative Non-Fiction – 1 Day Workshop

How truthful do you need to be when you write creative or narrative nonfiction? Learn about different types of nonfiction and tricks to bring your writing to life.

• 1 Day Workshop
• Saturday, May 18, 2024
• 9:00am to 12:00pm
• Discovery Room
• Class Size: Minimum 6 participants
• $65 until May 10
• $75 May 10 – 18

Register for Creative Non-Fiction

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.