Past and present offerings.
Classes
Weekly Drop-In Classes
Monday Writing Workshops
Rotating writing workshops, ranging from a 90-minute Poetry Workshop to a 5-week Creativity Bootcamp! Check out the “Events Calendar” page to see what’s currently being offered, and to buy your tickets.
Prior registration is required for workshops.
Deepen your creative practice and connect with artists of all mediums.
Help you establish creative habits and explore various types of writing
Foster community and accountability
Provide structured time for you to work on your projects
In- Person: Meeting at Novel (643 Congress St. Portland, ME) on Mondays (usually).
Virtual: Subscribe on Patreon to receive weekly hour-long lesson plans.
Questions? Email Emma at createwithemma.r@gmail.com. Or, message her on Instagram (createwithemma.r)
Tuesday Writing Classes
Drop-in writing classes! Sliding scale, $15-30. Open to the public, these in-person writing groups feature a theme, various prompts, and invitations to share your work with others. No registration required, just come with a notebook or computer!
1st Tuesdays, 6-7pm at the Blue Lobster Urban Winery.
2nd Tuesdays, 6-7pm at Argenta Brewing
3rd Tuesday, 6-7:30 pm at Back Cove Books
4th Tuesdays, 6-7pm at Argenta Brewing
Questions? Email Emma at createwithemma.r@gmail.com. Or, message her on Instagram (createwithemma.r)
Upcoming Classes
Fall 5-Week Workshops
Note: these workshops have now concluded, but sign up below to hear about future workshop offerings in December 2025 & January 2026!
Creativity Bootcamp
September 2025
Kickstart your next creative project or deepen your creative practice! Open to artists of all mediums and levels.
Over 5 sessions you will:
Make progress on your creative project
Establish and maintain creative habits
Break through limiting beliefs
Foster community and accountability with like-minded people in southern Maine
In- Person Meetings: Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm. at Novel (643 Congress St. Portland, ME). September & October.
Virtual: Subscribe on Patreon to receive weekly hour-long lesson plans.
Creative Writing Workshop
September 2025
If you keep daydreaming about that book, short story, or blog you want to start—this workshop is for you!
Over 5 sessions, you will:
Make measurable progress on your writing project
Build community with other writers
Get tailored feedback on your writing
Participate in feedback sessions for other writers
Meet one-on-one with Emma
In- Person Meetings: Saturdays, 10:30am-12pm at the downtown library. September & October.
Curriculum Designed for Schools
AP Literature Podcasting Final Project (Fountain Valley School of Colorado): A week-long course focusing on using podcasts as a form of argument. Students learned how to write for audio and how to adapt rhetorical strategies for podcasts. We discussed how to structure a podcast to be both engaging and informative. We explored questions such as “are podcasts and other media replacing long-form essays as the dominant form of argument in our digital society?”
Voicemail Project (Morse High School): A 3-day identity-based sound and storytelling class working with students in the CPP Program, an alternative educational setting that fosters personal growth, academic achievement, and community engagement. Through interdisciplinary, project-based learning, CPP provides a learning environment that honors each individual’s needs, promotes growth and opportunity, and forges a path to graduation.
Audio Documentary Podcasting Intensive (Hamilton College): A three-day intensive workshop focused on audio documentary and ethical interviewing. Students learned how to prepare for interviews, record interviews, transcribe tape, and edit audio. We discussed non-extractive journalism, how to cold email interview subjects, and how to analyze audio.
Spanish Audio News Stories (Waynflete School): A 3-day course where students in “Spanish 3 Intensive" worked on a unit about the news, writing and researching their own news story. Students were then taught to transform these pieces into audio journalism. Students found news clips, music, and recorded their own narration to create an original podcast.
Audio Documentary Podcasting Intensive (Waynflete School): A semester-long after school offering for high schoolers interested in learning the basics of print journalism and audio documentary. Students learned how to prepare for interviews, record interviews, transcribe tape, and edit audio. Classes focused on discussed non-extractive journalism, research practices, and ethical interviewing.
The History of Song Podcast Intensive (Germantown Friends School): Virtual class focusing on research and recording techniques, blending information sharing with hands-on activities for students.
Native American History Book Review Podcast (Waynflete School): Over the course of a month, students created book reviews of various books by different Native Maine authors. This enabled them to explore subjects like research, critique, interviews, and oral history.
The "Audio Documentary Podcasting Intensive" course taught to Philosophy students at Hamilton College.