Live small-group courses in Minneapolis for people with real projects to finish. Bring the proposal, essay, or presentation you keep postponing. Leave with a finished draft, line-by-line editorial feedback, and a repeatable process.
Small classes capped at 12 students with weekly line-by-line instructor critiques.
Four Tuesday evenings. Rewrite a real RFP response, executive proposal, or major client report with line-by-line instructor critique.
Four Tuesday evenings. Rewrite a real RFP response, executive proposal, or major client report with line-by-line instructor critique.
Six Saturday mornings dedicated to generating, drafting, workshopping, and revising one publication-ready first-person essay.
A focused one-day Saturday intensive for technical leaders and founders turning complex spreadsheets and briefs into memorable 10-minute talks.
Eight bi-weekly evening workshops for writers with a completed 25,000+ word draft seeking developmental structural editing.
Every instructor is an actively publishing writer, former newsroom editor, or communications leader.
Former deputy editor at Midwest Review. Has guided over 400 adult students through nonfiction book proposals, essays, and institutional reports.
Former deputy editor at Midwest Review and staff essayist. Has guided over 400 adult students through nonfiction book proposals, essays, and institutional reports.
Teaches personal narrative and structure. His students have placed essays in The Sun, Orion Magazine, and regional anthologies.
Helps analysts, engineers, and nonprofit directors communicate complex data and civic arguments without relying on slide deck crutches.
Our metrics are finished proposals, published essays, and confident presentations.
"I came in with a 40-page grant proposal that had been rejected twice. Dana's structural editing helped us trim eight pages and win a major foundation grant."
"I came in with a 40-page grant proposal that had been rejected twice. Dana's structural editing helped us trim eight pages and win a $75,000 foundation grant."
"The Saturday essay lab gave me the accountability I couldn't find alone. My essay on my grandfather's machine shop was published in a regional quarterly three months later."
"As an engineering manager, presenting to our board terrified me. Evelyn's video lab taught me how to pace my points and speak from structure rather than panic."
Not sure which course fits your current project or schedule? Reach out to our admissions team for a 10-minute course recommendation call.
