Community Ed

1-on-1 writing coaching

pen to square Whether you have a particular project in mind or just want to get your writing juices flowing, working with a writing coach can help you focus and get work on the page. With regular meetings and assignments, develop discipline and dig in.

Program details

Sessions last 45 minutes. Your instructor will contact you by the first week of term to schedule. Use your sessions within the term; no refunds for unused sessions. Individual sessions must be canceled with your instructor 24 hours in advance; otherwise, the session is counted against your package total. You must be registered before participating in a writing session.

Refund and drop policy

If you want to drop, you must do so online in MyPCC one (1) day prior to the first day of the term. If you need assistance dropping the class after the start of the term, please contact Community Ed at communityed@pcc.edu. No drops or refunds on partially used coaching packages. Learn more about dropping a class.

Instructor profiles and availability

Joshua Amberson
  • Areas: personal essay, memoir, literary fiction, freelancing, zines, small-press publishing
  • Contact: joshua.amberson@pcc.edu
  • Availability: Tuesday, 12pm-7pm; Wednesday and Thursday, 12pm-6pm

Joshua offers suggestions and possibilities, helping writers take risks and move through blocks. He publishes his work in zines, books, newspapers, and digital media.

Cherise Arthur
  • Areas: children’s and young adult fiction and nonfiction, self-publishing
  • Contact: cherise.arthur@pcc.edu
  • Availability: Check with Cherise for availability

Cherise, a member of SCBWI and Oregon Writers Colony, has self-published three children’s books. She enjoys coaching writers to bring out the best in their projects.

Jesse Carsten

Jesse (they/he) is an artist, writer, and musician who comes to students’ work with curiosity and openness, offering ideas for creative expansion. Jesse can work with you on poetry, personal essays, songwriting, humanities-related academic work, zines, generative and experimental forms. They are writing poems, essays, songs and self-publishing zines.

Angie Ebba
  • Areas: poetry, publishing, zines, chapbooks, queer writing, writing about health disability
  • Contact: angie.ebba@pcc.edu
  • Availability: Sunday, all day; Monday-Thursday, 5:30pm-8:30pm

Angie asks questions, explores techniques, and provides feedback to help you produce your best writing based on personal goals. She believes in the power of writing to help us understand ourselves, build connections, and create change. She publishes poetry, essays, and zines in print and online, and is a performance artist.

Michelle Kicherer

MIchelle is an arts journalist for Willamette Week and San Francisco Chronicle and the author of a novella. She can work with you on memoir or fiction.

Paul Stein

Paul has directed and produced plays, comedy events and storytelling shows across the United States, Canada and Europe. As an instructor, he teaches dramatic and comedic writing courses.  Formerly an Executive Producer for Comedy Central, currently he is the Executive Director of Kickstand Comedy.

Bo West Watson
  • Areas: fiction
  • Contact: bo.watson@pcc.edu
  • Availability: Monday-Thursday, 8:30am-4:30pm

Bo seeks unexplored avenues in your writing, asks questions, and works through rough patches or roadblocks with you. In their own writing, Bo makes short erasure poems as well as long stories about icebergs, fanaticism, and the sea.

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