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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 within six calendar days after the start of the term. 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: Mon, 12pm-7pm; Wed, 2pm-6pm; Thu, 12pm-7pm

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

Timothy Day
  • Areas: literary fiction, magical realism, and weird horror
  • Contact: tim.steele1@pcc.edu
  • Availability:Everyday, 9am-4pm

Timothy enjoys helping students locate and magnify the strengths and idiosyncrasies of their writing voices. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Portland State University and is the author of a short story collection.

Angie Ebba
  • Areas: poetry, publishing, zines, chapbooks, queer writing, writing about health disability
  • Contact: angie.ebba@pcc.edu
  • Availability: Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm

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.

Jenny Forrester

Jenny’s been published here and there online and in print. She teaches writing and also edits, providing developmental edits for manuscripts-in-process.

Paul Stein

Paul has directed and produced plays, comedy events and solo shows in theaters and festivals internationally. Formerly an Executive Producer for Comedy Central, he supervised over 1,600 live stage presentations.

Katie Borak Watson
  • Areas: short stories, essays, flash fiction, queer stories, nature writing
  • Contact: kathryn.watson1@pcc.edu
  • Availability: Coaching not available in spring 2024

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

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