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: Tues, 12pm-7pm; Wed & Thu, 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:Mon-Thur, 9am-7pm

Cherise has self-published four children’s books and two coloring books, and is working on a YA novel.  She worked in public education for 24 years.

Michelle Kicherer

Michelle covers books and music for the SF Chronicle and Willamette Week. She recently published a novella, and has ghostwritten several memoirs. Writing coaching is like book therapy. Let’s get productive!

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.

Bo West Watson

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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