Course Description: Writing Workshop: Western Genre

The western is an essential American writing style, and in this class you can bring your western-themed fiction or nonfiction for editorial feedback and expert guidance. Instructor Dani Nichols is an award-winning western author and can help you hone your work and create stylized western writing that elevates the genre. Samples of western fiction, nonfiction and children's literature will be available for inspiration and students are encouraged to come with a WIP or a story idea, as there will be writing and editing time in class.

Course Details: (seats remaining)

Schedule:

Every day, starting on 02/24/26 and ending on 02/24/26

Times:

05:00pm-08:00pm PST

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Price:

Class Price : $69.00

Instructors

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Additional Resources

Dani Nichols

Biography: Dani Nichols is a journalist, essayist, and children's book author. Her independently-published kid's book, Buzz the Not-So-Brave, sold more than 800 copies in its first 20 weeks in print (by contrast, most independent books sell less than 250 copies over their lifetime). Buzz the Not-So-Brave is in retailers all over Oregon and has won a Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, a Next Generation Indie Book Award, and a Will Rogers Medallion Award. Dani's essays have also won several awards and been published in The Other Journal, Oregon Humanities, Reckon Review, Barren Magazine, and more.

Facility Detail

COCC Chandler Lab

CHLAB 207

1027 NW Trenton Ave

Bend, OR 97703

Cancellation Policy

Students must cancel by contacting our office via phone: (541) 383-7270 or email: ceinfo@cocc.edu. Cancellations received 5 days prior to the start of the class will receive a full refund. Full refunds are also issued for classes cancelled by COCC. Refunds will be issued back to your card or in the form of a check and mailed within two weeks of the cancellation date if paid by check or cash. Failure to participate in a course or program does not result in a refund. Exceptions to the general refund policy are noted in the course descriptions on our website and in the printed schedule. If you have any questions, please call us at (541) 383-7270.