Love her or hate her, Taylor Swift is an American icon. In this class for Swifties, casual fans, and anybody who likes to pour their heart out on the page, we’ll dive into capturing the highest highs and lowest lows of life on the page: the misery and magic, if you will. Each week, instructors Rachel Simon and Emily Cataneo will deliver a craft lecture and lead a discussion on an element of Taylor’s favorite kind of writing: personal writing. We’ll also spend a fair amount of class time responding to prompts inspired by Swift’s own lyrics—we might not all be as prolific as Taylor, but you’ll still leave this class with a hefty amount of new material.

Instructors: Rachel Simon and Emily Cataneo

Dates: Starts Monday, October 13 and runs six weeks from there

Time: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Level: Beginner and above

8 seats max

Location: 719 N. Person St., Raleigh, NC 27604

True price: $720

Subsidized price: $420

Donate an extra $25, $50, or $100 to our scholarship fund: $445, $470, $520

(Returning students receive 10 percent off).

A note on pricing:  the “true price” reflects the true cost of the class, which includes paying a fair wage to our staff and instructors, rental fees for the Redbud headquarters and for the community spaces where we host our classes, website and administrative/commerce fees, outreach and advertising to spread the word about our offerings, and the coordination and administration for our community classes, which serve people who could not otherwise access creative writing. We’re not a university or a large corporation and that means we don’t have an operating budget we can rely on; we’re proud to be a small, local, women- and minority-run business that is passionate about bringing the transformative power of the arts to our community. Your tuition helps Redbud with the critical work of keeping the arts accessible to the public. 

We also offer students a chance to donate to our scholarship fund. At check-out, you will be given the option of choosing a donor price. If you choose one of these prices, the extra $25, $50, or $100 will go towards scholarships for students who would not be able to afford our classes otherwise.  Thank you in advance for considering making a contribution to inclusivity and access!

Read the fine print, including our refund policy, here.