In so many ways, we are the habits we form and the habits we reject. Habits are like votes for the kind of person we want to be. If you want to be a writer, you probably need to build some sort of writing habit. In this 90-minute class, we’ll explore what gets in the way of developing a writing habit and some tricks for creating the writing habits we want in 2025.

Instructor bio:

Robyn Ryle is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. She’s the author of two award-winning nonfiction books–She/He/They/Me and Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy. She’s also written a young adult novel about a girls basketball team who challenges the boys to a game, Fair Game. Her linked short story collection, Sex of the Midwest, will be published in Fall 2025 by Galiot Press.

Robyn is a full professor of sociology and gender studies at Hanover College. She has also written a sociology of gender textbook, Questioning Gender: A Sociological Exploration, in its 5th edition.

She lives in Madison, Indiana, in a 200-year-old house with her husband and two aging cats.

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Limited to 12 participants

Fiction, Non-fiction, Memoir

Tuition: $50. Sign-up deadline: February 9