Sep 30th
10am–1pm EDT
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Creative Writing Classes
Washington, D.C.
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Creative Writing 101: 6 Weeks
Gotham Writers Workshop @ Zoom Conference
Are you eager to test the waters of creative writing but not sure where to start, or how? Have you written previously but been away for a while and hope to dip back in? Here you will be guided surely and safely into the writing life. There’s no pressure to work on a specific project or even settle on which type of creative writing you prefer. The idea is to explore—see with a writer’s eyes, spark ideas to life, gain confidence, and experiment...
Saturday Sep 30th, 10am–1pm Eastern Time
(6 sessions)
Intensive Creative Writing Weekend
Alaa Al Aswany Creative Writing Workshop - Virtually Online
This Creative Writing Weekend is designed for writers who want to learn the craft of exceptional storytelling in an intensive setting. In this workshop course, students gain a high level of training in the craft of writing by mastering rhythm, tempo, tone, and brevity. They explore the process of developing lively characters, mapping out a plot, describing realistic settings, adding subtext and layers of meaning, and penning captivating fiction....
Sep 30th
3–9pm EDT
Meets 2 Times
$2,500
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Oct 7th
3–9pm EDT
Meets 2 Times
$2,500
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Oct 14th
3–9pm EDT
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$2,500
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Oct 21st
3–9pm EDT
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$2,500
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Oct 28th
3–9pm EDT
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$2,500
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Saturday Sep 30th, 3–9pm Eastern Time
(2 sessions)
Intensive Creative Writing Weekend
Alaa Al Aswany Creative Writing Workshop
This Creative Writing Weekend is designed for writers who want to learn the craft of exceptional storytelling in an intensive setting. In this three-day workshop course, students gain a high level of training in the craft of writing by mastering rhythm, tempo, tone, and brevity. They explore the process of developing lively characters, mapping out a plot, describing realistic settings, adding subtext and layers of meaning, and penning captivating...
Sep 30th
3–9pm EDT
Meets 2 Times
$2,500
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Oct 7th
3–9pm EDT
Meets 2 Times
$2,500
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Oct 14th
3–9pm EDT
Meets 2 Times
$2,500
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Oct 21st
3–9pm EDT
Meets 2 Times
$2,500
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Oct 28th
3–9pm EDT
Meets 2 Times
$2,500
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Saturday Sep 30th, 3–9pm Eastern Time
(2 sessions)
Resistance Smackdown: A Creative Writing Restoration
Resistance Smackdown: A Creative Writing Restoration Workshop Having trouble getting your derrière in the chair, battling a vicious inner critic or compulsively reorganizing your fridge to avoid the blank page? If so, you’ve got a resistance problem. Fortunately, we’ve recruited stellar author and essayist Erika Schickel to help you debunk your literary funk. She’ll give you concrete tools for organizing your time and reframing your...
Saturday Sep 30th, 10am–1pm Pacific Time
Creative Writing Workshop - All Genre
Add some creativity to your week from the comfort of your own home. This long-standing in-person generative (est. in 2003), creative writing workshop, which took place in West Hollywood, CA, for 15 years, has switched to an online format, so you can now join us from anywhere. Tap into your creative side, write work that will surprise you, and learn a few things along the way. Writes of any genre and any skill level are welcome, and you can use...
Sunday Sep 24th, 11am–1:30pm Pacific Time
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Creative Writing Weekly via Zoom
The Writing Studio @ Live Online via Zoom
In this class, you will learn first and foremost that you can write—and write well! In fact you will surprise yourself by the work you’ll be producing. The class is designed to enhance your creativity, imagination and personal voice while also teaching the skills of creative writing—memoir and fiction. This is an ongoing class geared toward those who are committed to writing and will continue this practice overtime....
Sep 25th
6:30–9:30pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
$180
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Sep 27th
10am–1pm PDT
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Sep 27th
2–5pm PDT
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$180
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Sep 28th
6:30–9:30pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
$180
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Oct 2nd
6:30–9:30pm PDT
Meets 4 Times
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Monday Sep 25th, 6:30–9:30pm Pacific Time
(4 sessions)
Saturday Creative Writing Workshop
The Writing Studio @ Live Online via Zoom
In the peaceful atmosphere of the Saturday workshop, and with the help of meditations that quiet the critical mind, writing becomes possible, cathartic, transformational. You can write memoir or fiction. Each workshop is focused around an inspirational theme or myth. You’ll write three times for about one hour each time, and receive constructive, respectful feedback on your work. You’ll surprise yourself by the material you’ll be producing. ...
Saturday Oct 21st, 9:30am–6:30pm Pacific Time
Online Level 1 Intro to Fiction and Poetry
Our Online Level I workshop is an introduction to the philosophy on which The Writers Studio was founded in 1987 by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Philip Schultz. Persona writing, a method of borrowing the voice and temperament of accomplished writers, offers writers the imaginative distance and perspective they need to overcome their negative inclinations, their fear of self-exposure and endless doubt. This method also helps writers try on different...
Sep 26th
8–9pm EDT
Meets 8 Times
$435
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Sep 27th
7–8pm EDT
Meets 8 Times
$435
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Oct 3rd
9–10pm EDT
Meets 8 Times
$435
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Oct 4th
8–9pm EDT
Meets 8 Times
$435
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Oct 11th
9–10pm EDT
Meets 8 Times
$435
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Tuesday Sep 26th, 8–9pm Eastern Time
(8 sessions)
The 90-Day Novel Telecourse
The 90-Day Novel is a Live-on-Zoom workshop with Alan Watt that will take you from initial idea to the completion of your novel's first draft in 90 days. GET THE FIRST DRAFT DOWN QUICKLY The 90-Day Novel is about making a contract with your subconscious. Your subconscious is the seat of your genius, and there is a window of time that it can remain fully engaged in a creative task before it gets distracted, fatigued, or...
Monday Jan 8th, 12–1:30pm Pacific Time
(14 sessions)
Online Level 1 Intro to Poetry
Our Online Level I workshop is an introduction to the philosophy on which The Writers Studio was founded in 1987 by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Philip Schultz. Persona writing, a method of borrowing the voice and temperament of accomplished writers, offers writers the imaginative distance and perspective they need to overcome their negative inclinations, their fear of self-exposure and endless doubt. This method also helps writers try on different...
Thursday Oct 12th, 7:30–8:30pm Eastern Time
(8 sessions)
Fiction Writing Level 1: 10-Week Workshop
Gotham Writers Workshop @ Zoom Conference
Fiction is a wonderful conjuring act. With only words and the reader’s imagination, a work of fiction can sail across the world in pursuit of a whale, or time-travel to another dimension, or zero in on a few minutes in line at the local bank, enveloping the reader in a made-up story that feels real. To pull off this feat requires a balance of craftsmanship, daring, and insight into human nature. Here you will learn the time-tested elements...
Sep 30th
2–5pm EDT
Meets 10 Times
$464
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Oct 10th
10am–1pm EDT
Meets 10 Times
$464
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Oct 10th
7–10pm EDT
Meets 10 Times
$464
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Oct 16th
6:30–9:30pm EDT
Meets 10 Times
$464
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Nov 7th
12am–11:45pm EDT
Meets 2 Times
$464
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Saturday Sep 30th, 2–5pm Eastern Time
(10 sessions)
Mystery Writing Level 1: 10-Week Workshop
Nothing quickens the pulse like a good mystery, which is why millions of readers surrender themselves to the page-turning exploits of their favorite sleuths. Mystery is an expansive genre, welcoming amateur detectives, intellectual puzzle-solvers, policemen, private eyes, lawyers, spies, even average folk caught in a web of suspense. If crime is a central element, consider it a mystery. To write riveting mysteries, you must merge the skills of a...
Tuesday Oct 3rd, 12am–11:45pm Eastern Time
(2 sessions)
Finish that Novel!
Do you have an unfinished manuscript under your bed or in an old computer file? Or maybe you have an idea you know would make a great story. This class is the place to bring what you've written or get started on your masterpiece. Receive professional advice, hear feedback, and develop a strategy for completing your novel to your satisfaction. Students will have the opportunity to share their weekly writing in a fun and strictly supportive...
Tuesday Oct 24th, 6:30–7:30pm Pacific Time
(6 sessions)
Reading Fiction: 6 Weeks
To excel at writing fiction, you must write regularly and also readstories from a writer’s perspective. Painters typically learn their craft by studying the work of masters, and most accomplished writers do the same. Who better to show you the ropes of great fiction than the best in the business? Each week, students focus on an aspect of fiction craft in relation to a specific story. Like works of fine art, these stories are analyzed...
Wednesday Oct 11th, 12am–11:45pm Eastern Time
(2 sessions)
Poetry Writing Level 1: 10-Week Workshop
Gotham Writers Workshop @ Zoom Conference
Consider it the caviar of literature: tiny eggs with tremendous taste. Or the nitroglycerin: every drop explosive. Poetry's power has endured thousands of years, captivating the most passionate souls. If you hear mermaids singing or feel the winnowing wind or see the sun rising in ribbons, then you are one of these blissful few. To write excellent poetry, you must learn the art of packing the maximum punch with a minimum of words. Here you will...
Wednesday Oct 4th, 7–10pm Eastern Time
(10 sessions)
