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6 Steps to Writing an Engaging Personal Essay

6 Steps to Writing an Engaging Personal Essay

Writing a personal essay can be an incredibly cathartic experience for both the writer and the reader alike. However, we...

by Writing Workshops Staff

A year ago

How to Write About Grief

How to Write About Grief

A year ago

How to Get Your Story Published in the New York Times Modern Love Column

How to Get Your Story Published in the New York Times Modern Love Column

A year ago

How to Experiment with Personal Essay Structure [+ Examples]

How to Experiment with Personal Essay Structure [+ Examples]

2 years ago

Why Would Anyone Care About My Personal Essay?

Why Would Anyone Care About My Personal Essay?

3 years ago

April 2022 Creative Writing Classes Now Enrolling!

April 2022 Creative Writing Classes Now Enrolling!

3 years ago

Nailing the Pitch and Getting Published

Nailing the Pitch and Getting Published

Class Starts Saturday, March 5th, 2022 Class will meet weekly via Zoom (Saturdays, 1:00PM EST - 3:30PM EST). Any questions...

by Writing Workshops Staff

3 years ago

Author & Agent Replay: a Conversation with James Tate Hill & Eric Smith

Author & Agent Replay: a Conversation with James Tate Hill & Eric Smith

3 years ago

Student Kathleen Donahoe Published in Romper!

Student Kathleen Donahoe Published in Romper!

3 years ago

Student Chris Phillips Published in Romper!

Student Chris Phillips Published in Romper!

3 years ago

From Workshop to Publication

From Workshop to Publication

4 years ago

Instructor Diana Spechler Writing in The Guardian

Instructor Diana Spechler Writing in The Guardian

4 years ago

Meet our Instructors:

Meet the Teaching Artist: The Secret Sauce, Writing Structure & Notecards for Nonfiction Writers with Mimi Hayes

Meet the Teaching Artist: The Secret Sauce, Writing Structure & Notecards for Nonfiction Writers with Mimi Hayes

6 days ago

Master the Art of Character Interiority with National Book Award Finalist Karen E. Bender

Master the Art of Character Interiority with National Book Award Finalist Karen E. Bender

6 days ago

Layering: A Structured Approach to Revision Interview with Chaitali Sen

Layering: A Structured Approach to Revision Interview with Chaitali Sen

A week ago

How Autofiction Empowers Your Trauma-Informed Story

How Autofiction Empowers Your Trauma-Informed Story

A week ago

Student Publication News:

Boost Your Publishing Journey: The Literary Agent Series with Mark Owen Gottlieb of Trident Media Group

Boost Your Publishing Journey: The Literary Agent Series with Mark Owen Gottlieb of Trident Media Group

A week ago

Alumni Spotlight: Kerry Donoghue's Debut Collection MOUTH

Alumni Spotlight: Kerry Donoghue's Debut Collection MOUTH

A week ago

Alumni in the Wild: E.E. Hussey in The Kenyon Review

Alumni in the Wild: E.E. Hussey in The Kenyon Review

2 weeks ago

Alumni Spotlight: Yvonne Conza's Literary Conversation with Katie Kitamura in Interview Magazine

Alumni Spotlight: Yvonne Conza's Literary Conversation with Katie Kitamura in Interview Magazine

2 weeks ago