Sackett Street workshops are limited to eight writers and meet in private spaces in Brooklyn, in the instructors’ homes NYC-wide, and online. Every class includes the opportunity to have work critiqued in class, written feedback from both the instructor and classmates, and private consultations with the instructor.
A $250 deposit is required to reserve a spot (refundable up to two weeks before the class start date). To register, please complete the application and include a sample of work (1500-2000 words).
All returning writers receive a discount – $25 discount for writers returning for a second workshop and $50 discount for writers returning for a third or more workshop.
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Check out our Online Workshops in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction and Novel Intensive!
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A writing sample is required for this class. Please fill out an application with your contact info, writing experience and a writing sample.
This generative workshop meets ten times total, and every OTHER week. Students have the opportunity to hand in chapters (up to 5000 words pages) every other week, and receive feedback from the instructor on these pages. The workshop is open to writers working on novels, memoirs, story and/or essay collections. Writers participating in this course will learn how to recognize the successful techniques in their writing – what engages the reader, and how that success is achieved. In-class discussions will focus on analyzing the many choices (point-of-view, tone, characterizing details, pacing, etc.) a writer must make concerning structure, character and language. This course is intended for writers who have some experience writing and workshopping.
Through group discussion of student work, plus that of published authors, writers in this workshop will examine the art and craft of creative nonfiction. The focus will be on learning to understand and use a full range of literary techniques in order to tell a truly compelling nonfiction story. Topics such as the use of dialogue, the creation of scene, attention to style and how to craft structure from true events will be discussed. Participants will also spend time talking about the particular responsibilities that come with writing creative nonfiction. This workshop is open to writers working on memoir, personal essays or in-depth journalism. Writers should have some writing and writing class experience.
A writing sample is not necessary to apply for this workshop. Please fill out name, contact info, and writing/writing class experience fields below.