7-week Fiction Writing I/II - begins 5.12.26 - Carroll Gardens
Instructor: Maddie Crum
Begins May 12, 2026 | meets 1x/wk| Tues 7-9pm
Location: Carroll Gardens - 243 Smith Street
Fee: $750 | returning writers receive a $35 discount
A writing sample is not required (but welcome) for this class.
Do you have an idea for a story but aren’t sure how to get it on the page? Our Fiction I/II class is perfect for writers looking to learn more about writing compelling fiction and generate new work.
Students will generate new writing in and out of class with the aid of inspiring and informing writing prompts, then develop that work into “stories” or a section of a novel-in-progress. Each writer’s work will be discussed in a supportive and craft-focused analysis that focuses on using a full range of literary techniques to engage the reader.
This workshop is open to writers working on short stories and/or novels and writers at all levels of skill and experience (and working on all genres of fiction) are welcome to join.
Madeleine Crum is a writer and editor. Her recent work can be found in The Washington Post, The Brooklyn Rail, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Baffler, Dirt, The Cleveland Review of Books, and elsewhere. She is the co-editor of Joyland Editions, a small press. She teaches writing at The School of the New York Times and Brooklyn College, where she received an MFA in Fiction and the Himan Brown Creative Writing Award.