past classes

Class: 6-Week Screenwriting Workshop with Xandra Castleton (9/18 – 10/23)

Class: 642 Things to Write About w/Heather Donahue (10/2 – 10/23)

Class: 642 Things to Write About: How to Jumpstart Your Writing with Janis Cooke Newman (2/24 – 3/17)

Class: Authors Uncensored: Intimate Conversations with Bestsellers w/Jane Ganahl (9/29 – 11/17)

Class: Blogging for Beginners with Meghan Ward (1/23 – 2/13)

Class: Coming of Age on the Page: A One-Day Crash Course with Laura Goode (4/21)

Class: Coming of Age on the Page:Writing for YA w/Laura Goode (2/1 – 3/21)

Class: Continuing Memoir Workshop with Heather Donahue (9/27 – 12/6)

Class: Finding Your Story w/Gerard Jones, 1/29 – 3/18

Class: Flash Fiction – Little Stories with a Big Kick with Jenny Bitner, 2/13 – 3/20

Class: Four Week Fiction Intensive w/Janis Cooke Newman (3/6 – 3/27)

Class: Friday Night Salon: What we talk about when we talk about writing with Sabrina Crawford (3/1 – 3/29)

Class: From Page to Stage: The Art of Performing Your Story w/Jeff Greenwald – (1/24 – 2/ 7)

Class: From Page to Stage: The Art of Performing Your Story with Jeff Greenwald (4/24 – 5/15)

Class: Get Published: A Non-Fiction Workshop with Ethan Watters (4/26 – 5/31)

Class: Getting Published: The Secrets of Structure and Self-Editing w/Laura Fraser (9/20 – 10/3)

Class: Getting Published: The Secrets of Structure and Self-Editing with Laura Fraser (5/5)

Class: How NOT to Sound Like a Writer: Coaching and Tips for Reading Aloud with Anne Buelteman, (9/29)

Class: How Not to Sound Like a Writer:Coaching Tips for Reading Aloud w/Anne Buelteman (10/1)

Class: How to (Profoundly) Move Your Readers: The Craft of Developing Dramatic Emotions w/Junse Kim 2/19 – 3/19

Class: How to (Profoundly) Move Your Readers: The Craft of Developing Dramatic Emotions with Junse Kim, 1/27 – 2/24

Class: How to Get an Agent with Agent Mollie Glick (3/2)

Class: How to Shoot for Magazines: A Workshop for Photographers & Writers with Ilana Diamond (7/23 – 8/13)

Class: How to Write a Non-Fiction Book Proposal w/Mollie Glick (2/14 – 3/20)

Class: How to Write a Non-Fiction Book Proposal with Mollie Glick, Sunday (2/10)

Class: How to Write a Novel (and Not Stop Half-Way Through) with Janis Cooke Newman (2/10 – 3/24)

Class: Humor Writing with Kasper Hauser (9/19 – 10/24)

Class: Jack Grapes’ Method Writing Program with Alexandra Kostoulas, 2/14 – 4/11

Class: Journalism Basics for Bloggers w/Lorraine Sanders (3/10)

Class: Memoir I: Beyond Self Absorption w/Heather Donohue (9/21-10/26)

Class: Memoir Workshop w/Heather Donohue (2/23 – 3/29)

Class: Memoir Workshop with Heather Donahue (4/17 – 5/22)

Class: NaNoWriMo Support Group w/Janis Cooke Newman (11/2 – 11/30)

Class: Navigating the Family Memoir with Zoe FitzGerald Carter, 1/23 – 2/13

Class: Non-Fiction Doctor: a clinic to fix all your writing problems with Laura Fraser (7/9 – 7/30)

Class: Nonfiction Master Class with Laura Fraser, 1/20 – 3/10 (every other Sunday)

Class: Nonfiction Works in Progress with Ethan Watters, 1/31 – 3/14 (skip Feb 14)

Class: Personal Essay: Fierce Attachment to Truth with Laura Fraser, 1/22 – 2/28

Class: Plot and Structure with mystery writer Cara Black (5/11)

Class: Pushing the Boundaries: Experiments in Writing with Jenny Bitner, 1/28 – 2/25

Class: Reading as a Writer w/Tom Barbash (1/25 – 3/14)

Class: Screenwriting Workshop w/Xandra Castleton (1/30 – 3/26)

Class: Script Frenzy with Xandra Castleton (4/2 – 4/30)

Class: Short Story Bootcamp with Elizabeth Bernstein, Sunday, (8/5)

Class: Short Story Bootcamp with Elizabeth Bernstein, Sunday, March 10

Class: Short Story Workshop w/Elizabeth Bernstein (2/21-3/27) Tuesdays

Class: Short Story Workshop with Elizabeth Bernstein (6/26 – 7/31)

Class: Social Media Madness for Writers w/Meghan Ward (2/2 – 3/1)

Class: Storm the Page: Free Writing Happy Hour with Sabrina Crawford (4/18 – 5/9)

Class: Story, Not Formula: Crime Writing Essentials w/David Corbett (1/23 – 3/12)

Class: Sunday Afternoon Advanced Writers Workshop w/Janis Cooke Newman (10/28 – 12/2)

Class: Sunday Morning Fiction Intensive (with Bagels!) with Janis Cooke Newman (8/19)

Class: Take the Mystery Out of Writing a Mystery with Cara Black, Sunday (9/30)

Class: The Art of the Profile: How to Write a Dazzling Profile by Breaking Some Rules with Jane Ganahl (Sunday, Feb 10)

Class: The Dialogue of Poetry with Richard Silberg (6/20 – 7/18)

Class: The First 10 Pages (Nonfiction) with Julia Scheeres, 2/21 – 3/28

Class: The Lives of Others: Writing the biography, memoir, or family history with Anne Zimmerman (7/31 – 8/21)

Class: The Pang in Your Heart Short Story Intensive w/Elizabeth Bernstein (6/26-7/31)

Class: The Personal Essay, for Publication with Chris Colin (10/2 – 11/6)

Class: What Every Magazine Editor Wishes You Knew w/Laura McClure (10/9)

Class: Workshopping the Novel w/Janis Cooke Newman (1/25 – 3/21)

Class: Writer’s Toolbox:Non-Fiction w/Laura Fraser (1/30 – 3/5)

Class: Writing & Publishing the Travel Essay with Lavinia Spalding, 2/7 – 3/21 (skip Feb 14)

Class: Writing a Great Memoir: What You Need to Know with Louise Nayer, Saturday (11/17)

Class: Writing for Political Advocacy with Zahir Janmohamed (7/9 – 7/30)

Class: Writing the Memoir w/Laura Fraser (1/24 – 3/6)

Class: Writing the Novel w/Janis Cooke Newman (9/21-10/26)

Class: Writing the Personal Essay: Capturing a Moment in 1000 Words with Jane Ganahl (11/4)

Class: Writing the Travel Memoir with Jeff Greenwald (7/10-7/31)

Class: Yoga 4 Writers w/Mark Morford (Saturday, 11/3)

Class:Getting Noticed in the Publishing World: Strategies for Pitching Editors, Agents, and Publishers with Ethan Watters & Laura Fraser Saturday 7/14

Class:Transforming Pain: Memoir from Childhood Trauma w/Louise Nayer (4/28)

Class:Writing a Nonfiction Book, from Inspiration to Publicatoin w/TJ Stiles (9/29 – 10/13)

Class:Writing the Novel w/Janis Cooke Newman (9/21 – 10/26)

Create a Writing Habit in 21 Days with Jenny Bitner (4/14 and 5/5)

Freelancing Bootcamp with Marie C. Baca (4/21)

How NOT to Sound Like a Writer: Coaching and Tips for Reading Aloud with Anne Buelteman (10/3)

How NOT to Sound Like a Writer: Coaching and Tips for Reading Aloud with Anne Buelteman (9/29)

How NOT to Sound Like a Writer: Coaching and Tips for Reading Aloud with Anne Buelteman, (7/13)

How to Start a Memoir and Not Stop Halfway Through with Heather Donahue (9/26 – 10/31)

Memoir II w/Laura Fraser (11/8 – 12/13)

Memoir II: Honing the Memoir with Julia Scheeres (9/27 -11/1)

Narrative Non-Fiction Toolbox with Laura Fraser (9/5-9/26)

Political Writing: Getting Your Opinions Published with Chris Cook, 1/28 – 2/18

The Dark Art of Pitching with Jon Mooallem (10/17 – 10/24)

The Mechanics of Voice: Writing Sentences with a Head, a Heart, and an Ass with Marianna Cherry (10/11 – 11/15)

The Pang in Your Heart: Short Story Intensive with Elizabeth Bernstein, 2/4 – 3/11

Truth, Lies and Storytelling: A Users Guide to Writing Memoir with Zoe Fitzgerald Carter, 2/20-3/13

Workshopping Your Short Stories with Elizabeth Bernstein (Oct 25 – Nov 15)

Writing the Book Review with Oscar Villalon (Sunday, Oct 21)

Writing the Personal Essay: Capturing a Moment in 1000 Words with Jane Ganahl, Sunday(3/3)

These are some of our past Grotto Class offerings. If you have questions about past classes, click on the class entry below, and get in touch with the instructor.

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