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where to go for a writing class.

gretel
gretel
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Any ideas on where to go for a fun writing class? maybe in the area? maybe on the island...

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  • vidro3
    vidro3
    ive taken gotham writers workshop as well as a much more expensive class at the new school. I did not really care for either - though I have friends who swear by gotham and I know some good profs who teach there.

    how bout we save money in these lean economic times and create our own brooklynian writers circle?
  • gretel
    gretel
    i am sure a brooklynian writers circle would be helpful for many. I though need some structure and teaching. I have not been writing for a while now.
  • filmlover44
    filmlover44

    Subject: Re: where to go for a writing class.

    gretel wrote: Any ideas on where to go for a fun writing class? maybe in the area? maybe on the island...
    I did the Gotham writing workshop and it was pretty good.
  • filmlover44
    filmlover44
    vidro3 wrote: ive taken gotham writers workshop as well as a much more expensive class at the new school. I did not really care for either - though I have friends who swear by gotham and I know some good profs who teach there.

    how bout we save money in these lean economic times and create our own brooklynian writers circle?
    I'd go for that.
  • gretel
    gretel
    Any other ideas then Gotham?
  • vidro3
    vidro3
    check out how much a non-credit class at either brooklyn college or hunter goes for. both have pretty good writing programs.
  • stewart
    stewart
    I've been thinking of giving Sackett Street Writers (http://www.sackettworkshop.com/index.html) a try myself. I don't know anything about them beyond what they say on their site. I've taken one-day workshops at GWW and they've typically been interesting (the playwriting class was a bit strange in that clearly no one in the class had ever been to see a play). For the past two years I've been going to the Writer's Studio(http://www.writerstudio.com/pages/) in Manhattan. It's a bit different in that you never actually finish anything. It focuses on creating a narrative voice by each week emulating the writer under study and then you do two pages in that narrator's voice and the feedback is mostly how well you matched. If you're looking to workshop stuff you're already working on, this isn't the recommendation I'd make. Probably one of the other ones.
  • ahab
    ahab
    The Writers Studio. Best of the lot of classes I've taken.

    http://www.writerstudio.com/pages/index.php
  • torisoaw
    torisoaw
    New School offers a wide variety of continuing ed writing classes. I took a fiction workshop that was pretty good. But, as with any workshop, a lot of it hinges on the other people who are in it... but i guess that's the risk you run!
  • 5x5
    5x5
    I was wondering if anyone has taken a class at Sackett Street? The classes seem pretty appealing based on descriptions and prices.

    I love the idea of a writer's group in the neighborhood, but they can be really difficult to keep active...I had one a couple of years ago, and over time, interest waned. I think all members of the group have to be committed to keeping it going, and everyone has to figure out the best way to workshop pieces so that critiques are useful for both the writer and the group, and that can be kind of hard to swing.
  • filmlover44
    filmlover44
    Well, there are good guidelines out there about workshopping. If you don't follow them, feelings get hurt.
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