This workshop is open to writers of all genres and all levels of experience. Sign up by emailing victoria@thereaderberlin.com The greatest thing about writing? Drafting! The worst thing about writing? Drafting! Once your writing practice is up and running, nothing speeds up your development as a writer more than taking part in a workshop. By … Read more
Crafting Memoir, Autobiography, and Auto-Fiction This workshop is designed for anyone interested in the art of memoir, autobiography, or auto-fiction writing, whether you are focusing on short pieces or longer personal narratives. Email us at ambika@thereaderberlin.com to sign up! The workshop is divided into three main components: 1. Weekly Readings and Discussions: Each week, participants will engage with … Read more
What kind of stories do you want to tell, and what is the best way of telling them? Open to writers of all levels, this seven-week workshop will allow you to experiment with and develop your own writing, with an eye to generating stories that are efficient, loaded, and urgent. In the first half of … Read more
This is a generative 7-week class for writers whose imaginations need a kick in the ass – it does not include a workshopping element. The Craft of Fiction will cover a mixture of creative exercises and explorations of elements of craft, with readings, assignments, games, and discussions designed to help you hone your process and … Read more
This is a generative 7-week class for writers whose imaginations need a kick in the ass – it does not include a workshopping element. The Craft of Fiction will cover a mixture of creative exercises and explorations of elements of craft, with readings, assignments, games, and discussions designed to help you hone your process and … Read more
Personal Essays: An Intensive 8-Week Workshop email sanders@thereaderberlin.com to sign up! Personal essays, a vital and vibrant contemporary genre, can be as unique and heterogenous as each of us. Able to draw on the techniques of fiction, the forms of poetry, and the conceptual argumentation of an analytic essay, these essays can take whatever shape … Read more
The Short Story What are the possibilities of the short story form, and how do short stories work? Open to writers of all levels, this five-week workshop will feature 1–2 stories each week by authors like Donald Barthelme, Joy Williams, Edward P. Jones, and Ottessa Moshfegh, which we’ll discuss and then use as a jumping … Read more
In this 8-week course, students will write and workshop original TV pilots and learn how to take the next steps toward getting them off the page and onto the screen. They can expect to leave the course with a first or new pilot draft, and an understanding of how to pitch their series to producers … Read more
This workshop is designed for both experienced writers and total beginners, working in any genre. We will focus on generating new poems and writing and creating a sustainable writing practice. In this workshop we will both discuss ways to write poems “all the time”, and also ask ourselves the questions…why make poems? And why do … Read more
*This class is now full!* If you would like to be put on a waiting list for a forthcoming class with Sanders in Winter 2024, drop us a line at hello@thereaderberlin.com. Personal essays can be as unique and heterogenous as each of us. Though sometimes maligned, the personal essay is a vital and vibrant contemporary … Read more
This class is full! Michael’s next class will start April 16. If you would like to be put on the waiting list for his next class, drop him a line at michaeljeffreylee.biz@gmail.com to sign up! Writing Flash Fiction: Fast, Fierce, Compact The goal here is simple: learn to trust your instincts, get over your writing … Read more
The Essay Generator Has your nonfiction project lost momentum? Are you doubting your own writing judgment? Do you want to get something finished for once? Show up and sit down (virtually) with a small, focused workshopping group overseen by The Reader teacher, editor and author, Susanna Forrest. Susanna will draw on twenty years’ experience to … Read more