Upcoming Classes & Events

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Lunch Hour Write-In with Diana Goetsch
Jan 8
Lunch Hour Write-In with Diana Goetsch

Hungry to fill some pages? Join Diana Goetsch, teacher and guru of Actually Writing , for a lunch hour of writing. You supply the community, Diana supplies the inspiration, lunch is optional.

Fiction Writing Group (Weekend)
Jan 11
Fiction Writing Group (Weekend)

Meet every month with like-minded peers to receive supportive feedback on your writing and give feedback to others. 

Women Who Submit Literary Works Party
Jan 11
Women Who Submit Literary Works Party

Join our Women Who Submit (WWS) Literary Works party. You bring your computer, your work, your insecurities, your love of snacks — and we’re going to send our work out into the world together.

Lunch Hour Write-In with Diana Goetsch
Jan 15
Lunch Hour Write-In with Diana Goetsch

Hungry to fill some pages? Join Diana Goetsch, teacher and guru of Actually Writing , for a lunch hour of writing. You supply the community, Diana supplies the inspiration, lunch is optional.

Recorded Classes & Events

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Writing From the Body: Find Your Flow State - Part 1
Writing From the Body: Find Your Flow State - Part 1
Writing From the Body: Find Your Flow State - Part 2
Writing From the Body: Find Your Flow State - Part 2
Processing Your Craft with Nancy Rawlinson
Processing Your Craft with Nancy Rawlinson
Finding Your Voice with Jessica Sharzer
Finding Your Voice with Jessica Sharzer
Radical Revisions with Ben Purkert
Radical Revisions with Ben Purkert
Telling the Story You Don't Want to Tell with Jeanne Hodesh
Telling the Story You Don't Want to Tell with Jeanne Hodesh
Writing Complex Emotions with Amanda Stern
Writing Complex Emotions with Amanda Stern
Writing for Television with C. Quintana: Part One, Pilot Writing
Writing for Television with C. Quintana: Part One, Pilot Writing
Pursuing Your Pilot with C. Quintana
Pursuing Your Pilot with C. Quintana
Pitch Wars June 2024
Pitch Wars June 2024
Craft Talk: How to Make Plot Your Friend with Steve Almond
Craft Talk: How to Make Plot Your Friend with Steve Almond
From Proposal to Print with Temim Fruchter
From Proposal to Print with Temim Fruchter
Pitch Wars March 2024
Pitch Wars March 2024
From Proposal to Print with Julie Kliegman
From Proposal to Print with Julie Kliegman
Agent AMA with Jim McCarthy of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Agent AMA with Jim McCarthy of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Pitch Wars January 2024
Pitch Wars January 2024
Query Camp
Query Camp
From Proposal to Print with Laura Carney
From Proposal to Print with Laura Carney
Pitch Wars October 2023
Pitch Wars October 2023
Pitch Wars June 2023
Pitch Wars June 2023

Actually Writing

with Diana Goetsch

Three seasons. Ten classes + ten practice sheets per season. Perfect for all genres.

Feeling stuck? Hungry to generate new pages? Diana Goetsch offers new ways to fill a page, stretch your craft, and restore your love of writing. Perfect for all genres, this course focuses on essential (though seldom taught) skills for composing. Each week, we practice a particular skill on the spot, and there are follow-up practice sheets to help you assimilate and train in it.