Real talk: there is simply no substitute for being in a room with other writers, discussing writing. If you've never experienced the magic of an in-person workshop, participating in a compassionate, conversation-oriented circle of other writers who show up for your work as wholeheartedly as they do for their own, your mind might be blown by what a writing space can offer outside the confines of Zoom.

In this 8 week fiction workshop, we'll gather in person in New York City* to read student work-in-progress, examining its idiosyncratic workings, choices, and opportunities, and engage in thoughtful, useful discussion about the next steps for the draft and the writer. I run writer-centered workshops focused on noticing, not correcting or changing. I see our job as a workshop as one of helping you write the story you want to by drawing your attention to the choices you’ve made and to others you might want to make in the future. I see my role as guiding the writers in workshop towards being support systems for one another, sharing my expertise and experience, and keeping us focused.

You’ll have two opportunities to be workshop either short stories or novel chapters. In addition to extensive notes on the draft from your peers and myself, every participant gets a private conference with me via Zoom to discuss their work, writing practice, and goals. But more than that, you’ll learn how to give, receive, and make actionable feedback, sharpening the reading and editing skills that will make you a better independent processor of your own work. You’ll get to know one another through your work, your questions and curiosities, your perspective as a writer and as a reader, and hopefully make some lasting connections as writing peers.

*Location to be finalized closer to start date, but will be somewhere between 14th and 34th street in Manhattan.

In Person Fiction Workshop (NYC), 8 sessions with Danielle Lazarin