Upcoming Classes & Events

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YA/Middle Grade Writing Group
Apr 26
YA/Middle Grade Writing Group

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

Lunch Hour Write-In with Diana Goetsch
Apr 30
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 for Television with C. Quintana: Part Two, The Hustle
Writing for Television with C. Quintana: Part Two, The Hustle
How to Employ Conflict in Your Fiction Writing
How to Employ Conflict in Your Fiction Writing
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

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.