Fridays 2-3pm EST, for 6 sessions, January 31st to March 7th
8 students max, online
$375
Please note that you will not be asked to pay for the class until January, 2025. Writing Co-Lab will contact you for payment in the new year.
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A generative writing class for women (or anyone who identifies as female / nonbinary / gender-nonconforming) who feel like they miiiiiight be losing it. Instead of running away from home... try this class first? Whether you're overwhelmed or stretched thin; wound up or worn out; blocked, stuck, or just feel like making some time to write each week, this class is a way to reconnect with your creative core. You can write in any genre you like—nonfiction, fiction, poetry, stream-of-consciousness, journaling, fragments, rants, letters, lists—whatever feels right each day. This class is about process, creativity, and making some space for your own voice. It's just an hour, and there's no homework. Sneak it in on your lunch break. It'll be encouraging, regenerative, nourishing, and fun.
Each week we'll look at a very small piece of writing on a theme, discuss it a bit, and then do some writing on said theme:
1. Overwhelm
2. Expectations
3. Loneliness
4. Longing
5. Spirit
6. The Future
The object of this class is to come away with 6 new pieces of writing, 6 starts, or 6 sections of something larger. There won't be any workshopping each other's work, or outside "homework." You don't have to have anything polished ready, and you won't have to share your work with your classmates unless you want to. Mostly, this is a space to get inspired, give ourselves permission to get unstuck and be raw and honest in our work, and to establish a good writing practice you can carry on with you after our 6 weeks are up.
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Amy Shearn is the award-winning author of 5 novels, including the forthcoming Animal Instinct (Putnam, 2025). She has worked as an editor at Medium, JSTOR, Conde Nast, and other organizations, and has taught creative writing at NYU, Sackett Street Writers Workshop, Gotham Writers Workshops, Catapult, Story Studio Chicago, The Resort LIC, and the Yale Writers' Workshop. Amy's work has appeared in many publications including the New York Times Modern Love column, Slate, Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Coastal Living. Amy has an MFA from the University of Minnesota, and lives in Brooklyn with her two children. You can find her at amyshearnwrites.com or @amyshearn.
Testimonials from Past “Writing for Women on the Verge” Students
“This class was such a delight! Amy was engaging and organized - a winning combination. The excerpts and prompts she shared each week were provocative. I also really enjoyed the other writers in the group. So glad I signed up.”
“This space to collaborate, connect, and hear incredibly writing and poignant thinking on the art of writing while being a mother proved profound. Amy led the class with so much grace and compassion, and the group built camaraderie quite quickly. Would recommend this to anyone who wants a cheeky hour a week to discuss art and writing craft, and get inspired and feel truly seen and heard.”
“Thank you so much for the women on the verge class. I looked forward to it every week and found that, many weeks, it was the hour I was most fully relaxed and most my truest self...the hour I spent there was a balm. And thank you for exposing me to some women writers I had never heard of....such gems out there, what I don't know (which is, of course, a lot) always amazes me and I think "how did I never hear about this great writer before??"