Writing And Reading

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Coming next to Five Things I’ve Learned: Live two-hour classes from Rebecca Makkai, Benjamin Dreyer, and Peter Orner.
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Benjamin Dreyer

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How to Make Writing Better

Live: Sunday, June 4, 5:00pm pacific / 8:00pm eastern

Join Random House copy chief and author of Dreyer’s English Benjamin Dreyer in this live two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the roll-up-your-sleeves-and-do-the-work work that makes writing more effective, clearer, and sharper.

Benjamin Dreyer

Five Things I've Learned About

How to Make Writing Better

Join Random House copy chief and author of Dreyer’s English Benjamin Dreyer in this live two-hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about the roll-up-your-sleeves-and-do-the-work work that makes writing more effective, clearer, and sharper.

Peter Orner

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Prose Momentum – in Five Great Paragraphs

Live: Sunday, June 11, 5:00pm pacific / 8:00pm eastern

Join celebrated novelist, essayist, short-story writer, and professor Peter Orner in this live, two–hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how great writers create remarkable movement and energy within a single paragraph – and how you can craft equally powerful building blocks within your own writing.

Peter Orner

Five Things I've Learned About

Prose Momentum – in Five Great Paragraphs

Join celebrated novelist, essayist, short-story writer, and professor Peter Orner in this live, two–hour class and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how great writers create remarkable movement and energy within a single paragraph – and how you can craft equally powerful building blocks within your own writing.

Grant Faulkner

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The Art of Brevity

Live: Sunday, October 8, 5:00pm pacific / 8:00pm eastern

View the archive of this two-hour class from writer and Executive Director of National Writing Month Grant, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how you can apply the principles and aesthetic of brevity to all your creative writing.

Grant Faulkner

Five Things I've Learned About

The Art of Brevity

View the archive of this two-hour class from writer and Executive Director of National Writing Month Grant, and discover the Five Things He’s Learned about how you can apply the principles and aesthetic of brevity to all your creative writing.

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View the personal video class introduction to each of these two-hour sessions focused on writing and craft – each from our current season, Get immediate access to the class archive and return to it as often as you like.

Rebecca Makkai

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Getting Unstuck

Meg Wolitzer

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Writing about Family

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Explore classes from our first two seasons focused on writing and craft below. Learn more by viewing a personal video introduction to each on-demand session.
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Isabel Allende

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Writing Fiction

Judith Curr

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How Publishing Works

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