Class Description
This is a facilitated writing group designed for accountability and community building. An instructor will be present to facilitate and offer general guidance, but this is not a writing class, and it won’t involve craft lessons or in-depth feedback on your writing. Please check out our hundreds of writing class offerings for those features! These groups are a great option for anyone who’s at work on a project and looking to set aside some time each week to make progress on their writing and connect with others.
Do you understand the angst of a dropped plate of mac and cheese in the middle school cafeteria? A spell gone wrong in AP Hexing? A doomed romance in a climate-change wasteland? If you live and breathe in the MG/YA universe, and need to commit some time each week to your work-in-progress, then this is the group for you.
In each session, you'll devote uninterrupted writing time to your MG or YA novel—no “the dog ate my homework” excuses! Then, you’re off to study hall (well, breakout rooms) with your fellow writers to share your work—troublesome pages, query letters, synopses, etc.—giving and receiving on-the-spot feedback. We’ll also chat about books, the writing process, the MG/YA industry, etc. Come spend dedicated time with your work-in-progress and connect with other writers in our genre.
Please note: This group will not meet Wednesday, November 27th.
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Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
For more detailed information about GrubStreet scholarships, including how to contribute to scholarship funds for other students, click here.
This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.