Class Description
You have a draft of a personal essay that you're excited about, and you're ready to polish and develop it with the help of careful readers. In this four-week revision workshop, we’ll focus on the art of rewriting: sharpening your voice, deepening your themes, and shaping your pieces for maximum impact. Each week, you’ll share work with your peers and receive thoughtful written and verbal feedback to help you strengthen both the craft and clarity of your writing. We’ll also study revision strategies used by published essayists, exploring how to restructure, refine, and polish your own work. By the end of the course, you’ll leave with at least one essay in strong revised form and a toolkit for approaching future drafts with confidence.
Please note: Class does not meet Thursday, November 27th.
Writing Roadmap: We've created a simple, goal-based writing roadmap to help you find the perfect GrubStreet course for your writing needs.
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.