Wednesdays, 7-9pm EST, for 8 sessions, Sept 17 to Nov 5th
7 students max, online
$600
1-2 page writing sample required via email.
* send it to colabcoop at gmail dot com
By popular demand: a follow-up course to Amy Shearn’s iconic Writing for Women on the Verge generative class!
In this selective and intimate 8-week writing workshop, we’ll further explore the themes we looked at in Writing for Women on the Verge. (Having taken the generative Writing for Women on the Verge isn’t required, but it’s helpful.)
Like a traditional writing workshop, each week we’ll look at some published work and plumb it for craft wisdom, and each week we’ll discuss one student piece, with an eye towards helping the student writer hone and clarify their work. Unlike a traditional writing workshop, our discussions will be open and flowing (no “cone of silence” for the writer). You don’t have to write up feedback on each others’ work (something that can be incredibly time-consuming, keeping you from your own work). You can write in any genre that serves you, and our reading will be focused on the themes and topics of the class, spanning a diverse array of authors, styles, and genres.
Each student writer will also get a private meeting with Amy, in which we can discuss writing, craft, publishing, or anything that’s coming up for you in your creative process.
1-2 page writing sample required via email.
* send it to colabcoop at gmail dot com
About the Instructor
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
“The best environment to write with freedom! I love it so much. Ideas are born in this space. Frustrations are let go! Thank you to Amy!”
“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??"