Winter Is for Writing!
What better way to spend the chilly season?
We’ve got something for everyone, kids, teens, and adults, from aspiring through advanced writers. Classes start January 20.
- Where Do I Begin? – our generative workshops are a gentle workout where you can stretch your writing muscles
- Beginning Memoir on Mondays in two locations: In Madison, NJ with Liz Alterman and in Verona, NJ, with Jean Edelstein
- Beginning Your Mystery – 4-week virtual workshop with three-time Agatha Award nominee, Mally Becker
- Beginning Your Novel with Michelle Cameron, virtual workshop
Got works-in-progress? Try our Adult Writers Circles where you’ll get the constructive feedback and support you need to keep going in any genre.
Writing poetry, short stories, books for children or young adults? We’ve got those workshops, too!
Plus our Youth Workshops inspire enthusiastic and struggling writers alike.
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SPEAKER EVENTS: NEXT UP:
February 12: LOVE AT FIRST WRITE with AUTHOR TALIA TUCKER
at The Collective Bookstore, Verona, NJ
Make a date with The Writers Circle for a fun writing workshop on the art of the meet-cute! Whether you’re new to the romance genre or looking to infuse your work with some sweetness or spice, author Talia Tucker will teach you how to craft memorable first encounters – be they charming, flirty, or downright awkward. She’ll share some romance-writing tips, tricks, and tropes that any writer can use to unlock a bit of love on the page. Come solo or bring a friend. Writers of all levels are welcome!
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The Writers Circle’s gift cards are the perfect choice for the writer in your life. Good for our workshops, events, even private book coaching and editing. What better way to make a writer smile?
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February 22: Literary Agent & Author KATE MCKEAN: HOW TO WRITE THROUGH IT
~virtual event ~
We all love to write, even when we hate it. But we all have days when we feel like writing our story is the least important To Do on our lists. Sometimes it is! But most often, we feel better when we get ourselves in front of the keyboard. Literary Agent and author Kate McKean will give you strategies to weather the ups and downs of the writing life, how to forgive yourself when life gets in the way of writing, and how to still hit your goals and find a rewarding creative practice. Do you have to write everyday? It’s a more complicated answer than you think! Join Kate for this virtual discussion about writing and the creative life, with insight from an author who’s full time job is not writing, as she shares hard-won lessons from her first book Write Through It: An Insider’s Guide to Publishing and the Creative Life. Ample Q&A time will be provided in the session.
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2026 Summer Creative Writing Intensives – Early Bird Registration Is Here!
If your teen loves to write, The Writers Circle’s Summer Creative Writing Intensives are the place to be. Students develop their voices and writing ideas in a generous, creative environment with professional authors as instructors. Each week they’ll choose from two different genres to focus on – fiction, poetry, sci-fi/fantasy, and more. They’ll focus on their own writing projects as well as new work inspired by creative exercises and prompts, and receive supportive, constructive feedback from instructors and peers. Literary inter-activities and group writing adventures, plus a reading on Friday will round out the week. They’ll also have the chance to submit their work for publication in The Writers Circle’s online journal.
Early bird pricing until March 1, 2026. There’s no better way to spend the summer. Join us!
