by Scarlett Choi So you’ve just finished a piece of writing. Maybe it’s a one-stanza poem you’ve been whittling down for months. Maybe it’s a 5000-word personal essay, detailing one of your most meaningful experiences. Regardless, you’ve done the work and you’re proud of it.…

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”  ― Stephen King, On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft Every writer knows the importance of reading. A good book doesn’t just entertain;…

With everything our teens have going on today – classes, extracurriculars, college applications, and more – we know how hard it is to sit down and read. Still, we constantly remind our community’s young writers that reading is the single best way to learn how…

Ask any author which book first kept them up reading all night. That book is probably why they became an author. In fact, reading is the single best way to learn to write well. Not just reading, but reading for pleasure, as widely, deeply, and…

by Livvy Jean It was February when I was home sick from work, exhausted and feeling gross, that I got a call from the poet Deborah Landau informing me that I had been accepted into NYU’s creative writing Master’s program for fiction. She told me…

Prisha Mehta began writing with The Writers Circle in the second grade and moved, over the years, from student to teen Summer Intensive intern to program coordinator and now instructor. This stunning young writer and accomplished Yale grad will share their expertise in two college…

Into the woods, it’s time to go I hate to leave, I have to though Into the woods—it’s time, and so I must begin my journey —Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim “I love taking writers into the woods. For me, nature is almost always…

By Gabrielle Sher My debut novel, Odessa, comes out today.  I’ve wanted to be an author all my life, and I’ve been working toward that goal for as long as I can remember.  I definitely had unrealistic expectations about the publishing process, and it’s taken…

by Erin Madigan White Nature was smiling on us this past Sunday for our nature-inspired and very special workshop, “The Nature of Poetry,” taught by award-winning poet Catherine Doty. Cat led writers and poets through creative prompts and poetry exercises to celebrate National Poetry Month…

by Erin Madigan White Award-winning author Libby Cudmore has been teaching at The Writers Circle since 2018. Her virtual class on short stories and flash fiction always gets rave reviews. But what exactly is flash fiction? And why should every writer give it a try?…

by Erin Madigan White Holly Rizzuto Palker’s journey with The Writers Circle started back in 2012 as a student. Since then, she embarked on a career as a writer, editor, podcast host, and stand-up comic. Now, she’s TWC’s newest instructor, helping others learn the craft…

Literary agent and author Kate McKean, knows what it means to “Write Through It.” At last Sunday’s virtual event, she shared her best advice for managing distractions, insecurities, creative struggles, and publishing uncertainties to keep writing even when life gets in the way. Kate focused…