# The Writers Circle: creative writing workshops \& community > The Writers Circle has been teaching the joy of creative writing to students from ages 8 to over 80 in suburban New Jersey and online since 2010\. Our unique blend of creativity, fun, encouragement, and gentle critique helps boost confidence in even the post reluctant writer while guiding more advanced writers toward their goals of completion, polish, and publication\. All TWC instructors are published authors, hand\-picked for their ability to encourage and support new and experienced writers at every stage and age\. Workshops in fiction, novel writing, memoir, poetry, and more\. Special events, guest speakers, private book coaching and editing\. Plus Summer Creative Writing Intensives for Teens and WordSMASH mini\-camps for kids\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.2, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Celebrating the Written Word](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/) - [Summer at The Writers Circle](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/summer/) - [2026 Summer Creative Writing Intensives Photo Recap](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/2026summer-creative-writing-intensives-photo-recap/) - [https://writerscircleworkshops\.com/summer/](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/https-writerscircleworkshops-com-summer/) - [Instructors](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/instructors/) ## Posts - [Endless Adventures in the Pages of a Book: Summer Reads for Kids](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/2026/06/17/summer-reads-for-kids/) - [Kick Back and Pick Up a Book: Summer Reads for Teens](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/2026/06/25/kick-back-and-pick-up-a-book-summer-reads-for-teens/) - [Read a Lot and Write a Lot: Summer Book Recommendations for Adults](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/2026/07/01/read-a-lot-and-write-a-lot-summer-book-recommendations-for-adults/) - [Mike Allegra: KidLit 'Gives My Imagination Permission to Run Wild'](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/2025/10/03/mike-allegra-kidlit-gives-my-imagination-permission-to-run-wild/) - [Liz Alterman: How One Memoir Class Changed Everything](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/2025/10/22/liz-alterman-how-one-memoir-class-changed-everything/) ## Products - [Private Youth Sessions \- One Hour](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/product/private-youth-sessions/): \PRIVATE YOUTH SESSIONS: USD$125\.00/hour\ for in\-person meetings or virtual sessions\. Private Youth sessions are for reviewing student creative writing, constructive critique, idea generation and prompts for new writing\. Focus will be on generating and improving creative writing, including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, scripts, etc\. \\TWC does not provide academic tutoring\.\\ \

\*Please review our \Private Youth Sessions Policy\ before booking\.\ \Make payment ONLY after you have \discussed your child's needs and interests with The Writers Circle\\.\ We only work with children privately on a very limited basis\. Before we can commit an instructor, we need to learn more about your child's needs and interest in creative writing\. Use our \Contact Form\ to send us a brief overview of your hopes and expectations for our youth sessions\. \CANCELLATION FEE: If you need to cancel or reschedule your project meeting, please do so by email at least 24 hours in advance\. Cancellations made less than 24 hours in advance will be charged 50% of the meeting fee\. No\-shows will not be rescheduled or refunded\. Thank you for your cooperation and for respecting our instructors' time\.\ - [Introductory Book Editing \& Consultation Package](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/product/introconsultation/): If you want to know if what you've written "has legs," try TWC's introductory editing and consultation package\. Get feedback and editorial guidance on the first few chapters of your manuscript, plus an hour\-long consultation from one of \The Writers Circle's author\-instructors\\. At The Writers Circle, our instructors are all published writers who know the challenge of getting a work polished for submission and publication\. We have specialists in virtually every genre and style of creative writing, from short stories and novels to memoir, poetry and more\. We'll give you an evaluation of your writing style and technique, overall concept, initial impact, market hooks, and suggested next steps\. While no one can guarantee that your writing will sell in an extremely competitive marketplace, we'll do our very best to set you in the right direction\. \\Prior to purchase\\, please use our \\Contact Form\ \to send us a brief synopsis, how far you've gotten in your work, and what you hope to achieve by working with TWC on your project\. We need to learn a bit about your project and creative circumstances in order to pair you with the very best author/instructor to address your personal and professional needs\. Once you've been assigned an editor/instructor, select them from the list below\. This introductory package includes: \CHAPTER REVIEW\\:\ Your editor will review the \\first 10,000 words\ \of your manuscript\. \ \\\Formatting and delivery:\\ \ \Please prepare your pages using \\standard publishing format\\: 12 pt\. Times Roman font, double\-spaced, and 1 inch margins\.\ \Deliver your pages \\via email\ \directly to your editor who will be in touch soon after you've made payment\.\ \Word documents are preferred\. GoogleDocs are acceptable\. \We cannot work with PDF or Pages formatted files\.\ \ \\\Editors cannot review your chapters without correct formatting and delivery\. Please do not send hard\-copy pages\.\\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ONE\-HOUR CONSULTATION: \Your editor will meet with you either in person, on the phone, or via video chat to review your manuscript and discuss its merits, opportunities, challenges and next steps\. This time may also be used to discuss marketing strategy, agents, publishing, etc\. \CANCELLATION FEE: If you need to cancel or reschedule your project meeting, please do so by email at least 24 hours in advance\. Cancellations made less than 24 hours in advance will be charged 50% of the meeting fee\. No\-shows will not be rescheduled or refunded\. Thank you for your cooperation and for respecting our editors' time\.\ - [College Essay Coaching](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/product/college-essay-coaching/): \COLLEGE ESSAY COACHING: USD$125\.00/hour\ for in\-person meetings,\* telephone, or video meetings\. Writing your college essay is an opportunity to show your best and most authentic self\. It shouldn’t be a source of stress and worry\! The Writers Circle’s private college essay coaching helps each student craft a strong essay with an eye toward building an application that highlights their strengths and shows how they would be an asset to an academic community\. For a student just starting out, we recommend scheduling two sessions: The first is a brainstorming session where the instructor will guide the student toward finding an approach and topic that feels authentic to them and highlights their unique strengths and experiences\. The second session will help the student craft their rough draft to ensure that the essay stands out to admissions committees\. Additional sessions to polish the essay and complete supplemental writing are also available upon request\. Students who have already started writing and would like feedback on an essay\-in\-progress are welcome to jump right into the editing stage with our instructor\. \Please use our \Contact Form\ to discuss your student’s needs and expectations before booking\. \DO NOT MAKE PAYMENT until you have contacted us\.\\ \*Please review our \Private Youth Sessions Policy\ before booking\. - [Private Youth Sessions \- Half Hour](https://writerscircleworkshops.com/product/private-youth-sessions-half-hour/): \PRIVATE YOUTH SESSIONS: USD$70\.00/Half\-Hour\ for \virtual sessions only\.\ Private Youth sessions are for reviewing student creative writing, constructive critique, idea generation and prompts for new writing\. Focus will be on generating and improving creative writing, including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, scripts, etc\. \\TWC does not provide academic tutoring\.\\ \