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Fall workshops with Ethan

Classes I'm offering this fall include:

>>>Remote Seminars
  • So You Wanna Be a Writer, Friday, October 1st, 10:30am-1:30pm (EST)
  • The Hermit Crab Essay, Friday, October 15th, 10:30am-1:30pm (EST)
>>>In person seminar
  • Seaport Free Writes, Wednesday, October 6th, 12:30pm-1:15pm
>>>Remote multiweeks
  • 6 Weeks, 6 Essays, 6 Tuesdays from 10:30am-1:30pm (EST), starting September 14th
  • Developing Your Personal Essay, 8 Mondays from 6-9pm (EST) starting October 18th (to Dec 6)
>>>Online/WetInk
  • Writing the Short, Publishable Personal Essay: Online, 8 weeks online; NO LIVE MEETINGS. Class opens September 9th.

More info and register here.

 

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Take an online writing workshop with me this winter & spring


The downside of Covid is I don't get to teach in person. The upside is that all my classes are now on Zoom or online and anyone regardless of location can be a part of my writing workshops. Here's what I'm offering this winter and spring (thus far). I hope you'll join us!


GrubStreet Seminars and Multiweek workshops: 

**Note: Due to Coronavirus, for the time being, all GrubStreet classes in Boston and Providence will be offered remotely, online, live via Zoom video conferencing. More info on how this works.

Seminars:

So You Want to Be a Writer in 2021? Section C - Remote!: Friday, February 5th, from 2:00pm-5:00pm

So You Want to Be a Writer in 2021?: Section D - Remote!: Friday, March 19th, 10:30am-1:30pm

Personal Narrative Essentials: Building Characters, Friday, February 12th, 10:00am-5:00pm

Personal Narrative Essentials: Structure and Form, Friday, February 26th, 10:00am-5:00pm

Generator Bootcamp, Friday, March 5th, 10:30am-1:30pm

Personal Narrative Essentials: Using Research and Immersion, Friday, March 12th, 10:00am-5:00pm

Personal Narrative Essentials: Finding Your Narrative Arc, Friday, March 26th, 10:00am-5:00pm

Personal Narrative Essentials: How to Publish, Friday, April 16th, 10:00am-5:00pm

 

Multi-week workshops:

Remote (Zoom) workshops:

Writing the Risky Personal Essay, 6 Thursdays, 10:30am-1:30pm, starting April 8

6 Weeks, 6 Op-Eds, Wednesdays from 10:30am-1:30pm, starting March 10th.

Online Multi-week, asynchronous workshops:

Online: 6 Weeks, 3 Essays, 6 Weeks, starting January 20th

 

In PROVIDENCE, for GrubStreet:
None at this time. Please see GrubStreet's Providence page for current info on all classes being offered in Providence. 

Other venues:

The Westerly Writers Workshop: Online Memoir classes. Westerly, RI, at the Ocean Community YMCA, Westerly-Pawcatuck Branch. Classes will be held remotely via Zoom. 

6 Wednesdays, 6:00pm-9:00pm

Session 1: January 27 – March 3. Register here.

Session 2: May 19 – June 23. ;Registration info TBA.

Stay tuned for Summer 2021 sessions TBA soon.

 

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D&D Essay hits 18K Likes, a top read on Salon

I'm not one to blown my own horn *too* loudly, but I'm pretty excited that my essay "All I needed to know about life I learned from “Dungeons & Dragons" that appeared on Salon.com last week, has now topped 18,000 likes on Facebook.

 

 

I'm not one to blow my own horn *too* loudly, but I'm pretty excited that my essay "All I needed to know about life I learned from “Dungeons & Dragons" that appeared on Salon.com last week, has now topped 18,000 likes on Facebook, as well as making the "Top Reads" section of Salon. I'm really pleased for all the support it's gotten, and for all the kind referrals and favoriting and retweeting it's received in its short life. D&D "officially' turns 40 on Jan 26, so consider this a swell b-day gift for D&D. 
UPDATE: it broke 20K!

 

 

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