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Welcome to Gotham Writers' Workshop. Teaching more than 7,000 students a year, Gotham is the leading creative writing school in NYC and the United States.
We invite you to take your writing to the next level by enrolling in a creative writing class selected "Best of the Web" by Forbes. New classes begin soon!
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Gotham delivers unsurpassed quality and exceptional value. You can enroll in a 10-week writing workshop for the same tuition we charged in 1997.
What are you waiting for? New workshops begin soon!
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Also noteworthy: One-day Intensives on February 25 and Creative Writing for Teens.
WINTER FACULTY
> For writers teaching online, click here.
> For NYC faculty, click here.
The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has certified Gotham as an Authorized Provider of Continuing Education Units (CEUs). We now offer IACET approved CEUs to students who successfully complete select classes either in NYC or via the Internet.
Gotham proudly offers classes in collaboration with the New York Times Knowledge Network. Only these premium courses feature a week-long Q&A with a Times editor. Classes include Travel Writing, Food Writing, Article Writing, and How to Freelance.
Dear Gotham,
When I signed up for my first Gotham course, Science Fiction/Fantasy I, I read some success stories from other students that were inspirational. I thought I would now share mine
My SF I class was a Christmas gift from my wife who demanded that I follow the path my increasingly boisterous creativity demanded. The class was such a great experience, I followed it up with SF II the next year. Both classes honed my writing skills and introduced me to some amazing fellow students. The classes also taught me how to get published, where to find markets for short stories, and how to prepare a manuscript. The business side of writing wasn’t the mystery it used to be.
Gotham Memoir teacher Kyle Minor is a classic example of how you can’t escape your past.
Raised in a Southern Baptist household, Kyle considered becoming a preacher, and, in fact, he was an associate pastor for a brief time. On his path to the pulpit, he studied the history of Christianity and the formation of the canon and philosophy, and the more he learned, the more trouble he had with his faith. “In a sense,” he says, “the good faith of Christianity made me decide I wasn’t a Christian.” It was a defining moment in Kyle’s life; he likens his leaving of the faith to moving to a foreign country.
The country he migrated to was Literature. As a writer of both memoir and fiction, Kyle says, “Aspiring memoirists should read and study novels.” All forms and genres are valuable, he claims, because they have a wealth of tropes and language that memoirists don’t fully take advantage of. (Continue reading here.)
> Meet other Gotham Faculty
Teen Ink, a national literary magazine, has partnered with Gotham to present six-week online creative writing courses created exclusively for teens, 13 to 19 years old.
These classes are all about helping younger writers discover and develop their unique voices. There are no grades, no exams, and no wrong answers. Learn more at TeenInk.com. Teen classes also offered in NYC.
Gotham teacher Michael Backus has just seen the release of his novel Double.
It’s about a guy whose life is in tatters—no job, no money, dwindling hope—who wants to put things back together by reconciling with is estranged ten-year-old daughter. The road to redemption involves marijuana, New Mexico, and a childhood trauma. It’s quite a trip.
> Read an excerpt.
> Order your copy of Double here.
> Read excerpts from other books by Gotham faculty here.
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Since 1997, aspiring writers from 114 countries have studied online with Gotham Writers' Workshop. As our reputation has expanded internationally so has interest in our methods.
Our first book, Writing Fiction, is now available in several foreign language editions including: Italian Lezioni di scrittura creativa; German Romane und Kurzgeschichten schreiben, and Hungarian Kezdő írók kézikönyve.
Gotham's acclaimed books on the craft of writing, Writing Fiction and Writing Movies, are now available in Kindle and NookBook editions.
Now you can read these essential guides on your iPad, Kindle, or Nook for less than $10.00.
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