Thursday nights, 7-9pm, for eight weeks starting 9/30/10.
$450, $400 if you register before 9/15.
Location: West Village, NYC.

To register, please contact ellisavery (at) gmail (dot) com.
Price includes a 250-page reader.
Class is limited to 8 students.

Share your work and receive generous, clear-eyed feedback, nurturing support, and a little bit of anti-procrastinatory ass-kicking in an intimate, respectful, creative community environment. In eight weeks we'll cover or revisit the basics: plot, scene, character, dialogue, narration, language, setting, rewriting, and time. Re-ignite your fiction and creative non-fiction!

Ellis is also available for one-on-one manuscript consultation, $80/hour.

returning this winter...

HUDSON STREET WRITERS' DOJO!
West Village, NYC
Monday through Friday, for one winter month TBA, 9-10am
$20/session. Pay for four in advance, and the fifth is free.

Ellis wrote THE TEAHOUSE FIRE in an hour a day over a period of years. For one month this winter, five mornings a week, one hour a day, she will open her home and writing practice to people who want to challenge themselves to write daily in a silent, focused, community environment. We'll use the last five minutes of each session to give each other a little positive feedback, but the core of this practice is diving in and DOING the work, not showing it or talking about it. Use peer pressure to your advantage: write your morning pages, or write your novel!

Come write for a few days, come once a week, or challenge yourself to write five mornings a week for a month: all are welcome. For more information, please contact ellisavery (at) gmail (dot) com.


Kudos from Ellis's Columbia students:

My favorite class! You will be impressed with how much you have written and how much you have improved.

She gives so much heartfelt encouragement, along with in-depth comments that really help to improve your writing.

References available on request.