By popular demand: a follow-up course to Amy Shearn’s iconic Writing for Women on the Verge generative class!

In this selective and intimate 8-week writing workshop, we’ll further explore the themes we looked at in Writing for Women on the Verge. (Having taken the generative Writing for Women on the Verge isn’t required, but it’s helpful.)

Like a traditional writing workshop, each week we’ll look at some published work and plumb it for craft wisdom, and each week we’ll discuss one student piece, with an eye towards helping the student writer hone and clarify their work. Unlike a traditional writing workshop, our discussions will be open and flowing (no “cone of silence” for the writer). You don’t have to write up feedback on each others’ work (something that can be incredibly time-consuming, keeping you from your own work). You can write in any genre that serves you, and our reading will be focused on the themes and topics of the class, spanning a diverse array of authors, styles, and genres.

Each student writer will also get a private meeting with Amy, in which we can discuss writing, craft, publishing, or anything that’s coming up for you in your creative process.

About the Instructor

Amy Shearn is the award-winning author of 5 novels, including the forthcoming Animal Instinct (Putnam, 2025). She has worked as an editor at Medium, JSTOR, Conde Nast, and other organizations, and has taught creative writing at NYU, Sackett Street Writers Workshop, Gotham Writers Workshops, Catapult, Story Studio Chicago, The Resort LIC, and the Yale Writers' Workshop. Amy's work has appeared in many publications including the New York Times Modern Love column, Slate, Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Coastal Living. Amy has an MFA from the University of Minnesota, and lives in Brooklyn with her two children. You can find her at amyshearnwrites.com or @amyshearn.

Writing for Women on the Verge: The Intermediate Workshop with Amy Shearn