The Writer's Mind is an intensive program conducted over a condensed timeframe: one day in New York City, two days via Zoom, or three weeks for online participants. The course blends lectures with hands-on writing exercises and welcomes writers at all skill levels. A detailed syllabus is available further down this page.
Where do your best story ideas, character concepts, and original thoughts originate? Your mind holds the answer, yet most writers remain unaware of the mental techniques and capabilities available to them. This course guides you through unexpected explorations of your cognitive processes, helping you unlock deeper creativity, richer character development, and more innovative narrative solutions while making the writing journey itself more enjoyable.
This course differs from traditional writing instruction by focusing on how you think rather than just what you write. It emphasizes that your most important creative work often occurs away from the keyboard, in the spaces where your unconscious mind processes stories and ideas.
Course Details:
This cross-genre course applies to any writing discipline, from fiction to creative nonfiction to screenwriting. Components include lectures and writing exercises designed to expand your creative capacity.
Online Classes Overview:
Week 1: Easy Breezy
- Simple mental tricks to boost your creative output
- Mental roaming as a problem-solving technique and idea generation tool
- Rituals and routines that help you enter the writing zone more easily
Week 2: Different Angles
- Brainstorming strategies to expand your creative possibilities
- Enriching your work through surprising and unexpected combinations
- Unlocking imagination through playful, childlike creative approaches
Week 3: Going Deep
- Exploring the creative potential of dreams and dreamlike states
- Understanding the Jungian shadow within yourself and your characters
- Accessing forgotten memories and psychological depths for richer storytelling
About Online Learning at This Institution
- Students from across the globe join this renowned New York City writing school for online instruction
- Classes operate asynchronously, allowing you to participate whenever convenient, though coursework progresses weekly, and some activities must be completed within designated timeframes
- Study from anywhere with internet access; the school serves primarily U.S.-based students but draws participants from countries worldwide
- Technical support is available throughout the course
- You receive a complete text-based record of all class materials and discussions that you can save and reference indefinitely, though content is text and image-based rather than video
Note: Specific class content may vary between individual course sections.
