The Writer’s Mind is an Intensive, meaning it happens in a short time span (1 day in NYC, or 2 days on Zoom, or 3 weeks Online). The course includes a mixture of lectures and exercises. It’s open to writers of any level. Farther down, you can view a syllabus for this course.
Where will you find the best ideas for stories and characters and concepts? Where will you find your most original thoughts? Where can you find the answers that evade you at the keyboard?
Your mind, of course. However, there are mental tricks and techniques and even areas of your mind of which you’re not quite aware. In this course, you’ll explore your mind in unexpected ways, which will help you create richer and deeper work and make the writing process easier.
Unlike a conventional writing course, this one gets you thinking about how you think—and how the most crucial work is often done when you’re not actually composing words.
When you unlock the mystery of your writer’s mind, you’ll be amazed by the things you discover.
Notes
- This is a cross-genre course, applicable to any kind of writing.
This course shows how to use your mind to discover hidden depths in your writing, in any genre. Course components:
- Lectures
- Writing exercises
Zoom classes
The syllabus varies from teacher to teacher, term to term. Many topics will be similar to those covered in the Online classes.
About
- Zoom classes happen in real time.
- The Zoom classes unite students from all over the world at Gotham—New York City’s most well-established writing school.
- The Zoom classes happen on videoconference, in “real time.” Very much like an in-person class except everyone is on a computer or device in their own space. The Zoom software is free and simple to use.
- You can take a Zoom writing class from anywhere, as long as you have an internet connection. The majority of our Zoom students are located in the U.S. but we also draw students from practically every country in the world.
- Tech support will be available. Out of respect for everyone’s privacy, the Zoom sessions are not recorded.
