Workshops

Learn to write professional op-eds and personal essays with Elizabeth Spiers, a contributing writer for The New York Times opinion section, former columnist at Fortune and Fast Company, and opinion contributor to The Washington Post, Slate, The New Republic, and others.

OPINION WRITING WORKSHOPS

Learn how to narrative, voice, and journalistic tools to write a opinion column for publication. Instruction includes one online workshop, development of a column-in-progress with a round of editing, tips for pitching specific publications, and a session of one-on-one coaching via Zoom.

This workshop is geared primarily toward professionals (journalists, academics, PR professionals, and people working to develop corporate thought leadership programs) but if you’re not usually a writer and not taking the workshop for work purposes, that’s completely fine.

PERSONAL ESSAY WORKSHOPS

Learn how to use personal narratives to create compelling essays for publication. We’ll discuss how to structure an essay for different lengths and purposes, the role of tone and voice, theme, and argument in first-person writing, and the ethics of writing about other people.

Instruction includes one online workshop, development of an essay in progress with a round of editing, tips for pitching specific publications, publication in anthologies, and essay collection development, as well as a session of one-on-one coaching via Zoom.

Note: Instructions for all workshops and Zoom links will be emailed the week before the workshops.

2024 WORKSHOP CALENDAR

OPINION WRITING

Tuesday, November 12th, 2024

3:00 pm to 6:00 pm ET

Via Zoom

$350 course fee

OPINION WRITING

Tuesday, December 10th, 2024

3:00 pm to 6:00 pm ET

Via Zoom

$350 course fee

PERSONAL ESSAY

Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

3:00 pm to 6:00 pm ET

Via Zoom

$350 course fee