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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 4h

Wanna make your readers hungry?! This is the class four you. "A Perfect Pairing: A Storytelling and Food Class" with @kwonley.bsky.social is a four-session ONLINE class starting 11/3 perfect for fiction and nonfiction writers alike.

Register now: buff.ly/Nofl9AS

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 8h

Hi, everyone! I‘ll be teaching Novel-in-a-Year with @storystudiochicago.bsky.social in 2026. This will be my third iteration of the class, with first drafts as the focus this time around. Registration is now open and will close November 7:

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Novel in a Year: First Draft with Juan Martinez - StoryStudio Chicago

This is the year to write your novel Novel in a Year: First Draft is a unique opportunity to join a writing cohort, study novel craft, workshop key scenes, measure your progress, meet deadlines, and g...

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 11h

Join our amazing instructor @fulmerford.com at the Univ. of Chicago Divinity School this Friday 10/10 at 6:30 pm for a panel discussion about religion, spirituality, and horror writing hosted by the American Writers Museum.

Use the code AWMFriends to get a ticket for just $5!

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 12h

Tomorrow night (10/9)! Writers on Writing with Sarah Ruhl and @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social happens in-person at the Newberry Library (or livestreamed) -- either way, it's FREE to attend. Grab your spot for this illuminating conversation.

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 12h

Calling all creative young writers (young creative writers?)! Our fall Spooky Story Contest is open for submission. Win $100 and get published in our Youth Literary Journal. Here are all the rules -- deadline to submit is Oct. 31!

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI -- this happened today! 😁

StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 1d

ANNOUNCING: Applications are now open for FIVE Book In A Year programs -- four Novel In A Year and one Short Story Collection In A Year (that's math even we writers can handle!).

Apply for these online programs, all starting in January, by Nov. 14.

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 1d

There is now one spot left in @michaelzapata.bsky.social's online Intensive Coaching Cohort that begins one week from today! Won't you join us?

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 1d

ANNOUNCING: Applications are now open for FIVE Book In A Year programs -- four Novel In A Year and one Short Story Collection In A Year (that's math even we writers can handle!).

Apply for these online programs, all starting in January, by Nov. 14.

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 1d

This sounds so fun: Create an oracle to get creatively “unstuck” and build more meaningful patterns in @sarahkokernot.bsky.social's @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class… One class, in person, starts October 29!
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Genre Series: The Answer Is Already Here: Make Your Own Writing Oracle with Sarah Kokernot - StoryStudio Chicago

In this class, we'll explore the oracles of inquiry, collage, and bibliomancy to gather inspiration for new ideas, get "unstuck” on creative projects, build more meaningful patterns in your work, and ...

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 1d

HUGE CONGRATS!

This is so well-deserved!

Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 1d

We are absolutely THRILLED to announce the 2025 winner of the Adam Morgan Literary Leadership Award is @samiraahmed.bsky.social!!! As a national leader of Authors Against Book Bans, Samira uses activism to combat censorship, and we are so grateful for the work she does.

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 2d

October Write Club starts on Wednesday! Register now for this online month-long accountability group and kickstart your creative writing.

October Write Club 2025 with Joseph Scapellato - StoryStudio Chicago

Staying focused and accountable to your goals is one of the biggest challenges of writing. And sometimes what you need is the space and time to write without an emphasis on publishing, submitting,…

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 2d

Just a few spots left in Kathryn Kruse's ONLINE Creative Writing Essentials class starting tomorrow (Oct. 7). Learn the building blocks of a good writing in this eight-session workshop.

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Creative Writing Essentials Online Fall 2025 with Kathryn Kruse - StoryStudio Chicago

Come explore elements that live at the heart of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in this eight-session introduction to creative writing.

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 2d

Really fascinating conversation -- a must-read if you're a fan of the Neopolitan Quartet.

Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 2d

"There’s a certain level on which you just decide that this is the right word...one of the elements of making the decision is the unconscious.”

Ian Battaglia's interview with Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante's translator, is out now.
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The Translator’s Voice — Ann Goldstein on Translating Elena Ferrante’s “Neapolitan Quartet” - Chicago Review of Books

The Translator’s Voice is a monthly column from Ian J. Battaglia here at the Chicago Review of Books, dedicated to global literature and the translators who work tirelessly and too often thanklessly t...

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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 2d

Every writer needs this @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class w/ Benjamin Dreyer + his book on usage (DREYER'S ENGLISH).

The class is over Zoom! Sharpen your prose, wear pajamas, fold laundry, put pajamas on your cat, whatever.

www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 2d

To fight or not to fight, that is the question.

Every good story has conflict, but what if conflict were merely building tension? This 4-session ONLINE class explores how we can allow for change to occur when our characters DON’T learn from their actions. Class starts 10/30.

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 2d

This will likely be the only time. But if it's of help, the live lectures will be recorded -- so if you sign up, you can watch them whenever is convenient.

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 2d

Also, if you're not already subscribed to @bcdreyer.social's terrific Substack, now's the time to do that too!

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Monday, Monday

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 2d

Begins TONIGHT! Are you registered?

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 3d

We know it's Sunday, but make tomorrow a "Monday Funday!" 😎

Sign up for @bcdreyer.social's four-session, online class and learn about "America's Copy Editor's" capacious bag of copyediting tricks (like why "copy editor" is two words, but "copyediting" is one word 😅).

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A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago

Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round…

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 3d

We know it's Sunday, but make tomorrow a "Monday Funday!" 😎

Sign up for @bcdreyer.social's four-session, online class and learn about "America's Copy Editor's" capacious bag of copyediting tricks (like why "copy editor" is two words, but "copyediting" is one word 😅).

buff.ly/NySnNMS

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A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago

Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round…

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 3d

I’m so sorry I have to miss Tuesday but I’m teaching that day at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social

The amazing Mathila Zeller will be there at Women & Children First with this great line up!

Story Studio Genre Series — Horror edition

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 5d

“How do I survive my story's final stretch?”

In this 4-session class, we’ll break down everything you need to know to cross that finish line. If you need help tackling revisions or exploring the world of publishing, this ONLINE class with @bess-winter.bsky.social is for you!

The Last Ten Percent: Revision and Submission Intensive with Bess Winter - StoryStudio Chicago

This four-week online course, intended for intermediate to advanced fiction writers who are seeking their first publications, focuses on that last ten percent of short story writing: revision and…

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 5d

Meals are memories.

This 4-session ONLINE class explores how to describe food in your writing–how to evoke taste, smell, and that beautiful cozy feeling of having consumed a great meal and better conversation. Class starts 11/03.

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A Perfect Pairing: A Storytelling and Food Class with K.W. Onley - StoryStudio Chicago

Perfect for fiction or nonfiction writers, we will practice how to include and describe food in our writing--how to evoke taste, smell, and that beautiful cozy feeling of having consumed a great meal…

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 5d

Haunt your readers in time for Halloween in @ruthjoffre.bsky.social's @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class… One class, Zoom, starts October 16!
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Genre Series: How to Build a Haunted House with Ruth Joffre - StoryStudio Chicago

Welcome, architects of the weird! Are you ready to haunt your readers? This class will give you all the tools you need to build a haunted house from the ground up.

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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 5d

If your book’s almost done, learn how to revise and where to submit in @bess-winter.bsky.social's @storystudiochicago.bsky.social class… Four classes, Zoom, starts October 30!
www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

The Last Ten Percent: Revision and Submission Intensive with Bess Winter - StoryStudio Chicago

This four-week online course, intended for intermediate to advanced fiction writers who are seeking their first publications, focuses on that last ten percent of short story writing: revision and subm...

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 6d

Write your TV Pilot -- this class is all about turning prose ideas into a project for the small screen. Definitely for writers of all types -- grab your spot now. Starts Monday!

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 7d

Just a few days left to sign up for Zag Hug's "Write a TV Pilot" class and commit yourself to shaping your story for the small screen. Four 2.5-hour classes -- all ONLINE -- begin Monday, October 6.

Register now! buff.ly/98wyYYI

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Write a TV Pilot with Zac Hug - StoryStudio Chicago

This four-week class takes a look at how a TV pilot embraces, builds upon, and innovates the basic storytelling tools of plot and character, as well as smaller story mechanics like theme, genre, and…

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