A generative writing exploration to deepen characterization across the genres Nov 30, 2025 #Creative writing workshops, Beyond writer's block, Character Development, Contemporary Events, Creative Nonfiction, Creative Process, fiction writers, Hybrid writing, Memoir, Multigenre, Narrators, Novelists, Poetry, Short story writers, Story, The Craft of Writing, Uncategorized, Voice, Workshops, Writing & Social Justice, Writing and Empathy, Writing and Place, writing beyond formula, Writing courses, writing exercises, Writing for Social Change, Writing for social change and social justice, writing in the Time of AI, Writing in… Continue reading Empathy Engines and the Imagination. Part Two. Anya Achtenberg
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Empathy Engines and the Imagination. Part One.
Discussion toward a rich writing exploration I’ll post next time. Anya Achtenberg Nov 22, 2025 Empathy Engines and the Imagination. Part One. Anya Achtenberg But first, a few snarky comments from a frustrated creative writing teacher. I teach creative writing. I mentor writers. I consult with writers on their manuscripts. Many people have found me… Continue reading Empathy Engines and the Imagination. Part One.
Custom-Made Story: a 10-Week Intensive Writing Workshop in Fiction, Memoir/Creative Nonfiction, and Hybrid Forms
Announcing the details for Custom-Made Story: a 10-Week Intensive Writing Workshop in Fiction, Memoir/Creative Nonfiction, and Hybrid Forms (poetry welcome!) 10 Mondays beginning November 3rd, 2025 Nothing pre-fab! This truly Custom-Made approach is guaranteed to be free of: recycled conventions and formulae; and AI homogenizing creativity-crushers. The Custom-Made Story course includes: 10-live Zoom classes, recorded for your… Continue reading Custom-Made Story: a 10-Week Intensive Writing Workshop in Fiction, Memoir/Creative Nonfiction, and Hybrid Forms
Which can AI do: formulaic writing or organic writing? // Which kind of writing will fulfill you as a writer?
Oct 18, 2025 posted on Substack, by Anya Achtenberg, Writing in Upheaval Which can AI do: formulaic writing or organic writing? Which kind of writing will fulfill you as a writer? [ Which kind of writing will fulfill you as a writer? Try organic. AI has clarified for me even more the underpinnings of my… Continue reading Which can AI do: formulaic writing or organic writing? // Which kind of writing will fulfill you as a writer?
My name for AI is RAE (Replace and Erase): AI as a tool for colonization of the writer’s mind
My name for AI is RAE (Replace and Erase): AI as a tool for colonization of the writer’s mind Anya Achtenberg, from Blog and Substack, Writing in Upheaval Oct 06, 2025 My name for AI is RAE (Replace and Erase): AI as a tool for colonization of the writer’s mind Anya Achtenberg neuronal pathways--"rivers" and… Continue reading My name for AI is RAE (Replace and Erase): AI as a tool for colonization of the writer’s mind
Today! October 2nd! 1pm NY/6 pm London time, a free Zoom discussion (link below) and ask-me-anything on writing in upheaval—
---on organic writing craft in times of upheaval, silencing, grief/rage and overwhelm, with novelist-poet-teacher Anya Oct 02, 2025 Dear Sleepers (I mean those still asleep in their time zones), Wakers, Walkers, Workers, Writers, Activists, Weepers, Shouters, Silenced and Brimming over, Mourners, Doers--if writing serves you/serves others, let’s talk about opening the door to more of… Continue reading Today! October 2nd! 1pm NY/6 pm London time, a free Zoom discussion (link below) and ask-me-anything on writing in upheaval—
October 2nd, a Zoom ask-me-anything and discussion on organic writing craft in times of upheaval, silencing, grief/rage and overwhelm, with novelist-poet-teacher Anya Achtenberg
Many writers need this conversation. Let's have it. Sep 30, 2025 What is offered?--- A free hour of Q & A and open discussion on creative writing craft and process in this time of upheaval, of sorrow, rage, silencing and overwhelm. When--- Thursday, October 2nd, at 1:00 pm Eastern Time/NY; 10:00 am Pacific Time/LA; Ireland… Continue reading October 2nd, a Zoom ask-me-anything and discussion on organic writing craft in times of upheaval, silencing, grief/rage and overwhelm, with novelist-poet-teacher Anya Achtenberg
Say it!–Standalone Workshops, &, Custom-Made Story–a 10-week intensive course
Announcing writing workshops and classes in resistance to silencing and Suffocation as we write!! Sep 28, 2025 Silencing and Resistance, Suffocation and Writing! I know that I’ve been of use in bringing people into, or back to, their powerful voices, their most creative and compelling writing. This time of monsters is a time of censorship,… Continue reading Say it!–Standalone Workshops, &, Custom-Made Story–a 10-week intensive course
The Crash of Opposites
The Crash of Opposites: a quick note on suffocation and expression Sep 26, 2025 The Crash of Opposites Writing in Upheaval is a reader-supported publication on Substack. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber to my Substack at https://anyaachtenberg.substack.com/ . Anya Achtenberg September 25, 2025 A quick… Continue reading The Crash of Opposites
The Time of Monsters
We are of this time. What is it doing to our voices? To our writing? To our very ability to write, to speak, in the face of silencing and overwhelm… from my Substack, Writing in Upheaval. Sep 15, 2025 “The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the… Continue reading The Time of Monsters
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