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Empathy Engines and the Imagination. Part One.

Anya Achtenberg

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.

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Custom-Made Story: a 10-Week Intensive Writing Workshop in Fiction, Memoir/Creative Nonfiction, and Hybrid Forms

Anya Achtenberg

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

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Which can AI do: formulaic writing or organic writing? // Which kind of writing will fulfill you as a writer?

Anya Achtenberg

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?

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Say it! Dígalo!

Anya Achtenberg

New creative writing standalone workshops For Writers of Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Multigenre and Hybrid Forms with Anya Achtenberg Today, August 16, 2024:  I am very happy to announce the Fall 2024 Launch of a new series of single-event writing workshops coming in September Say it! Dígalo!: The Standalone Workshop Series with Anya Achtenberg Each single-event… Continue reading Say it! Dígalo!

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Online writing courses and the idea of discipline

Anya Achtenberg

I want to suggest a new discipline. I am of course not saying that getting yourself to the desk is not an important part of being a writer. But many of us, for many reasons---including being unsupported in a society that instills competition as a way to art and creativity---have the idea or are somehow… Continue reading Online writing courses and the idea of discipline