Workshop descriptions, plus a link to the full interview of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi on The Daily Show. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mar 12, 2026 Anya Achtenberg, March 12, 2026 Jafar Panahi: “We only have two types of filmmakers in the world…95% are filmmakers who are after what the audience wants. Meaning, they adapt their taste to the taste… Continue reading Forthcoming writing workshops–deep dives into narrative craft; & intensive critique sessions.
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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
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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