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Upcoming Classes
Writing with Conscience: How to Write About Social issues with Kavita Das
How do we write compellingly yet responsibly about social issues? How do we write about the world as we’d like it to be without coming across as Pollyanna or propaganda? We will investigate these questions through readings, discussion, and writing exercises.
Writing Sex with Sarah Terez Rosenblum
Pssst—your characters have sex. In this one-night workshop on writing sex, you will get tips for creating well-paced sex scenes; making efficient language choices; and techniques for shedding writing inhibitions.
Writing into Wonder & Amazement with Sarah Kokernot
What makes us feel awe and wonder when we read something amazing? This tremendous experience is called “the numinous” and using in-class writing exercises, we’ll explore the kind of attention that separates a numinous experience from a mundane one.
Writers Festival
Learn More: Writers FestivalJoin us at the 7th Annual StoryStudio Writers Festival! November 2nd & 3rd, 2024 in-person at Center on Halsted. Presented by Artistic Director, Rebecca Makkai and Program Curator, Ananda Lima,…
“Thank you so much again for the richness of your classes and programming at Story Studio! I am so grateful and feel so loved in the warm literary embrace of this exquisitely beautiful community … Thank you for giving us a home and changing our lives!” – Dana Liu
“I finished my MFA in 2022 and, though it was a phenomenal program, I had two major holes in my education: novel writing and the publishing process. I attended Pub Crawl last year and a novel course this year and have learned so much from you all. I truly can’t believe the quality of teaching StoryStudio is sharing with the world (and so affordably) and wanted to say THANK YOU!” – Adrienne G.
StoryStudio Chicago
We offer classes for writers to hone their craft, express their creativity, and communicate with confidence.
Stories Matter Foundation
StoryStudio is part of this 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit and community of storytellers. We aim to change worlds using the power of story.
Our Community
One of our main goals is building a community where writers and literary folks can come together to learn, share, and grow in the creative arts.
Read a bit from our blog…
20 Stories: (#1) Ericka Carmona-Vega
Ultimately, StoryStudio Chicago’s teachings and empowering methods of inquiry led me to finish my first novel of the Rise series.
20 Stories: (#10) Rowan Beaird
The first time I went to StoryStudio was for a write-in. I loved that the space felt like an apartment—the creak of the wood floors, the ambient bubbling of a kettle, deep couches, warm lights. Though it attracts talented, accomplished writers, there’s nothing intimidating about the space, and that sense of warmth and community is…
20 Stories: (#11) Jasmine Sawers
While writing itself is a deeply solitary endeavor, I came to realize that the support of other writers during the writing process was invaluable and, indeed, exactly what I had been missing since finishing my MFA.