Modern Love II is open to students who have taken a Modern Love course. In this class, participants will continue to study published essays and work weekly on sculpting and refining work to submit to The New York Times Modern Love column, and other publications. Students who have taken this class in the past have found the instructor’s gentle feedback and encouragement tremendously helpful in their work.

From Stacy DeBritz: "Elizabeth Koster’s Modern Love course was chock-full of inspiration, workshops, and nuts and bolts help. We read examples and discussed what to do, as well as what not to do, in submitting an essay to the New York Times column. Peer and instructor reviews were so beneficial! I’ve developed a network of writing/accountability partners with fellow students in this WIM course. The instruction, students, and feedback far exceeded my expectations."

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Class Fee: $100 | REGISTER HERE

Vladimir Nabokov told his students: “Caress the detail, the divine detail." In this class, through a combination of workshop and generative exercises, you will learn self-editing techniques to improve the musicality, specificity, and power of your (short) prose. Learn how to shape your stories, elevate your language, punctuate for emphasis, pare down sentences, and kill those darlings. Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, you will come away with polished work and a greater sense of how to trust yourself and make your words sing. 

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Class limited to ten students. 

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Class Fee: $125 | REGISTER HERE

Everyone has a story to tell. Your story may be true or it may be fictional, but you can tell it in a compelling way. You can make your story come alive by using dramatic elements of the writer’s craft. Whether you’re a journeyman polishing a piece or a beginner learning the craft, this workshop has something for you. We will focus on elements of prose writing—plot, character, setting, voice, and beginnings and endings—through prompts and detailed critiques. Exercises and works in progress will be reviewed in class, in a friendly supportive atmosphere. Each writer will receive one-to-one attention. The class is open to everyone. No manuscript submission is required.

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Class limited to ten students. 

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Class Fee: $100 | REGISTER HERE

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Do you have some old diaries sitting in the attic longing to be made into a novel? Or maybe you have read about a person or event from the past that you thought would make a good story. You never know what will spark the imagination and become a historical novel. In this workshop we will unleash the stories that are waiting to be told, by you, the author. We will discuss the methods of historical research, where to find inspiration, and how to hone the facts into relatable fiction. Bring your ideas, your outlines, and plan on starting the process of un-raveling the past to bring it to a present-day audience. By the end you should have a decent idea of what your novel would be about and the beginning stages of a novel.

Class limited to ten students. 

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Class Fee: $125 | REGISTER HERE

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In this class, we’ll write about good and evil, the saints and the sinners in our lives. We’ll mix up history with personal experience. Students will have the opportunity to imagine the lives of others—real or fictional—as well as to describe moments and people from their own lives. We’ll also explore the possibility that most of us are a big mishmash of contradiction, good and evil living side by side within us.

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Through it all, we’ll discuss many elements of poetic craft. We’ll focus on the appeal of precise concrete detail and explore the effects of metaphor. The instructor will provide optional prompts and many sample poems. We’ll devote the majority of class time discussing student work.

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Class Fee: $125 | REGISTER HERE

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