writing class radio
Writing Class Radio is for people who love true, personal stories and want to learn how to write their own stories. There's no better way to understand ourselves and each other than by writing and telling our stories. Everyone has a story. What's yours?
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 212
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
153: Want To Get Published in HuffPost? Editor Noah Michelson Tells You How
Today’s episode features a story by one of our favorite students, Margery Berger. She has been taking classes with us since way before the pandemic. Margery has told stories on our podcast twice befo…
00:43:33 |
Wed 03 May 2023
152: How Music Inspires Storytelling
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Danielle Huggins. Danielle has been featured twice before on WCR. In Episode 105: Teach Us Something We Don’t Know where she shared her experience with elec…
00:21:32 |
Wed 05 Apr 2023
151: Follow the Story Spine to Get Published
This episode showcases the effectiveness of using the story spine structure. The story spine is a story structure as old as time. It’s the model every fairytale follows. It works really well for all …
00:26:36 |
Wed 22 Mar 2023
150: In Transition: How to Write a Story About an Ongoing Situation
Today on our show, we’re talking about how to write about a situation that is ongoing. Typically, at the end of an essay, the narrator writes about what they learned or how they changed. But what if …
00:26:13 |
Wed 08 Mar 2023
149: How to Make Your Writing More Personal (in any Field)
On this episode, we bring you a story written by Dr. Jane Marks, a conservation ecologist and professor of Aquatic Ecology at Northern Arizona University (NAU).
Jane came to Writing Class Radio wit…
00:23:22 |
Wed 22 Feb 2023
148: How to Plan a Threesome
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Pamela Druckerman that has voice, laugh out loud humor, and self knowing, which makes for a reliable narrator. The best part is the narrator doesn’t wait un…
00:28:08 |
Wed 08 Feb 2023
147: How to Write a Story about Abuse Without Using the Word
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Sally Quon called Finding Home.
Sally’s story is an exercise in restraint. Andrea tried a little experiment with Sally’s submission in order to make the st…
00:22:14 |
Wed 25 Jan 2023
146: How to Write a Winning Pitch
Today, we bring you a story by Terry Barr with a secret he’s kept most of his life. This story highlights the importance of telling the truth and letting go of shame, in this case, about sexual assau…
00:22:40 |
Wed 11 Jan 2023
145: A New Year's Nightmare
On today’s episode, we’re bringing you an old episode that’s still relevant and awesome, in case you missed it back in season one.
You’ll meet a bunch of students from season 1: Frenchie, Tobi Ash, …
00:39:40 |
Wed 28 Dec 2022
144: When Is a Gift More than a Gift?
Today on our show, we bring you a story by Emily Henderson titled After Our Son Died, My Husband Gave Me The Most Meaningful Christmas Gift Of My Life. Emily workshopped this essay in our Final Draft…
00:20:09 |
Wed 14 Dec 2022
143: Cutting Needless Words
Today on our show, we’re sharing another story by Corey Devon Arthur. Corey’s stories have been aired on Episode 120: My Pen Uncovers the Real Me and Episode 128: My New Manifesto.
Corey Devon Arthu…
00:25:28 |
Wed 30 Nov 2022
142: Beginnings and Endings
Today on our show, we’re talking about beginnings and endings. What is an effective way to begin a story and a satisfying way to end? The story we bring you on this episode is an amazing example of h…
00:20:11 |
Wed 16 Nov 2022
141: Where Does Your Mind Go When You're Given a Writing Prompt?
Today on our show, we bring you a story by one of Allison’s 7th grade students. She spent two months teaching English to 7th and 8th graders at a private school in Miami, and because she’s her, she a…
00:22:52 |
Wed 02 Nov 2022
139: This Is What Mania Looks Like
Today’s episode showcases a story by student Danielle Huggins. Danielle’s story shows what happened when she got off her medication for bipolar disorder. This story is the best example of show and te…
00:25:17 |
Wed 05 Oct 2022
138: There Is Always More to the Story
Today’s episode revisits the subject of abortion but is about much more. We put a call-out for men’s abortion stories and received several abortion stories by women and very few (only three) by men. …
00:37:26 |
Wed 21 Sep 2022
137: How to Fight with Your Co-Host and Win a Writing Contest
Today on our show we share a story by our own Allison Langer. Her essay is called Writing Class Helped Me Break Down My Facade. You will hear about the fight hosts Allison and Andrea had that prompte…
00:25:59 |
Wed 07 Sep 2022
136: What Makes You Weird in the World?
Today on our show, author and overall cool woman, Allison Landa reads an excerpt from her new memoir coming out October 4, 2022 called Bearded Lady (Woodhall Press). Pre-order today from our favorite…
00:38:42 |
Wed 24 Aug 2022
135: In Praise of Complaining
Today on our show we share a story by Cheryl E. Klein, author of the soon to be released memoir Crybaby. Cheryl takes an unusual subject, complaining, and makes a case for it. She even goes so far as…
00:18:57 |
Wed 10 Aug 2022
134: #MedicalGaslighting: Writing as a Service
Today on our show we share a story by Pamela McBride, a student in our First Draft and Second Draft writing group about her near fatal experience being dismissed by her doctor. This story is far too …
00:27:42 |
Wed 27 Jul 2022
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