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
90: The Upside to a Downside
On today’s episode you’ll hear a story that takes a bad situation and finds the good. We don’t love sappy happy endings, but honest happy endings are the best, especially when they bring joy to the w…
00:17:23 |
Wed 02 Dec 2020
89: How Does a Man Get Away with Calling Women Bitches and Hoes in a Story?
This episode is about how home is love.
00:17:32 |
Wed 18 Nov 2020
88: Should I Stay or Should I Leave This Country?
Today’s episode is part of a series called Home. Writing Class Radio helped produce a documentary to help end homelessness for Chapman Partnership, a homeless center in South Florida.
On this episod…
00:34:08 |
Mon 09 Nov 2020
87: At Home in My Skin
This episode features a story about feeling at home in one's skin and shows the art of planting seeds.
00:18:11 |
Wed 21 Oct 2020
86: Torn Between Two Houses Feeling Like a Fool
How to write a story when the end is murky.
00:20:48 |
Wed 07 Oct 2020
85: What Does Your TV Habit Say About You?
This episode is about story structure and all things done well in an essay. LiAnne Yu tells a story about watching TV with her Chinese immigrant parents. As a narrator she brings us into her world--d…
00:20:09 |
Wed 02 Sep 2020
84: Who's Your Voice of Reason?
A good device is to use another character to offer a voice of reason.
00:18:35 |
Wed 05 Aug 2020
83: Every Word Matters
Today on our show, we’re talking about how every word in a story matters. We have a story to share that illustrates this point so well. Essayist, teacher, and Writing Class Radio listener Amy Paturel…
00:22:21 |
Wed 01 Jul 2020
82: A Poet's Response to Senseless Murders
This episode of Writing Class Radio is dedicated to George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and all those who have lost their lives in a senseless murder.
The story we share with you on this episode is by stud…
00:06:32 |
Wed 03 Jun 2020
81: An Insider Conversation with a Literary Agent
Today on our show, we share a New York Times Modern Love essay we love by Jessica Strawser, editor-at-large at Writer’s Digest. Her essay caught the attention of literary agent Barbara Poelle, an age…
00:37:15 |
Wed 06 May 2020
80: We Grant you Permission to Write or Not to Write
We bring you two stories that about the coronavirus pandemic that bring you something more about the human condition.
00:27:24 |
Wed 01 Apr 2020
79: How to Write About Death: Use an Obsession
Writing about an obsession is a creative and interesting way to write about death.
00:23:17 |
Wed 04 Mar 2020
78: Writing Helps You Figure Out How You Think
Today on our show, we’re talking about how writing helps you figure out how you think. And helps you see yourself, specifically your failures more clearly because it’s hard to ignore a pattern when y…
00:15:53 |
Wed 05 Feb 2020
77: Gotta Be a Good Literary Citizen if You Wanna Get Published
Being a good literary citizen means helping other writers and promoting their work.
00:35:53 |
Wed 08 Jan 2020
76: Abortion Stories Matter
On this episode, you’ll hear two stories about abortion, because we believe abortion stories must be told to keep abortions safe, legal, and accessible. If all women who had abortions told their stor…
00:35:54 |
Wed 04 Dec 2019
75: How to Go From Idea to Published Essay to Book Deal
Ariel Henley suffers from crouzon syndrome, a rare disease that affects her appearance. Her writing shares her experience and emotional growth. A Face Like Picasso is the book, There’s a Mathematical…
00:40:48 |
Wed 06 Nov 2019
74: Think Like a Writer with Dani Shapiro
This episode is about how to think like a writer, which means, how to figure out what your story is about, how to understand your themes, and how to respect other people's privacy.
00:37:40 |
Wed 02 Oct 2019
73: How to Write When Shit Gets Real
Three weeks ago, Allison was diagnosed with Stage 3 ovarian cancer. In this emotional episode, we share the stories we wrote about this situation. We are treating this episode as if we’re in writing …
00:30:19 |
Wed 28 Aug 2019
72: Create Scenes So People Remember
A suicide bomber in Afghanistan, with children around him, headed straight towards our base. This is the picture painted by listener Michael Howell in his essay, How Are You Really? We read Michael's…
00:13:34 |
Wed 14 Aug 2019
71: What’s Inside Your Container?
A visit to the hair salon provides a container for a story about mental health. A container is a method to tell your entire story while contained in a place or period of time. This story is told whil…
00:19:30 |
Wed 31 Jul 2019
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