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
70: How to Write About the Unbelievable
To be reliable when describing the unbelievable we must express doubt, we must focus on details and we must convince our reader that we believe. Pat Martin achieves all these things in the story that…
00:16:13 |
Wed 17 Jul 2019
69: How to Write Your Story While You're Still Living It
Today on our show, we’re talking about how to end a story when the situation is ongoing. You’ll hear an essay by the Brazilian born Miami writer, Camile Flosi Araujo. Camile brings us into her world,…
00:23:06 |
Wed 03 Jul 2019
67: Ready, Set, Go Get Into College
Today on our show we’re talking about perseverance, a quality important if you want to be a writer, a runner, or someone successful at crafting the dreaded college essay. What makes your essay stand …
00:11:42 |
Wed 05 Jun 2019
66: How to Brag and Pull it Off.
Here's how to brag on your college admissions common app essay or any personal essay.
00:11:50 |
Wed 22 May 2019
65: Slow Down. You Don’t Want to Miss this Moment.
This episode is about expanding a moment in your story. How and when to slow down and give specific details.
00:23:29 |
Wed 08 May 2019
64: Inspiration Sometimes Comes in the Form of a Dress
In class, sometimes we ask people to close their eyes and smell sunblock, or freshly baked bread. Sometimes we play a Beatles song or have students squeeze Play-Doh. Sometimes we throw out a word lik…
00:14:08 |
Wed 24 Apr 2019
63: From Pitch to Publications
How to write the perfect pitch and get published.
00:26:58 |
Wed 10 Apr 2019
62: The Devil's in the Details
Details matter. To help create specific details in your story, ask yourself: Like what?
00:20:31 |
Wed 27 Mar 2019
61: How to Stop Procrastinating and Write Your Story
On this episode, we talk about procrastination. We also talk about speaking directly to the reader from a place of experience. And giving advice, which is really hard in a story and in life. If you'r…
00:16:36 |
Wed 13 Mar 2019
60: If You Want to Write About Death and Get Published, Write the Truth
In this episode we’re talking about writing about death. We have a story by Leslie Gray Streeter, a columnist for the Palm Beach Post who also contributes to Modern Loss, the online magazine dedic…
00:23:38 |
Wed 27 Feb 2019
59: A Time I Had an Unpopular Opinion
In this episode we air the winner of our fall writing contest--Jen Antill. The prompt: A Time I Had an Unpopular Opinion reaped a story about a woman who is pregnant at 24, but doesn’t want to be. It…
00:11:29 |
Wed 30 Jan 2019
58: Everyone Needs an Editor/Friend
This is the final episode of the Andrea Show. For the last seven weeks, we brought you a story written and read by Writing Class Radio co-host, Andrea Askowitz, with commentary by her editor, co-host…
00:18:12 |
Wed 23 Jan 2019
57: What's Your Achilles Heel?
For the next two weeks, we will bring you a story written and read by Writing Class Radio co-host, Andrea Askowitz, with commentary by her editor, co-host, Allison Langer. Andrea took a weekly essay …
00:13:58 |
Wed 16 Jan 2019
56: Write About Me!
For the next three weeks, we will bring you a story written and read by Writing Class Radio co-host, Andrea Askowitz, with commentary by her editor, co-host, Allison Langer. Andrea took a weekly essa…
00:12:59 |
Wed 09 Jan 2019
55: The Mean Letter You Always Wanted to Write
This week, Andrea uses the epistolary form--story written as a letter--to get her point across. The letter form is very intimate because the narrator is speaking directing to you. We hope this proces…
00:10:22 |
Tue 01 Jan 2019
54: From Writing Prompt to Published Story
For the next five weeks, we'll bring you a story written and read by Writing Class Radio co-host, Andrea Askowitz, with commentary by her editor, co-host, Allison Langer.
Andrea took a weekly essay…
00:23:31 |
Wed 26 Dec 2018
53: Should I Edit Out the Dick Pics?
This is week three of an eight-week experiment. We’re bringing you a story a week by Writing Class Radio co-host, Andrea Askowitz, with commentary by her editor, co-host, Allison Langer. Andrea took …
00:15:32 |
Wed 19 Dec 2018
52: Funny Story...My Brother Has Cancer
For the next seven weeks, we will bring you a story written and read by Writing Class Radio co-host, Andrea Askowitz, with commentary by her editor, co-host, Allison Langer. Andrea took a weekly essa…
00:14:50 |
Wed 12 Dec 2018
51: It's Not Possible to Write 52 Bad Stories in a Row
Welcome to Season 6. For the next eight weeks, we will bring you a story a week written and read by co-host, Andrea Askowitz, with commentary by her editor, co-host, Allison Langer. This week, Andrea…
00:14:01 |
Wed 05 Dec 2018
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