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What Can I Get from SSC That I Can’t Find Elsewhere?

April 1, 2015 By Colton Gigot

What Can I Get from SSC That I Can’t Find Elsewhere?

To enroll, or not to enroll, that is the question— And it’s a good one, too. If you’re thinking about taking your very first writing class, it’s only fair to wonder if the whole process will be worth your while. Who could blame you? Writing takes time. Classes cost money. Plus, there’s always the chance that you could learn this stuff on Read More…

Filed Under: StoryStudio Class Experience Tagged With: Accountability Club, Atmosphere, Chicago Writers Workshops, Chicago writing classes, Classes for Writers, Community, Feedback, StoryStudio Chicago, writers, Writing Chicago, Writing Community

Frances de Pontes Peebles Joins the StoryStudio Team

January 20, 2015 By Colton Gigot

Frances de Pontes Peebles Joins the StoryStudio Team

If you’ve ventured to the studio in the new year, you may have heard the buzz about a new addition to our stable of talented instructors. If you haven’t (and who could blame you, given this weather?), let us be the first to share the news. StoryStudio is proud to announce that author Frances de Pontes Peebles will join us this winter as Read More…

Filed Under: Around The Studio Tagged With: Chicago writers, Chicago writing classes, Frances de Pontes Peebles, StoryStudio Chicago, Writer Interviews, Writing a Novel, Writing Advice, writing classes

Get Your Fill of StoryStudio for FREE!

November 14, 2014 By Colton Gigot

Whoever it was that said “the best things in life are free,” was absolutely right. (Or, at least, we’d like to think so.) From time to time we like to round up our readers and writers for no other reason than to be in good company, chat over coffee, and converse about craft.  With winter approaching, the Read More…

Filed Under: Around The Studio Tagged With: Chicago writers, Chicago writing classes, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, Novel Writing, Open House

The Cure to Writer’s Block is a Downward Dog Away

September 16, 2014 By Colton Gigot

Our friend Pat has a problem. She’s been in a funk, stuck in a month-long creative slump. We all know the feeling. She puts in her forty hours at office, toils under the soul-sucking fluorescent lighting, and by the time she goes home her creative energies are sapped, her attention span is shot, and her office chair has Read More…

Filed Under: Around The Studio Tagged With: Chicago writing classes, creative writing classes, StoryStudio Chicago, Writer's Block, Writing, yoga, yoga and writing, yoga for writers

Are You Ready to Roundtable?

August 15, 2013 By Colton Gigot

by Jennifer Ann Coffeen This September will mark my fifth year in StoryStudio’s Novel Roundtable, which means I am officially a roundtable junkie. This half class/ half support group has seen me through hours of writing, editing, and publishing woes. Plus, we bring treats! So how does this mysterious Novel Roundtable work? First, you need Read More…

Filed Under: Everything Tagged With: Chicago writing classes, Chicago Writing Scene, Novel, Novel Writing, Roundtable, Write Your Novel, Writers Workshop

Write, Camera, Action!

July 17, 2013 By Colton Gigot

I’m just going to say it. I’ve had it with zombies. I could fill a page with all the high-profile monster-movie releases in recent memory, and still I’d be hard pressed to finish this line with the ones that were worth the time. It’s not that I’m aloof to the moral gray area in deciding Read More…

Filed Under: Everything Tagged With: Chicago writing classes, film writing, how to write a screenplay, learn to write movies, screenwriting, StoryStudio Chicago, writing a screenplay, writing classes

Family Stories: Writing the Sights and Sounds of Our Pasts

June 18, 2013 By Colton Gigot

Maybe you’ve got a brother who quit his day job as a science teacher, moved to the sticks, and became a full-time wild boar hunter. Or he’s a field guide by day, mad scientist by night. Or maybe you don’t want to borrow your brother’s life story—you just need a few interesting details to deepen Read More…

Filed Under: Everything Tagged With: Chicago writing classes, Creative Non-Fiction, Creative Writing, Family Stories, Memoir, Personal Stories, StoryStudio Chicago, Writing Family

4 Comedy Writing Tips (Not Rules) From Kelsie Huff

June 11, 2013 By workstudy

by Colton Gigot “Humor is universal, it’s how humans survive the planet Earth.” –Kelsie Huff I would have introduced this post with a gut-busting pun or knock-knock joke if I’d been able to think one up. That’s the problem with humor writing. Funny can be hardest to find when you need it most. If you’ve Read More…

Filed Under: Everything Tagged With: Chicago writing classes, Comedy, Comedy Writing, Comic Monologue, Live Lit, Make 'Em Laugh, StoryStudio Chicago

Stories Matter

June 4, 2013 By workstudy

by Colton Gigot Stories matter. That’s the point Jill wanted to drive home when she approached me recently about editing Cooler by the Lake. Stories are the building blocks underlying the human condition and have shaped volumes of human communication, both past and present. Cave paintings, folk music, bedtime stories, dinner conversations, cover letters, and Read More…

Filed Under: Everything Tagged With: Chicago lit scene, Chicago writing classes, Cooler by the Lake, StoryStudio, storytelling, writing blog, writing tips

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