Writing
at Drawing Room
Creative writing in NYC, three ways in: drop in gatherings, single session workshops, and eight week intensives, all in Midtown and Williamsburg. No manuscript nor experience needed.
Ways to write with us
Casual Writing Gatherings
Pop by a writing corner for a low-stakes way to write with other community members. Not a workshop, just a way to connect with people who also love writing. Included for our members.
One-off Writing Workshops
Join an upcoming workshop on the calendar to try a form, a prompt, or a way of working in one evening. Instructed and structured.
8-Week Writing Intensives
Go deeper than a single session. Same group, same night, eight weeks, and something finished at the end. This is where people who've been meaning to write for years finally do.
Private Events
Bring the workshop to your group. Teams, book clubs, birthdays, 8 to 30 people, at our studios or your venue.
Writing Gatherings & Workshops
Drawing Room is an art studio in NYC, but the way we think about it is as a practice space, a place where the goal isn't to produce a masterpiece but to actually do the thing. Writing fits that perfectly. Our writing workshops are for adults who want to write more, not necessarily to become a professional writer.
Our workshops open with a warm-up, move into prompts you can take in any direction, and end with a quiet, unpressured share. You'll leave with pages of your own words.
Sessions rotate across genres and forms: storytelling, freewriting, poetry, letter writing, flash fiction, morning pages. Some sessions are quiet and meditative. Others are playful. All are beginner-friendly and designed for people at any experience level. If you've never written anything since college, you belong here. If you already write and just want a room to do it in, you also belong here.
Beginner-friendly. No prior writing experience required. All notebooks, pens, and prompts provided. Nothing you write is critiqued or graded. What you take home is up to you.
1. Warm-up write
We start with a low-stakes prompt to get your hand moving. No pressure, no editing. Just words on the page.
2. Deeper prompt
Your instructor introduces the theme or form of the session (a story premise, a letter prompt). You write, uninterrupted, for a set amount of time.
3. Optional share and close
We close with a quiet share for anyone who wants to read a line or two aloud. Sharing is completely optional. We witness what was made in the room.
FAQs
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Nope. All of our sessions are designed to be beginner-friendly. Our instructors will guide you, provide prompts, and help you along the way.
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Nothing. All papers, notebooks, pens, and anything else that’s needed is included in the workshop. If you have specific tools you prefer to use, feel welcome to bring them along. Otherwise, you just show up!
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Classes are mid-sized, typically anywhere from 8 to 15 students.
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Our Journeys are the natural next step; these are multi-session format that builds over time. For example, our Writing Intensive spans 8 weeks with the same group and is a great way to get deep into writing!
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