Writers’ Room
Writing feeds your creativity from the inside out.
Writing teaches you to listen closely, notice deeply, and make sense of your thoughts. It’s not about having the right words or calling yourself a writer. It’s about giving language to the ideas, images, and questions that are already moving through you.
Even if you’ve never written seriously before, the practice often feels surprisingly natural, opening new ways of seeing, making, and connecting across your creative life.
Writers’ Room is about building on ideas together with a small group over 8 weeks.
The format is inspired by the collaborative, energetic format of writers’ rooms, but adapted for curiosity and play. We’ll go from learning from examples to diving into big questions about everyday life. The emphasis is on low-pressure conversation, exploration, and seeing what happens when you let ideas be a little messy. No experience required.
Now Enrolling for Fall 2026
Writers’ Room
4 installments of $230
(or $890 upfront)
8 sessions over 8 weeks. Tuesdays from 6:30-9:30pm, from Sept 17 to Nov 5 at our Williamsburg location.
Only 16 spots available, and we don’t know when this will run again so don’t wait!
Sessions in this Intensive
Session 1
“Finding the Room”
We begin by building the writers’ room together, with a shared dinner. You’ll receive your writing toolkit, settle in with a grounding check in, and set intentions for your project. Through short readings across genres, we’ll explore how form shapes voice and possibility, before closing with your first generative writing prompt in a room grounded in collaboration rather than completion.
Casual dinner provided (think finger foods). Allergen-free options available.
Session 2
“What Are You Writing, Anyway?”
We shift our focus to clarifying what you’re writing and why. After a brief check in and warm up, we’ll look closely at loglines and opening lines from films, books, and essays to understand how ideas take shape and invite a reader in. You’ll workshop your pitch in small groups. We’ll ask questions to refine your idea, and begin outlining a clear path forward for your piece.
Session 3
“Getting Out of Your Head”
Here we turn toward the physical world. We’ll play with sensory detail and notice how sound, texture, and place can bring writing to life. You’ll hear early pages from others and start sharing your own, learning how to listen and respond in ways that feel generous and encouraging. Expect things to feel a little messier and more alive.
Session 4
“The Characters on the Page”
This session focuses on voice and character, whether you’re writing about yourself, someone imagined, or someone in between. We’ll explore how tone, perspective, and small choices shape who shows up on the page. It’s also a chance to pause as a group, check in on how things are feeling, and notice what patterns or questions are starting to emerge.
We’re going on a trip! Tickets for admission are included.
Session 5
“Changing the Scene” (A Field Trip)
We take the writers’ room on the road. This session steps outside the usual setting to shake things loose and reconnect with your work in a different way. Through shared observation, conversation, and time spent writing together elsewhere, you’ll explore how changing your environment can shift your relationship to your story. Tickets or admission for the outing are included.
Session 6
“Listening Closely”
Now we slow down and listen to the language itself. This session invites you to pay attention to rhythm, pacing, and word choice, and how small adjustments can change how a piece feels. Through shared excerpts and thoughtful feedback, you’ll begin revising with more confidence and intention, without losing what made the work feel alive in the first place.
Session 7
“Stepping Back”
This session brings things together. You’ll hear more complete excerpts from across the group and reflect on how perspective and point of view shape meaning. We’ll also start preparing for the final reading, keeping it low stress and supportive, with space to ask questions and get comfortable sharing your work aloud.
Session 8
“The Reading”
We end with a celebration. Writers share excerpts from what they’ve been working on in an open invite reading. Guests are welcome, as are members of the Drawing Room community. Expect wine, cheese, sweets, and plenty of cheering. It’s less about performance and more about honoring the work you’ve done, and celebrating the room you built together.
Cheese, wine, & sweets included–its a celebration! (Allergen-free options available)
What makes up an Intensive?
Dive deeper and build confidence
While Intensives are still open-level and beginner-friendly, we dig deeper and push ourselves to gain confidence, practice, and see improvement.
Intensives are great for when you know you’re really interested in pushing yourself in a particular area. It’s an opportunity to actively create and discuss the philosophy of creativity—exploring how we can weave the practices into our daily lives with intention and purpose.
Unique program design at a great value
Each Intensive is designed with intention and care for the Drawing Room community by professional working artists that reflect their own practice.
We focus on learning and deepening new skills while also connecting with the group over food, drink, and conversation.
Recurring schedule and accountability
Intensives are recurring on the same day for 8 weeks, made up of the same group of up to 16 people.
Build connections with your classmates over the entire Intensive program, see each other grow, and hold yourself accountable to your commitments.
Drawing Room as your campus
Intensive enrollment includes the Creative Flow Membership, giving you access to the Art Library and Open Hours. Just show your digital member card to drop by anytime the space is open—whether to keep practicing, co-work, or connect with friends.
Get 15% off everything else with the membership, too.
Workshop materials and supplies
All materials and supplies needed for your workshops are provided on-site and you take home the pieces you create.
Depending on the intensive, you’ll also receive storage space or take-home kits to work on your projects between sessions!
Office Hours with Instructors
Starting Fall 2026
Intensive students and alumni have the ability to schedule time with Instructors to receive additional support, access to class equipment, and ask questions as you work on independent projects during Open Hours.
Your Instructor
Rachel (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and educator based in Brooklyn. At Drawing Room, she leads storytelling centered classes that blend craft, play, and collaboration, with a strong focus on building creative confidence and genuine community through shared practice.
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FAQs
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Yes, of course!
If you are already a member with a payment method on file, please use the same exact email we have on file for your membership.
Since the Creative Flow Membership is included for all Journey participants, you’ll be prorated for any days not covered by the journey, and these days will be added back at the end of the journey. This means you will not be charged again until you’ve used all the days you’ve paid for last, before signing up for a journey. (Don’t worry, we do the math for you).
Please reach out to our team at info@nycdrawingroom.com with any questions, or for help enrolling
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If you aren’t able to make one of the dates, we will be able to share the lesson plan for the day with you and encourage you to complete the assignment so that you will be prepared for the discussions in the subsequent session.
Unlike the Cohort Program, each session builds on the last, so it’s important to try to make each one! There are currently no make-up days available due to the nature of our programming availability.
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Yes! We offer interest-free payment plans via Klarna. Simply select that option on the payment page.
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Intensive workshops are not open to the public and are exclusive to your group.
You can expect to see the familiar faces of your Intensive members in each of these classes, and you'll get first dibs and get to sign up for any future journeys at Drawing Room.
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All enrollments are final. Please double check your calendar.
However, if you find you are unable to join us for the program for whatever reason after booking, you can let us know at least 7 days before the first session to get credits for a future program date. The credits cannot be individually transferred to events, they must be used in one go for the same program at a future date.
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Absolutely!
There’s so much to learn each time you participate in an Intensive, and they’re open level, so you are encouraged to work with the instructors to push yourself.
Plus, each Intensive is a new opportunity to make new friends and share an experience with a tight knit group of people!
If after an Intensive (or two) you find you’re ready to explore other mediums or want to dive deep into another medium, you can explore our other journeys – you’ll get first dibs!
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We’d recommend you take them one at a time! Each of our journeys are designed to be a comprehensive experience. While participating in multiple (Cohort Program AND an Intensive, for example) is not impossible, you may find yourself at Drawing Room a LOT!! Which, we’d love, but may be intense!
For context, through the Cohort Program you can expect to be at Drawing Room and average of 1-2 times per week, and the Intensive is an average of once per week.