Writers’ Room II
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.
A rigorous 8-week intensive for writers ready to complete a substantial piece of work.
Writers' Room II is about creation and expansion. This course is for writers who have completed the introductory intensive or have strong levels of comfort with generating pages. The tone shifts from supportive feedback to generative critique.
Through in-depth sessions and writing assignments, writers will leave with a completed draft of a short story, a narrative essay, chapters of a memoir/novel, collection of poems, or a piece of dramatic writing.
Now Enrolling for Winter 2026-2027
Writers’ Room II
4 installments of $230
(or $890 upfront)
8 sessions over 8 weeks. Mondays, 6:30pm-9:30pm, between Nov 23 to Jan 18 in our Midtown location.
Limited spots available!
Sessions in this Intensive
Session 1
“Blueprint”
We'll build the room together over dinner, receive our Revision Toolkits, and map out a path forward for your project.
Session 2
“Start Your Engine”
We shift from possibility to propulsion. Workshop your structural map in small groups to uncover the driving force behind your piece.
Session 3
“Architecture of Story”
Discover the peculiar quirks that make a voice yours. Hear early pages from others and learn how to listen and respond in ways that feel actionable and specific.
Session 4
“Hearing Voices” (A Field Trip)
We're going on a field trip! This session focuses on dialogue and subtext, what people say, what they don't, and what happens in between. During a visit to a public space or storytelling, we’ll eavesdrop on conversations, observe body language, and find the unique characters next to us.
We’re going on a trip! Tickets for admission are included.
Session 5
“Glorious Mess”
Learn how to get unblocked by writing a complete disaster draft that is messy, wandering, or full of wrong turns.
Session 6
“Kill Your Darlings”
Learn practical editing techniques: cutting words, tightening scenes, and making every sentence earn its place. You'll leave with a leaner, meaner, more alive draft.
Session 7
“Feedback Fandango”
Slow down and listen in a full-group workshop with a twist. With playful yet meaningful critique, gain a deeper understanding of your piece and its impact on others.
Session 8
“Literary Party”
We end with a celebration and sharing of a single polished page or story up to five minutes. Guests are welcome. Cheese, wine, sweets, included.
Cheese, wine, & sweets included–its a celebration! (Allergen-free options available)
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.
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.
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