Class Description
You can learn a lot from great writing, but great writing is also intimidating and you can also learn a lot from other writer’s mistakes -- and some mistakes get published.
In this six-hour seminar we will look at some of the worst writing ever created and break down exactly why it is so bad and what exactly went wrong. This seminar is a cautionary tale, teaching writers what not to do.
We will watch scenes from the notorious so-bad-it’s-good film, The Room. Dig into passages of notorious romance novels, lousy plays, and literary flops.
Writers will learn what not to do by experiencing the worst of the worst. And best of all, writers will leave inspired, thinking, “If this hack got published, so can I.
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
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This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.