What Kind of Education Does a Writer Need?

And what is education really FOR, anyway?

✍️ I have two classes coming up in the new year with the Writing Co-Lab! Journaling Toward Clarity starts January 7th, meets for an hour on Tuesday mornings, and will be a generative space for writers of all sorts. And Writing for Women on the Verge is back, starting January 31! This class always fills up so grab your spot soon.

✍️ I’m also teaching Writing Autofiction for Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop — both online and in Brooklyn! Join us and let’s make art out of the stuff of life.

Photo by Museums Victoria on Unsplash

I’ve been thinking a lot about education lately. Not just because I teach so many writing classes and am excited about the aforementioned upcoming courses (although that too) but also because in my corner of the world, it’s high school application season. Not for me — I already went, thank you very much — but for my youngest child. How is this possible, you say, when I myself am so dewy and youthful? I’m so glad you asked.

Anyway I assume that unless you happen to …