Would you like to write funny stories or essays like McSweeney’s writers John Moe and Ryan Boudinot, or screenplays like Warren Etheredge, or stories about your family like Kathleen Alcalá?  How about lovely novels about the Puget Sound like Jim Lynch? ’Fess up, you may have had a secret longing to write from the perspective of an animal (like, say, Garth Stein), or simply to write striking poetry like Cody Walker and Catherine Wing. (And whether you admit it or not, who doesn’t want a chance to write for The Stranger?)

We cannot guarantee that you will be able to do any of these things once you’ve taken one of our workshops, nor can we promise imminent fame and fortune if you take all of these workshops, but we can guarantee you will be closer than you are right now, and you’ll have some fun to boot.

Join 826 Seattle for the inauguration of How To Write Like I Do, a year-long series of adult writing workshops in which lots of really talented writers donate their time so a bunch of adults, many of whom are also writers or want to be writers, can pay money to learn more about writing, and all that money goes into the coffers of 826 Seattle so we can help young writers (ages 6-18) with their writing, free of charge. *

Each workshop is only $27 (tax included) and for that you get to spend two hours with local and national writing luminaries, learning their secrets, as well as have books signed by said luminaries and drink coffee with them. You will be able to say things like, “Oh yes, I’ve had coffee with Stewart Stern, you know, the man who wrote the screenplay for Rebel Without A Cause.”  (Although at this writing we don’t even know if Stewart likes coffee.)  Regardless, do we need to tell you that these experiences could be crucial to your future as a writer as well as your development as a human being?

Sign up now.  Sign up for the whole series and get one workshop free. Space is limited and we expect to sell out †. And, if a heightened awareness of good sentence structure and the creation of a unique story arc isn’t enough for you, think about this: by signing up for these workshops, you are also helping young people learn to write better. If we weren’t sick of the over-used expression “win-win” we would, indeed, call this a “win-win” situation.

All workshops take place at 826 Seattle, located at 8414 Greenwood Ave North - one building south of 85th and Greenwood. Enter through the Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co.

* Is that sentence too long? What makes a long sentence too long? Who gets to decide? You will have opportunities to discuss topics like this at these workshops.

†Although that expectation is based on nothing except the fact that these folks are exceptionally good writers and teachers and everybody keeps asking about this series but we’ve really never done it before so what do we know?