Workshops
The Writing Collective
Meets: Sept 16-Nov 20, 2025
Tuesdays and Thursday mornings, 9-10a CT / 10-11a ET
Location: Zoom
Cost: $165 for 22 sessions
Begin Your Book I
Session I: October 4, 2025, 9a-12p CST / 10-1p EST
Session II: October 11, 2025, 9a-12p CST / 10-1p EST
Instructor: Susanna Daniel
Location: Attend in person or via Zoom
Cost: $95 per session (attend Session I or both sessions)
Enrollment: waitlist
Screenwriting Workshops
Meets: 5 Wednesdays, Oct 1-29, 2025
Instructor: Michael Graf
Location: Live on Zoom
Cost: $595
Enrollment: 6 openings
Begin Your Book II
Session I: October 4, 2025, 9a-12p CST / 10-1p EST
Session II: October 11, 2025, 9a-12p CST / 10-1p EST
Instructor: Susanna Daniel
Location: Attend in person or via Zoom
Cost: $95 per session (attend Session I or both sessions)
Enrollment: waitlist
Revise Your Book
Meets: Once a month, 2nd Saturday, Oct. 11-March 14, 2025, 9a-12p CST.
Instructor: Michelle Wildgen
Location: Zoom or Eastside of Madison
Cost: $1195
Enrollment: wait list
Six-Month Book Incubator
Meets: 3rd Thurs, Oct-Mar 2025, 530-730p
Instructor: Susanna Daniel
Location: live on Zoom
Cost: $675
Enrollment: 3 openings
Writing with Consistency and Courage
Meets: November 8, 2025, 9a-12p CST
Instructor: Tamara Dean
Location: In person, west side
Cost: $95
Enrollment: 10 openings
Write Your Novel
WYN is a fully supported, self-paced course you can start anytime. After starting, you’ll have up to one year to finish your novel draft.
Write a Book in a Year 2026 / in person
Meets: Monthly, third Weds 6-9p CT, Jan-Dec
Instructor: Susanna Daniel
Location: Madison, WI (and Zoom when nec)
Cost: $2595 (in 2 payments)
Enrollment: 5 openings
Write a Book in a Year 2026 / live on Zoom
Meets: Monthly, fourth Weds 6:30-9:30p ET / 5:30-8:30p CT
Instructor: Susanna Daniel
Location: Zoom
Cost: $2595 (in 2 payments)
Enrollment: 8 openings
Visions & Revisions 2026
Meets: Jan-Nov, fourth Tuesdays, 7-9p ET / 6-8p CT
Instructors: Michelle Wildgen & Susanna Daniel
Location: live on Zoom
Cost: $1495
Enrollment: 8 openings
Life Story Writing Workshop
Meets: August 2, 2025 from 1-4p
Instructor: Sara Roahen
Location:A Place to Be
Cost: $95 includes Sara’s book, pen and notebook, and refreshments
Enrollment: wait list
Fourth Lake Writing Weekend
June 20-22, 2025
Instructors: Deshawn McKinney, Christopher Chambers, Susanna Daniel, and Michelle Wildgen
Location: Madison Concourse Hotel
Tuition: $595
Enrollment: Space is limited. Join us.
Healing through Storytelling
Meets: Sunday, April 6, 2025, 2-4p CT
Instructor: Sara Alvarado
Location: A Place to Be, 911 Williamson St., Madison
Cost: $65
Enrollment: 12 openings
Writers' Salon / in person
Rolling admission. Fourth Saturdays, 9-11a CST, in person.
At our salons, which are part workshop and part support group, writers of all levels of skill and experience share their work, recharge their creative energy, and connect with other writers in a supportive, intimate setting.
Writing for the Fun of It: A Short Class to Inspire Creativity
Meets: Weekly for 4 weeks
Instructor: Michelle Wildgen
Location: East side
Cost: $225
Enrollment: wait list
Creative Writing for Teens
Meets: Weekly for 4 weeks
Instructor: Susanna Daniel
Location: West Side
Cost: $160
Enrollment: 2 openings