In this 12-week writer coaching program you will work closely with Author Blair Hurley to improve your writing and polish one or more short stories!

You will refine your craft and learn the art of writing exceptional short stories. You'll receive weekly feedback on your writing, enjoy motivation and accountability, and join a fun, supportive community of your fellow writers.

How does the process of writing a short story begin? And how does a writer carry an idea through to a finished work of fiction?

Writing is not just the arrival of an idea on the doorstep: it’s a process of drafting, shaping, and revising that leads to a polished final work.

In this 12-week group coaching program, Author Blair Hurley will teach you how to jumpstart your story idea, from inception to the creation and revision of final drafts.

At the end of this 12-week program, you’ll use the feedback you've received from an industry expert (and your peers) to raise your writing and your short story to the next level. 

You'll walk away with a great foundation in the craft of creative writing—from character, to point of view, to voice, etc. 

There is no better motivation for writers than getting instant feedback on your work. In this program, you will share your writing (up to 4,000 words each week) and receive helpful feedback and guidance from author Blair Hurley and other writers in the program. 

Consider this program a kind of “One-Stop Shop” for building your short story writing career. It will turn you into a better writer, help you finish your book faster, and create the best, most polished product at the end of the 12 weeks.

Blair Hurley is the author of THE DEVOTED, published by W.W. Norton, which was longlisted for The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. Her work is published or forthcoming in Paris Review Daily, Electric Literature, The Georgia Review, Ninth Letter, Guernica, West Branch, and elsewhere.

She received a 2018 Pushcart Prize and two Pushcart Prize nominations in 2019.

Blair received her A.B. from Princeton University and her M.F.A. from NYU. Today she teaches creative writing at Grubstreet, Catapult, and elsewhere.

She is the host of the Writerly Bites podcast.

Picture your short story featured in your favourite literary magazine. Picture holding a printed copy of that magazine in your hands, your words staring back at you. Picture seeing it on bookstore shelves around the world. Picture pulling it up online and seeing hundreds of rave reviews.

This 12-week intensive mentorship will help you get there. 

This program is led by Blair Hurley, an award-winning author with numerous years of experience in the publishing industry. She knows great writing, and what publishers—and readers—are looking for.

You've been struggling to master the art of the short story for long enough.

You've read countless blogs and interviews with legendary authors, hoping to finally find the secret sauce that will elevate your slapdash stories to Murakami heights.

You've come up with countless ideas, but only finished a handful of stories; and are  truly proud of only a few.

You could stay in this place, unsure about what makes a good short story, desperate to know what you're missing, and why your stories aren't connecting.

You could continue trading notes with writing friends you met online, scrolling through blogs, or wasting time on Twitter.

...But we'd rather help you leave a legacy for the world in the pages of your stories!