LEVEL V

This is the Master Class taught in New York City by Philip Schultz. Students are encouraged to recognize their own strengths and limitations as writers so that they may consciously develop narrators, and consequently a writing style, that is uniquely suited to them. The goal of this class is to help students discover a way of writing that can be sustained throughout their lives. Students at this level, while continuing to do exercises from the Craft Class, routinely complete poems and stories to submit for publication, and work toward creating a book-length manuscript. Teachers in the school also participate in this workshop.

Open only to those students who have completed Level IV and by permission of the teacher.

“The workshop has definitely given a structure to my writing. It has also made my writing life more challenging when I'm stuck for ideas, in that it provides a wonderful springboard or launch pad. Most of my short stories have begun as Writers Studio exercises.”

—ELIZABETH ENGLAND winner of the 2001 Grand Prize Fiction Award from Inkwell Magazine, while a Writers Studio writer.

Where to start at The Writers Studio?

New York City: Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV | Level V | Advanced Poetry | Tutorial

Online: Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV | Online Intermediate Poetry | Online Advanced Poetry

Tucson: Workshop | Intermediate | Advanced

San Francisco: Workshop Financial District | Workshop Rockridge | Intermediate | Advanced

Amsterdam: Workshop | Intermediate Workshop | Advanced Online | Online