Philip Schultz On Writing And Traveling
Read a recent interview in “Cagibi” here.
Phil Schultz waits while several students in his workshop make tactful criticisms about one of their peer’s weekly exercises. When they have finished, Schultz turns to its author, a nine-year veteran of his Writers Studio program who has published stories in several literary journals, and asks her, “What were you feeling when you wrote this?”…
At our school poets discover they’re really fiction writers and vice versa all the time. The right technique gives us permission to be wrong, and bad, and unfair, things we perhaps always longed to be; it allows us to be ourselves, irrevocably. — “Five Pieces of Writing Advice From Philip Schultz,” in Literary Hub. Read more…
Jennifer Egan, Writer “I don’t think I’ve ever felt more of a clear triumph, a sense of finally having crossed over a chasm. Published Jan 11, 2016 I was in a writing group, and we would read work aloud every week. And we paid a modest sum to the leader. It was actually Philip Schultz,…
FEATURED Philip Schultz in Mantua, September 9, 2016. (Basso Cannarsa, Luzphoto) 26MAR 201710:42 OPINIONS The poem by Philip Schultz helps us deal with the age of the anger Nicola Lagioia , writer In recent weeks, the poet and American novelist Philip Schultz was in Italy for a brief round of introductions. Pulitzer Prize Winner in…
Liz Kingsley interviewed the author of The Best Place to Be, published by Simon and Schuster. Lesley Dormen is a student in the Master Class and teaches Level IV in New York. Liz Kingsley: How have the workshops at The Writers Studio helped you understand your writing process? Lesley Dormen: I started in Level I…
James Lasdun’s new book, “Afternoon of a Faun,” is called “brilliant” by Katy Waldman in “The New Yorker” April 30, 2019 issue. James will discuss his technique with Philip Schultz in the Craft Class on May 7. James is also a longtime member of The Writers Studio Advisory Board.