Current Offerings
Flash Nonfiction Generator
Saturday Oct. 17th, 2-5pm Eastern Time
Through Writing Workshops
Online over Zoom
Writing in the short form — 1,000 words or less — can be a powerful way to energize your essays. In this one-day online nonfiction workshop, you’ll learn techniques that create lasting depth and impact with few words, and you’ll generate several fresh essay drafts that can be developed into publication-ready flash nonfiction. Whether you need a creative spark or want to sharpen your craft, this seminar offers a focused, generative experience.
Lizzie will guide you through short readings of published flash essays, generative writing exercises, and her honest approach to revision and publication strategy. You’ll explore the structures and techniques that make short nonfiction resonate, and you’ll put those ideas into practice through in-class writing. At the end of the session, you will receive additional flash essay readings and writing prompts to continue your work on your own.
1:1 Developmental Editing
Lizzie is also available for select manuscript and essay coaching, developmental edits, and MFA application feedback. Contact for details.
Student Testimonials
“Lizzie Lawson is a gifted teacher and writing coach. She brings a distinctive ease to all that is strange and unique in writing about relationships. As I turn toward revision, the themes Lizzie identified and questions she raised are providing a vital starting point — making the process much less daunting.” — Julie Van Etten
“Lizzie made class feel like a chill, yet super informed writing workshop. She made everyone feel welcomed and included. Her knowledge helped my writing tenfold. If you get the chance to take a class with her I 100% recommend!” — Hannah Backman
“Lizzie provided an atmosphere of creativity and openness within the vulnerable space of a writing class. She always provided sincere feedback, and her leadership led to respectful and useful feedback from the other participants. I left the class feeling inspired to continue on my writing journey!” — Liz
“The readings were excellent – I’ve been introduced to new writers and developed obsessions with a few. I’ve also written an essay – probably the best thing I’ve ever written – that I’ve been wanting to write for about six months, but needed a pop culture vehicle to tell the story through. Anyway, thought it was fabulous.” — Former Student
“Lizzie exposed us to so many unique voices/perspectives and always generated a comfortable environment to share our work in. The essay selection was phenomenal.” — Former Student
“The feedback that Lizzie provided was really detailed, constructive, and thorough. You can tell she really cared about making us better writers.” — Former Student
“I was offered feedback on a very personal essay I wrote for this class—Lizzie was gentle, practical, and helpful in her approach to helping me write and edit this piece. Her advice on other students’ writing also provided a great perspective for a broad range of pieces.” — Former Student
