Advanced Consult Information

The Advanced Consult is the optimal way to move your writing project forward and stay accountable to your goals. Advanced Consults foster a close and personal relationship between you and your writing coach or editor who mentors you one-on-one in private, supportive, scheduled conferences over a six month period. Diagnosing problems, setting deadlines, and providing the inspiration and motivation you need to advance your project are some of the great outcomes of the Advanced Consult experience.

How it works: Advanced Consult memberships are usually scheduled in six month increments.Througout your Advanced Consult period you and your writing coach develop a system of working together that includes exchanging your writing, scheduling conferences, working within your budget, and meeting deadlines to advance your writing. This is the most complete consult we offer to fully develop your manuscript.

Introductory Consult | Read, Review, and Strategize Consult

Advanced Consult | Small Projects Consult

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The Attic Experience

"After each class, I left feeling so stimulated that I could barely get to sleep. Lots of ideas jumping around in my brain, all I wanted to do was sit down at the computer and write. I'm glad I've found this intentional community of talented writers."

Rob Freedman

The Classic Book for Writers, Updated and Revised

EVERY WRITER HAS A THOUSAND FACES

"This book has been in print forever because what it offers works for people." — Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club

"Finally, an anti-bullsht book on creativity!"* — James Marcus, former editor of Harper's

"Does for the creative process what Strunk and White did for our approach to grammar and style. Indispensible." — Marjorie Sandor, National Jewish Book Award winner

"Buoyant...unorthodox...A provocative and anti-intuitive manual for making fresh art." — Kirkus Review

"Biespiel offers a number of best practices—not just for writing...but for living a creative life." — The Rumpus

A Statement of Our Values

The Attic Institute of Arts and Letters opposes the legitimation of bigotry, hate, and misinformation. As a studio for writers, we do not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We embrace and celebrate our shared pursuit of literature and languages as essential to crossing the boundaries of difference. To that end, we seek to maintain a creative environment in which every employee, faculty member, and student feels safe, respected, and comfortable — even while acknowledging that poems, stories, and essays delve into uncomfortable subjects. We accept the workshop as a place to question ourselves and to empathize with complex identities. We understand that to know the world is to write the world. Therefore, we reaffirm our commitment to literary pursuits and shared understanding by affirming diversity and open inquiry.