The End

Returning to endings in nonfiction/real life

Mar 10 • Elissa Bassist

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February 2026

Writing Endings

How to stick the landing and consciously uncouple from your essay, memoir, or celebrity relationship

Feb 12 • Elissa Bassist

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December 2025

Cracking Structure in Nonfiction (Still)

The recording and recap of writing funnier nonfiction part 3

Dec 11, 2025 • Elissa Bassist

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Cracking Structure in Nonfiction

Organizing your mess of words, thoughts, feelings, opinions, insights, research, scenes, details, dialogue, jokes, references, people, and everything…

Dec 5, 2025 • Elissa Bassist

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October 2025

Funny Personal Essays

The next generative writing session: go from topic to shitty first draft in one sitting or die trying

Oct 4, 2025 • Elissa Bassist

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September 2025

Writing Funnier Speakers

The recording and the recap of writing funnier nonfiction part 2

Sep 23, 2025 • Elissa Bassist

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August 2025

Writing Funnier Nonfiction

The recording and the recap

Aug 25, 2025 • Elissa Bassist

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Writing Funnier Nonfiction

The next generative writing session (plus fall seminars)

Aug 6, 2025 • Elissa Bassist

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July 2025

BE HYSTERICAL

Writing session #2 on voice and emotion: the recap and the recording

Jul 17, 2025 • Elissa Bassist

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BE HYSTERICAL

The second generative writing session on voice and emotion

Jul 1, 2025 • Elissa Bassist

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June 2025

Declare Email Bankruptcy

A writing tip

Jun 24, 2025 • Elissa Bassist

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Writing Traumedy

Going to therapy is writing

Jun 3, 2025 • Elissa Bassist

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