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Hysterical
Writing Workshops Paris 2026 (7/21-7/26)
Writing Workshops Paris 2026 (7/21-7/26)
Creative Writing Workshop in Paris, France. SUMMER 2026. A rigorous creative writing workshop for fiction and nonfiction writers in Paris. Led by Ramona Ausubel, Robert Anthony Siegel, Karen E. Bender, Joan Kwon Glass, Kelly Luce, and Elissa Bassist. Learn more and apply at WritingWorkshops.com.
Writing Funnier Nonfiction (4/19)
Writing Funnier Nonfiction (4/19)
Learn 50+ comedy techniques for nonfiction with Thurber Prize semi-finalist Elissa Bassist. Transform essays, memoirs & profiles. Live Zoom Seminar. $99.
Good on a Sentence Level (5/17)
Good on a Sentence Level (5/17)
Sharpen your sentences in this live online writing seminar with Elissa Bassist, author of Hysterical. Style exercises, lecture & Q&A. May 2026. Enroll now!
Inside Jokes: A Comedy and Creativity Guide for All Writers
Inside Jokes: A Comedy and Creativity Guide for All Writers
Monthly Generative Writing Sessions via Substack
Monthly Generative Writing Sessions via Substack
It's monthly virtual writing sessions
"Writer Math"
"Writer Math"
If you think a piece is 100 percent done, it’s actually 45 percent done. To get it to 100 percent done, you can’t. If you think you need “just a fe...
"New Shows Starring Women"
"New Shows Starring Women"
March is Women’s History Month, and streamers will deliver new, groundbreaking series centering women.
HYSTERICAL: A Memoir
HYSTERICAL: A Memoir
Tragedy Plus Time newsletter (for writers)
Tragedy Plus Time newsletter (for writers)
An award-deserving newsletter about turning tragedy into comedy--with monthly generative writing sessions for paid subscribers and my crushes. Click to read Tragedy Plus Time, by Elissa Bassist, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
HYSTERICAL newsletter (for crazy psycho bitches)
HYSTERICAL newsletter (for crazy psycho bitches)
HYSTERICAL is a newsletter about the book Hysterical, which is about how a woman’s voice develops (or doesn’t) in a culture where men talk and women should really keep it down. Click to read HYSTERICAL, by Elissa Bassist, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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Elissa Bassist is an editor, humor writer, teacher, speaker, and author of HYSTERICAL. Take a class for advice on the art and power of turning tragedy into comedy.
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