Our online narrative prose workshops take various forms and are offered several times a year. They are suitable for fiction and creative nonfiction writers and can be taken multiple times. EON provides a supportive yet challenging community and an ongoing conversation for the purpose of helping each writer develop, finish or revise a manuscript. All workshops and events of the 24-Hour Room are governed by our community ethos of Radical Editorial Empathy.

In addition to the main weekly meeting, EON offers:

•Discussion of Craft Topics tailored to the specific interests of the writers enrolled

•Written Feedback from the Workshop Leader

Manuscript-Based EON sessions are organized much like traditional writing workshops, where writers exchange manuscripts, read and one another’s work and discuss literary craft, plus occasional outside readings and conversations about the business of publishing.

Generative EON sessions include morning co-writing meetings in addition to the weekly workshop. Your goal should be to write every day during the session and to share (a maximum of) 2 pages / 500 words a week with the group, to be read out-loud. There is no requirement to read other writers' work in advance or make written comments, but each writer will receive brief written feedback from the workshop leader on work they share. We’ll also spend time discussing each writer’s project in terms of its larger structure and any roadblocks the writer may be encountering.

NOW ENROLLING FOR FALL 2025:

MANUSCRIPT-BASED EON WITH DAVE KING

Nine Wednesday Evenings 10/8-12/17 (skipping 10/15 and 11/26) , 6-8:30 pm ET on Zoom

$900

UPCOMING IN WINTER 2026:

GENERATIVE EON WITH ELIZABETH GAFFNEY

Six Wednesday Evenings in January and February plus weekday morning co-writing, prompts and office hours.

6-9 pm EDT on Zoom

$700

Request a place on the Waitlist or Advance Sign Up List for Upcoming Terms

During the months of May, September and January, a small group of former students from either the Novel Workshop or Engines of Narrative may convene to read each others’ prose manuscripts along with Elizabeth Gaffney. By special arrangement. $1600

Work on your manuscript one-on-one with Elizabeth Gaffney. You’ll get a thorough reading, marignal notes, a letter with detailed notes, suggestions and an editorial plan, and time to discuss the project with Elizabeth on Zoom. $75/1000 words. By arrangement.

Work one-on-one with Elizabeth Gaffney as you develop an idea, generate new pages or edit a project, which can be prose of any scale, from flash to a book-length work. Scheduled by mutual arrangement.

$300/hour broken into two sessions, one devoted to brainstorming, inspiration, prompts or help with planning, one for reviewing up to 5000 words of prose.

Fall 25 Now enrolling: 9/22-12/22/25

The Novel Workshop is a class taught twice a year by Elizabeth Gaffney through A Public Space’s Academy. Each writer workshops their entire novel draft and reads nine other novels over 12 weeks. This class sells out. It usually runs in Fall and Spring.

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