Take a Writing Workshop
Without Negative Vibes
This space was created just for you!
Jay’s classes are fun, constructive, and have helped hundreds of students find their unique voice, finish major projects, and get published. He’s helped bestsellers and beginners and can’t wait to help you create the stories only you can write!
All you have to do is show up (and write).
“Unlike any other teacher I’ve had, Jason truly understands the work his students do or are aiming to do. With that knowledge, he steers each student in the service of their story.”
CLASSES FOR 2024 ARE OPEN!
START YOUR WRITING CAREER: A SEMINAR ON CREATIVITY, STRATEGY, AND PUBLISHING (1-Day)
You want to write, publish, and make a career as a writer, but where and how do you begin? Start Your Writing Career blends your writing interests with the realities of the publishing industry that will help you get published and build a career while you write the stories only you can tell.
Jay will provide guidance on making strategies that fit your writing interests and goals, teach you how to find opportunities others miss, and discuss the good and bad of traditional, indie, and self-publishing your own work.
Duration: 6 hours.
Cost: $50.00
This One-Day Seminar will Meet Sunday, December 8th, 2024 10am-4pm (PST) Online.
WRITING DARK FICTION (1-Day Workshop) WITH JAY AND SPECIAL GUEST, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR KATE ALICE MARSHALL!
What do horror, crime, grit lit, dark thrillers and grim fantasy have in common? They all grip us with stories of emotional power that may not always be nice but are always compelling. So if you love fiction with an edge, why not learn how authors as diverse as Stephen King, Lidia Yuknavitch, Robin Hobb, Gillian Flynn and Chuck Palahniuk grab readers with tales dark and sublime.
Jay is thrilled to announce that your co-teacher for this workshop will be USA TODAY best-selling author Kate Alice Marshall, author of thrillers like WHAT LIES IN THE WOODS and NO ONE CAN KNOW. Let the tag-eam of Ridler and Marshall show you how to write your best, darkest stories.
Duration: 6 hours.
Cost: $50.00
This One-Day Seminar will Meet Sunday, January 19th, 2025, 10am-4pm (PST) Online.
KICKSTART YOUR NOVEL (1-Day Workshop)
Writing a novel seems like an impossibility until you learn how to break it down into exciting pieces and structures that give you more power and authority to construct your big story. Outlining, genre elements, and keeping your creativity while building the story will all be covered! Let’s get this novel started!
Duration: 6 hours.
Cost: $50.00
This One-Day Seminar will Meet Sunday, November 17th, 10am-4pm (PST) Online.
START YOUR BIG PROJECT (1-on-1 sessions)
You want to start your novel or memoir or some big idea project, but how do you from idea to practice and stick with it? Jay can help! Working one-on-one you’ll develop a strategy for writing your project with confidence and fun. You can bring ideas, samples and goals and Jay help you with structure and plot, style and research, and setting milestones for each meeting until you’re project is ready to launch.
All new clients will receive receive 50% off zoom sessions and crits until the end of June! Just contact Jay to create your own project schedule.
This is a one-on-one seminar that will be held at times agreed to by the participants. Just reach out on the CONTACT form and get started!
“Mr. Ridler is the kind of teacher who sparks a love of learning in students and nurtures them in a way that changes lives.”
Coaching and tutoring services also available.