Writing students at Barat House workshop

Writers' Hub Workshops

Manhattanville Writers’ Hub Fall Workshops

The Writers’ Hub at Manhattanville University is a literary home for the local Westchester County and Hudson Valley community.

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Writers' Hub Fall 2025 Workshops

Each semester, the Manhattanville University MFA Program develops a series of creative writing workshops that are open to local community members and program alumni as well as to current MFA students. These events are designed to dig deeply into a specific element of the craft of writing and to help participants hone their skills. All events take place at Barat House, home of the Dowd-O'Gorman Creative Writing Center, tucked away on Manhattanville’s vibrant campus. Please see this semester’s offerings below. We look forward to hosting you at Barat House. Come work on your writing craft with us!

Mike Levine

How to Think Like Your Reader

To write well, no matter the genre, you have to learn how to approach your own work as if you were the reader. It sounds simple, but it’s an immense challenge. Your head is full of information (the product of invention or research), not all of which will appear on the page. In fact, leaving some of it out is essential. For your readers, however, the page is all they have. In this workshop, we’ll talk about why holding onto these opposing perspectives – the author who knows everything and the reader who knows nothing – can help you identify and solve a host of potential problems.

Saturday, November 15, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Barat House, Manhattanville University

Registration Fee: $50. FREE for current Manhattanville MFA students