It was never boring. There were no classroom distractions and no 45 minute late night drives. I could get up to make a cup of tea, listen to my favorite CDs, print out the lectures and read them at my leisure. GWW online writing workshops are very similar to the live classes we offer in New York City. The courses last ten weeks.
Class size is limited to eighteen students.
The same dedicated faculty of professional teaching artists run the classes. And, as always, the focus is on the craft of writing. The big difference is that all the elements that are offered in each three hour class meeting of a live class are instead available for an entire week. These classes are asynchronous, which simply means that you do not have to be present at the exact moment your teacher is posing a question, and you need not be present at the exact moment one of your classmates is making a comment. For instance, in a live class meeting a teacher gives a lecture, assigns an in-class exercise, and the class critiques work written by one or more of the students.