masterclass

Write and Sell your Article

Starts January 6, 2025

Personal Essay Writing Workshop
$499.00
  • Online

  • Sundays

  • May 3 to June 8, 2025

  • noon to 2:00 PM ET

Ready to Turn Your Personal Essay into Published Masterpieces?

Want to Write Articles That Captivate and Sell?

Join our 6-week online non-fiction writing course, veteran journalist Jonathan Small will help you craft your story from idea to finished product.

With hands-on, step-by-step guidance, he’ll work with you to develop, research, and write a strong personal essay suitable for publication. He’ll also help you compose a killer pitch letter and offer tips and tricks for selling your story.

Each two-hour session includes online lectures, in-class exercises, and hands-on article workshopping.

By the end of the course, you should have a finished article you’re excited to share with the world.

Session One: Coming Up with Ideas

Session Two: Research and Interviews

Session Three: Writing Your Outline and Structure

Session Four: The First Draft

Session Five: The Revise

Session Six: The Pitch

Take Your Writing to the Next Level!

Enroll Now and Secure Your Spot!

One-on-One Coaching

Jonathan Small offers private consultation for writers, executives, thought leaders, and anyone who wants to share their stories and ideas with the world. 

Whether you want to write an article, a book, a screenplay, a speech, an article, or a white paper, I aim to help you put all those incredible ideas swirling around in your head onto the page.

I offer one-on-one consulting and ghostwriting, webinars, and courses.

Unlike other impersonal content mills or agencies, I provide each client with a specialized collaboration, as if they’re working with their own personal writing partner.

 

How It Works

 
 

STEP 1. Get Free Consultation

Before we get started, I'd like us both to get to know each other better. This will help me better understand your plans and goals, and give you an opportunity to ask me questions so you can make an informed decision. I offer our initial engagement free of charge.  

STEP 2. Strategize

If we decide to move forward in our collaboration, the next step would be to iron out the details—including time frame, deliverables, and compensation. Because most projects differ in size and scope, there are no set fees.

Step 3. Listen and Learn

This is the fun part. You play VIP interviewee and I play Oprah, as we sit down a number of times together, either in person or on Skype, talking, sharing ideas and stories, and answering my plethora of questions. All the while, I record every word you say and take copious amounts of notes.

STEP 4. Get Drafted

Let the writing begin! Depending on your ideal work style, you will either work with me as we shape and mold your first and second draft together, allow me do all the initial work and weigh in later with thoughts and notes, or take a stab at the first draft and let me be your tough love editor.

STEP 5. Publish!

With final draft in hand, I will offer exclusive tips, tricks, and insider knowledge on getting your work published.