I hope you’ll consider taking this easygoing, but useful, writing workshop. It’s a good deal for members of the West Side YMCA. Thanks. –Thad Rutkowski, www.thaddeusrutkowski.com

?Generating Fiction? will begin Monday evening, Sept. 13, 2010, at The Writer’s Voice of the West Side YMCA, 5 West 63rd Street. The class will include brief exercises and detailed, constructive criticism of works-in-progress. Stories, novel chapters, creative nonfiction and experimental approaches are welcome. Open to everyone. Ten meetings. Financial aid is available. Registration for non-YMCA members begins Aug. 30. Register in person or online (I can send instructions).

For information (but not to register), call Casey Slone at (212) 912-2634, or e-mail cslone@ymcanyc.org.