HOT TABLOID TRASH

A CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP

WEDNESDAYS in JUNE
7-8:30pm ET (4-5:30pm PT)

THE RETURN OF OUR MOST POPULAR COURSE EVER!!!!!!!!!! covering all things autofiction, memoir, diary, tabloid, spectacle, scandal, etc.

Dear diary,

Everything is lame but I want to tell you anyway.

Have you been religiously keeping a journal since childhood? Are your top secret notebooks still hidden underneath your mattress? Do you write a thinly veiled version of yourself into weird romantic fantasies? Do you have a budding Substack just begging to become a salacious tell-all?

This workshop will focus on autobiographical writing and the way we write our lives into our work, whether through strict reportage or the fictionalization of real events. We’ll talk about spectacle and scandal. We’ll talk about the flimsy boundary between author and narrator. We’ll talk publishing and what to do when your parents find your work…

This course is facilitated by Jonathan Blake Fostar, founder/editor in chief of Dream Boy Book Club and a Writing and Rhetoric professor at DePaul University.

WHAT: four online workshop sessions + written feedback on your work

WHEN: Wednesdays in June at 7-8:30pm ET (4-5:30pm PT). 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24

WHERE: zoom

WHO: all workshops are facilitated by Jonathan Blake Fostar, publisher / editor-in-chief of dream boy book club, and professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse at DePaul University

COST: the total tuition for this workshop is $199. Payment plans are available. Cancellations will receive a 50% refund  if requested before May 27, 2026.

WHAT NEXT? Please click the button below 👇 to complete the brief application. You will receive an admissions email within the week. Your spot in the course is not guaranteed until payment is processed. Should your plans change, a 50% refund will be provided if requested prior to May 28, 2026. No refunds will be provided after that date.

Email any questions to jonathan@dreamboybook.club.

Blessssssssss 😇 🙏 ✨

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