“Its a welcoming community that creates space to think hard about how your writing can be a tool for personal growth and healing. ”
— A.M., Winter 2025

The next session of The Third Story Workshop starts in August!

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“Great teachers help you find your own truths. They guide you, rather than lecture. They share their journey and invite you to make your own. The very best are kind. Ana Marie Cox has all these qualities, and more.”
— Bill C., Winter 2023 and 2024

  • I'm a better writer by learning how to be more aware of the world, and my emotions. The workshop can make all the difference.

    Bill, Winter 2025

  • Its a welcoming community that creates space to think hard about how your writing can be a tool for personal growth and healing. Your writing will improve. But more importantly, you'll think about your recovery in a different way.

    A.M., Winter 2025

  • Safe space to truly wrestle with (and get meaningful feedback on) writing habits and techniques in the context of very real and emotional topics.

    Todd, Winter 2025

  • Motivation! Organization. Feedback. Techniques. Learning as an adult. Being around other writers for the first time. Meeting really cool people.

    Melissa, Winter 2025

  • Great teachers help you find your own truths. They guide you, rather than lecture. They share their journey and invite you to make your own. The very best are kind. Ana Marie Cox has all these qualities, and more. If you want to be a better person, and a better writer. You must take this class.

    M.T., Winter 2025

  • More thoughtful, intentional, and hopefully effective in my writing. And turning writing into a tool to work through some difficult issues.

    S.W., Winter 2025

There’s the story you tell yourself, the story the world tells you, and the story you tell the world. That’s your third story.

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