The Writers Grotto Classes

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1663 Mission St Ste 602
San Francisco, CA 94103

History

We began in 1994, when writers Po Bronson, Ethan Canin and Ethan Watters rented a six-room flat in a rundown Victorian on San Francisco's upper Market Street, to use exclusively as a workspace. Today, we occupy an entire floor of an office building in South Park. The Grotto now has a roster of over one hundred authors, journalists, fiction writers, filmmakers, poets and other

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5.0144 reviews
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Virginia R.
12/8/2025

Just finished Lindsey Crittenden's Start from Scratch course. It was one of the best writing courses I've taken. Very well structured with challenging and interesting instruction. Lindsey kept the...

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Denise C.
10/25/2025

Very nice building ..Ive heard of this workshop group u pay for ..writing aside the building is an old block building from the war and industrial days ..different views of SF industrial scape...

Sarah C.
12/9/2025

I loved the class I took at the Grotto. Lindsey Crittenden is a fantastic teacher--great at leading discussions, an incisive reader, wonderfully supportive and encouraging. The other students were...

Tam Z.
12/4/2025

Just finished Lindsey Crittenden's 6-week Start from Scratch class where we wrote a short story from scratch. Lindsey taught us valuable skills and came to every class organized with notes. The...

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Mike F.
10/19/2025

Just finished Lindsey Crittenden's Work-in-Progress Workshop and had a great experience. Lindsey was an excellent workshop leader, very encouraging and supportive. The Writers Grotto is an awesome...

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