{"id":20,"date":"2011-12-09T13:57:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T18:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:46:16","slug":"why-so-big","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rittenhouse Writers\u2019 Group is a series of quarterly fiction writing workshops. If you\u2019re tired of working in isolation, if you want to meet other writers, if you\u2019re preparing for a graduate level writing program, or if you just want to get some writing done, the Rittenhouse Writers\u2019 Group may be for you. We cut through formality and empty theory to get to your writing. We encourage originality, and don\u2019t get stuck on one approach or style of writing.<br \/>\n<div id='stb-container-4392' class='stb-container-css stb-alert-container stb-no-caption stb-image-none stb-ltr stb-shadow stb-side-none' style='margin: 20 pxpx 20pxpx 15 pxpx 20 pxpx;'><aside class='stb-icon'><img src='http:\/\/test.rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-special-textboxes\/images\/alert-b.png'><\/aside><div id='stb-box-4392' class='stb-alert_box stb-box' ><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 120%; text-align: center;\">The emphasis is on instruction and help,<br \/>\nrather than criticism.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>RWG provides a forum of readers\u2019 voices, a supportive audience made up of your peers, along with suggestions and advice on ways to improve your writing from its founder, James Rahn.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Rahn has published <em>Full Moon Bop,<\/em> <em>Rittenhouse Writers \/ Reflections on a Fiction Workshop<\/em>, <em>Bloodnight<\/em>, and stories and articles in many magazines. He taught fiction for fifteen years at the University of Pennsylvania, and has an MFA in Writing from Columbia University.<br \/>\n<div id='stb-container-3999' class='stb-container-css stb-alert-container stb-no-caption stb-image-none stb-ltr stb-shadow stb-side-none' style='margin: 20 pxpx 20pxpx 20 pxpx 20 pxpx;'><aside class='stb-icon'><img src='http:\/\/test.rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-special-textboxes\/images\/alert-b.png'><\/aside><div id='stb-box-3999' class='stb-alert_box stb-box' ><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 90%; text-align: center;\">You\u2019ll find out what works<br \/>\nand what doesn\u2019t in your fiction.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>James Rahn maintains a private practice of psychoanalytically-informed consultations for writers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <a title=\"Private consultations\" href=\"http:\/\/rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=44\">here<\/a> for more information.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rittenhouse Writers\u2019 Group is a series of quarterly fiction writing workshops. If you\u2019re tired of working in isolation, if &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":876,"href":"https:\/\/www.rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rittenhousewritersgroup.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}