The Grotto is a place. Or, it is a hypothesis about "Place", which we have been testing for some time. The hypothesis is that
working writers will be more productive (and have more courage to pursue the kind of writing they really want to do) if they work in a community of writers—if they surround
themselves with other writers pursuing this same vague ambition. The writers and filmmakers at the Grotto are not united by anything more than that—not by any school of thought,
or style, or genre. Our differences rub off on each other, informally, and we grow into talents we didn't even know we had.
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SF Writer's Grotto
The Grotto began in 1994, when Po Bronson, Ethan Watters and Ethan Canin rented a six room flat in a rundown Victorian on upper Market Street,
to use exclusively as a workspace. It was, at the time, a unique proposition: an office for the creative self-employed, people who by definition don't
need to punch a clock, and it took a while for the concept to be fully understood. Early misconceptions were that the Grotto was a clubhouse or bohemian
retreat, not a place where artists welcomed the discipline of structuring their work lives, and building a community of peers.
SoMa Literary Review
New Voices From San Francisco's Subculture.
Western Egg
Rob Tocalino and Wester Egg copy dreams to make reality. From idea to inception, they strive to deliver cost-effective written
communications of the highest quality. No finicky artists or foot-dragging here; just your words the way you want them.
Michael Chorost
Author of Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human.
Melodie Bowsher
A former Wall Street Journal reporter, freelance business writer, and
author of My Lost and Found Life.
Paul Linde
Enterprising Linde. Healer, author, radio host.
Raj Patel
Author of Stuffed and Starved:
The Battle for the World Food System
Bernice Yeung
Freelance journalist.
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