Workshops

In-Person

* $75/single one-hour session or $55/session for two or more sessions
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The Basics and the Bold Series

Note: The following list is a menu, from which writers can choose any or all of the Basics and the Bold sessions. These sessions may be experienced in any order and may be taken more than once. However, Class 1: The Basics and the Bold is a prerequisite for all other Basics and Bold classes.

Class 1: The Basics and The Bold: Fundamentals for Editing Your Fiction and Creative Nonfiction—A presentation of key editorial concepts and tools that can notably lift a manuscript toward publication.

Class 2: Easy Edits—Practice using a few highly effective “basics” tools that are, once understood, easy and fun, including “the unnecessary words” and “the experiential verbs.”

Class 3: Bad Acting—Gain experience identifying and revising instances of “bad acting” in your work.

Class 4: Unnecessary Repetitions of Action—Learn to spot and edit “unnecessary repetitions of action.”.

Class 5: The Drama—How to conceive of your book as a palpable tension between two countervailing forces, and how to structure your manuscript to keep that necessary drama alive on the page.

How to Write a Query Letter

Note: The following list is a menu, from which writers may choose any or all of the sessions. Writers may experience the sessions in any order and may take any of them more than once. However, Class 1: The Essential Ingredients of a Query is a prerequisite for all other sessions.