THE PACIFIC COAST CHILDREN’S WRITERS WORKSHOP
Quality • Camaraderie • Opportunity
A Team-Taught Seminar for 30 Middle Grade and Young Adult Novelists
Specializing in Character-Driven, Realistic Fiction
2008 Focus: “Epiphanies and Endings: Bring Your Story Arc Full Circle”
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Novelist (right) relishes smart tips
from agent and editor in our open clinic.
Photo: Marsha Diane Arnold
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WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS
- At our 90 percent hands-on event, you’ll enjoy close contact with supportive, top-notch professionals (nationwide agents and editors; award-winning authors). This fast-paced seminar explores craft—the tool that can make your sale.
- We offer personalized, pre-workshop readings and worksheets to help you polish your novel submission. Also in advance, you may select peer manuscripts to review. This self-paced prep maximizes benefits you’ll gain from our team-taught masterclass clinics. These behind-the-scene glimpses reveal, in-depth, what agents and editors “really” want.
- An alumni group brainstorms year-round with the founding director, shaping each workshop to best serve you. A biannual newsletter maintains our congenial writers community and provides valuable tips.
Creating a publishable novel is a multi-layered challenge, requiring intuition and dedication. Join us—learn fiction-crafting from the masters. Our experts will show you how to propel your novel from page-turner to published success!
“Something far more profound than mere words beats at the heart of story.”
— Robert McKee, Story |
