WRITER’S RETREAT with Concurrent Seminar:

WHOLE NOVEL WORKSHOP

Envision and Edit Your Story with the Pros

A Team-Taught Seminar Focused on Character-Driven Novels

Are you a skilled writer, published or aspiring, looking for something “different” in a fiction workshop? Perhaps it’s time for faculty feedback on your whole novel manuscript—including two in-person consults with your mentor, plus targeted feedback from additional faculty. Or maybe you’re ready for multiple professional critiques on your polished, opening chapters (up to 30 pages). Whichever stage you’re at, here’s how we assist goal-oriented writers like you:

WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS

Novelist (right) relishes smart tips from agent and editor in our open clinic. Photo: Marsha Diane Arnold

• At our hands-on seminar, you’ll have continuous close contact with a supportive, top‑notch editor and/or agent. Our open clinics, aka master classes, will allow you to learn from advanced colleagues as well as from faculty.
  
  In 2011, we welcomed three outstanding presenters. First, agent Joan Slattery of Pippin Properties, a former executive editor who has edited such authors as Jerry Spinelli and Philip Pullman. Second, editor Susan Van Metre, Abrams/Amulet Senior Vice President and Publisher, instructor in The New School’s MFA Writing for Children and YA Program. Third, agent Taylor Martindale of Full Circle Literary. (Check here soon to see our 2012 faculty announcements!)
• Our pre-workshop readings can help you craft and revise your character-driven novel submission. Also in advance, you may select peer manuscripts to critique—then compare your reactions with those of the pros, maximizing your educational benefits. Our collegial format provides behind-the-scenes glimpses that reveal, in depth, what agents and editors really want.
• Savvy teen enrollees give adults target-reader feedback within their own, concurrent workshop. The intergenerational exchanges prove mutually stimulating—and fun.
• NEW in 2012! Our Novel Writer's Retreat offers solitude in quiet beachfront townhomes. Immerse yourself for up to four days: hone your craft, intermingle with seminar faculty and advanced/published peers.

Creating a marketable novel is a multi-layered challenge, requiring intuition and dedication. Join us for a working retreat or seminar—learn fiction-crafting with the masters. Pinpoint the tools you need to propel your novel from page-turner to published success!

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