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- “Great concept! I enjoyed teaching these writers.”
— Andrea Brown; President,
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
- “I liked the concrete examples of how editing is applied and writing developed,
rather than vague ideas about the elements of writing.” — Sally Engelfried, alum
- “This workshop is a real success! Helped me to rethink my story’s direction
to find its heart.” — A. Walker, alum
- “Informative and useful. This seminar gave me with good insight into the process
of character and plot development.” — Laurel Gershwin, Ph.D.; alum
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The Pacific Coast Children’s Writers Workshop (PCCWW)
What Makes This Event Distinctive?
If you’re approaching or renewing your goal of publication, consider how the following advantages can boost your writing career. Then, below the table, enjoy “The Inside Story” from our enthusiastic former faculty and alumni-authors.
Concurrent with the adult writers seminar, we offer a workshop for teens and a no-faculty Retreat for serenity seekers.
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Many Children’s
Writers Events
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PCCWW
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| Explores the craft and business of writing—a glimpse of what editors and agents really want. |
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| Designed exclusively for intermediate to published upper middle-grade and young-adult novelists in an open clinic format. |
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| Enrollees may submit whole novels to be considered for in‑person editor or agent critique. |
Rare
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| Enrollees may submit 15 or occasionally 25 pages (including mid-book chapters) for in-person critiques by editor and agent. Includes a synopsis and/or flap copy critique. |
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| A congenial sense of community is established before the event through an annotated roster, photo gallery, and online forum. |
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| Pre-workshop Home Study offers enrollees’ manuscripts for critique, plus optional novel-crafting articles and other tools. |
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| Articulate teens may offer adults manuscript feedback (and vice versa) during concurrent teen writers’ workshop. Teen panel fields FAQs from adult enrollees. |
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| Provides social and professional networking. Enrollees may meet their future editor or agent at the event. |
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| For critiques, writers are matched with at least one faculty who is highly experienced in the manuscript’s genre. Guaranteed. |
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See our in-depth current and past weekend themes, with exercises to apply to your novel. This self-paced, pre-workshop prep can maximize your benefits throughout our intensive weekend—then inspire your ongoing writing.
THE INSIDE STORY
Read more faculty and enrollee testimonials here.
- The Pacific Coast Children’s Writers Workshop is unique, inspiring, and fun. I recommend
it highly. — Andrea Welch; then-editor at Harcourt Children’s Books
- Well-organized, intimate; the level of talent, high. — Stephen Fraser; Literary Agent, Jennifer DeChiara Agency
- Excellent faculty, format, craft focus, and caliber of peer submissions. The most valuable feedback and best workshop instruction I’ve ever received. — Claudia Pearson, M.A. (Children’s Literature; Hollins University)
- Well-organized, interactive, informative, congenial. One of the best workshops I’ve attended. — Cece Meng, past winner of the national Writer’s Digest contest (Children’s Fiction category)
- This was the most valuable writing event I have ever attended. I learned so much I would not be surprised if this experience turns out to be a major turning point in my fiction-writing career. — Mary Cronk Farrell, author of the award-winning YA novel Fire in the Hole! (Clarion) and a new, agented novel
See our flyer for a bird’s-eye view
of the workshop. Enroll here.
Watch your manuscript soar!
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20 years of Master Class to Masterpiece