Class Description
This class is for novelists who have taken workshops before, and who have already made some progress on a first draft. The goals of this workshop are to write or revise at least 100 pages in ten weeks, as well as to identify and correct shortcomings in craft areas such as characterization, point of view, structure, plot and scenes. You will be asked to submit and read the first page and a one-page outline of each of your fellow writers’ novels before class begins; after that your time outside of class will be for your own work.
Feedback in this class will be delivered using the novel in progress method: reading your pages (7-8, double-spaced) aloud in class each week and receiving on-the-spot feedback from your fellow novelists and instructor. Each student will have a 15-minute individual conference with the instructor in one "studio" class midway through the course. At the end of class you will be invited to electronically submit 30 pages of your work to the instructor, and will receive feedback via e-mail. Class size limited to 9 students.
The deadline for this class has passed.
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
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This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.