Craft and Critique *Cancelled*

Receive honest feedback and encouragement in a supportive environment as we discuss the first 8,000-10,000 words of the novel you're working on. New and experienced writers reviewing one another’s work benefits everyone and adds perspective to your own work, whether this is your first manuscript or you’ve got writer’s block.

We'll cover such topics as pacing, character development, dialogue, plot, and whether or not the story grabs the reader enough for them to want to keep reading. We'll allow time to go over basics before spending time on each person’s work-in-progress. The virtual follow-up session will review each other's changes and address new questions or thoughts.

Since this may include a student's first novel, the only expectation is that manuscripts be in a readable PDF format, with proper spelling, grammar, spacing and punctuation. It will be shared with the other students one month before the class to give everyone time to read each other's manuscripts.

Details

• Before the class (by March 8), you be asked to send a PDF of the first 8,000-10,000, or 20-25 double-spaced pages of your novel to the instructor.
• The instructor will share these PDFs with all students, and you should come prepared to provide feedback on the manuscripts.
• Bring your laptop with digital copies of the manuscripts, or bring hard copies (your preference).  
• On the first day of class, (April 5), we'll meet in person in the Writer's Studio. On the second day (May 3), we'll meet online.
• We'll take a morning break, a lunch break and an afternoon break. You can bring food if you want. There is a refrigerator and microwave on the lower level.

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