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Get feedback on your novel AND guidance about your writing career from two experienced authors with great teaching and editing experience.
This course is for you if:
Key elements of this course are:
Preliminary schedule:
Day 1
Optional tour of Highlights for Children and Boyds Mills Press
Hors d’oeuvres, meet-and-greet, dinner
After dinner show-and-tell presentation: Demystifying the Publishing Process
Day 2
Presentation: Getting to the Heart of Your Character
Presentation: Creating the Strongest Plot Possible
Skype Visit with Guest Editor Andrea Tompa, Candlewick
Individual One-on-One Critiques with Faculty
After dinner workshop: Character Speed Dating
Day 3
Presentation: Most Common Writing Mistakes & How to Fix Them
Presentation: What to Know NOW to Build a Strong Career
Writing Exercise: Writing Your Author Manifesto
Individual One-on-One Critiques with Faculty
After dinner: Q&A with Agent Ginger Knowlton
Day 4
Group critiques
Wrap-up Q&A
Print the preliminary schedule.
Get your questions answered!
Nothing is more important than laying a solid foundation. Invest now, and reap the results in all your future writing!