教练: 罗伯特·肯特
日期: 5 Sundays: June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
时间: 5:00 – 8:00 pm EST
地点: 变焦
成本: $425 Nonmembers, $290 Writer/Reader Members, 260美元的高级, 老师, 学生, Military/Veteran, Librarian Members

For five Sundays, you’re invited to become part of an elite 小说 写作 community. This workshop is limited to no greater than  participants, so every writer will get individual attention. We’re going to encourage each other 和 hold one another accountable to meet a firm 写作 和 reading goal each week through daily emails. You can write any genre, 任何年龄组, (罗伯特·肯特 writes both middle grade books 和 adult horror stories) 和 any 小说 narrative, be it short story, novel or other.

Every writer will be expected to critique the work of their peers 和 produce a minimum of 2,500 words each week. That’s only 358 words you’ll need to write per day or 500 words per day if you take two days off. Weekly submissions for critiquing have no minimum length, but will be capped at a maximum of 4,000个单词.

Please have your first submission ready by the first session. You won’t need to submit it ahead of time, but you will need to have it prepared to be work-shopped during the second week’s session. Submissions should preferably be Microsoft Word documents as we’ll be using track changes for critiquing. If a Word document is unavailable, the student will be responsible for printing enough copies (no more than ten) for the entire workshop.

Manuscripts must be double-paced 和 in 12-point font, preferably Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier. The author’s name must appear on the first page. Each page must be numbered. Maintain a 1 -inch margin on all sides. Use actual paragraphs, typical punctuation, etc. In other words, manuscripts must be formatted as though they were about to be submitted for publication. Don’t make your fellow 作家 suffer through abnormalities in formatting.

This is a workshop for those who are serious about their 写作. Every participant needs to be prepared to produce new 写作 of their own every week in addition to providing written notes 和 in-person feedback about others’ 写作 during workshop sessions. This is a workshop for 作家 strong enough to take criticism like a professional. Personal criticism will not be tolerated, but your 小说 will be broken down 和 rewritten until it is killed or cured. Weak 作家 need not apply.

*The cost of this class includes a $50 critiquing fee, to be remitted by IWC directly to the instructor, for work critiqued outside of class time.

*Class size limited to 8 students.