Advanced Writing Workshops

For students who have completed an appropriate workshop with WOW or elsewhere, the Advanced Writing Workshops provide an ongoing opportunity for professional feedback and peer review. Students will submit work at the beginning of each session for the instructor’s evaluation. There are no textbooks or formal instruction in these workshops; rather, the focus will be on submitting completed work or portions of a work in progress for evaluation and development. Students are expected to already have an advanced understanding of the techniques involved in their genres and should be able to implement editorial suggestions with a minimum of direction.
 

Advanced Memoir And Nonfiction Book Writing

Make real progress on your memoir or nonfiction book! You’ll work with an experienced, published author and your classmates to write and revise your manuscript. In this critique-focused workshop, there are no lectures, reading assignments or exercises. Instead, you will focus on writing tips and reminders throughout. You should be prepared to 7,000 words (approximately 28 manuscript pages) and a short synopsis of your book (500 to 750 words maximum) on the course start date.

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Advanced Novel Writing Workshop

Could your novel benefit from additional critique? Do you need a structured timeline to keep you motivated? Work with a published novelist and your peers to write and revise 200 pages of your novel manuscript. In this critique based workshop, there are no lectures, reading assignments or exercises. Instead, you will focus on writing tips and reminders throughout. You should be prepared to submit 10,000 words (approximately 40 manuscript pages) and a short synopsis of your book (500 to 750 words maximum) on the course start date.

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Advanced Poetry Writing

Build your poetry writing skills working with a published poet and your classmates as an online critique group

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Advanced Short Fiction Writing

You can continue to build your short fiction writing skills through this 6 week workshop. Led by a published short story writer, you will write and revise either three 3,000 word stories, two 4,500 word stories, or one 9,000 word story. In this critique based workshop, there are no lectures, reading assignments or exercises. Instead, you will focus on writing tips and reminders throughout. You should be prepared to submit 3,000 words on the course start date.

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Advanced Short Nonfiction Writing Workshop

Continue to build your short nonfiction writing skills in this advanced workshop. You will work with a published article writer and experience the support and encouragement of an online critique group.
You will write up to 9,000 words in three installments for instructor and group critique.

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Essentials of Writing Personal Essays II: Advanced

Tackle the questions of writing the personal essay, from the practical (how writers balance craft and confession, creation as well as recreation) to the philosophical (examining subjective “truth” in creative nonfiction; considering the ethics of turning life into art). Work with a published essayist to write up to 8 essays and polish them for potential publication.

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