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.

Course Level:  Advanced

Required Book:  None Required

Workshop Length:  15 weeks

Tuition:  $799.00 ($719.10 for VIP)

Start Date: View Advanced Novel Writing Workshop Course Schedule

Course Structure:
The workshop will consist of five three-week sessions focused on writing and critiquing. At the beginning of each session, you will submit 10,000 words (approximately 40 manuscript pages) to the instructor for review and for group critique. There will be no lectures, reading assignments or exercises for this workshop, but we’ll give you plenty of tips and reminders along the way. Because you will be expected to submit your work at the beginning of each session, you should have your first 10,000-word submission AND a short synopsis of your novel (500 to 750 words maximum) prepared prior to the class start date. (3.0 CEUs)

In this course you will:

• Write and revise five 10,000 word sections (200 pages total) of your novel manuscript
• Work with your peers and instructor to provide feedback on others manuscripts

Who should take this course:

• Novelists who have already written more than 10,000 words and want to receive feedback on up to a total of 50,000 words during the course
• Writers who want to make real progress towards publication
• Advanced students looking for key insights from a Published Author to help polish their work
• Graduates of Fundamentals of Fiction and Focus on the Novel.  Graduates of WOW and WDS novel workshops will receive a $50 discount on the advanced workshop tuition; email us for details.

What Our Students Are Saying About This Course:

“I have nothing but good things to say about the Advanced Novel Writing Workshop. I was at wits end trying to get meaningful feedback about my novel and didn’t know where to turn. Without knowing an editor, I felt stifled during revision. Here I had a chance to get feedback from an experienced author/teacher of writing as well as several peer-critics, many of whom. gave me great suggestions. I made meaningful changes to my story and the experience was good. I not only grew as a writer but also got the affirmation that, with changes, my story was saleable and meaningful.”  ~ Rich Keene

Workshop Outline

This workshop focuses on writing and critiquing. It consists of five three-week sessions. At the beginning of each session, you will submit 10,000 words (approximately 40 manuscript pages) to the instructor for review and for group critique. There are no lectures, reading assignments or exercises for this workshop, but we’ll give you plenty of tips and reminders along the way.