Sept 8 2008 - 11-Week Novel Writing Workshop - Los Angeles

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Novel Writing Workshop
Mondays, September 8, 2008 to November 17, 2008 (11 weeks)
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Because the novelist faces different struggles and joys than the writer of short fiction, WWLA has created an 11-week course specifically designed for those students working on longer projects.

We will begin this class by discussing The Great Gatsby from a writer’s perspective, analyzing how Fitzgerald constructed (or failed to construct?) his masterpiece. From there, we will alternate weeks between critiquing students’ novels-in-progress, and discussing craft as it pertains to novel writing—-in particular, structure, voice, character, and pacing. We will workshop one manuscript (up to 100 pages) every other week, devoting an entire class to each student’s work-in-progress. In our craft discussions, the writings of Aristotle, John Gardner, E.M. Forster, and James Wood will be explored; we’ll also do a few in-class exercises. On these craft weeks, there will be no outside reading or writing assignments so that students can give attention to their own novels, and to the upcoming workshop manuscript.

To qualify for this class, you must have at least 80 pages of a novel manuscript written before the class begins.

Rate: $385/student
Enrollment Limit: 5 Students

**If interested, please email writingworkshopsla@gmail.com to reserve a spot!**

About the instructor:
Edan Lepucki has an M.F.A from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, and she's taught creative writing at the University of Iowa, Oberlin College, and Gotham Writers' Workshop. Her fiction has been published in Meridian, CutBank, the Los Angeles Times, and StoryQuarterly, and is forthcoming from the Los Angeles Review and Avery Anthology. She is a regular contributor to the Millions literary blog, and is currently at work on a novel.