This is the Month You Write Your Novel—Online Course with Michael Seidlinger

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 until Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Eastern Daylight Time

Instructor: Michael Seidlinger
Online workshop dates as follows:
March 17 to April 14
Online workshop is limited to 15 registrants
$470

Class face time, 7pm to 8pm (EST), Wednesdays

Do you have an idea for a novel? Are you curious what makes a novel tick? Do you have questions about how to consider your ideas and decide which story to begin? In this class, you'll make an idea a reality, your work-in-progress a finished book.

We'll look at some masterful novels from authors like Margaret Atwood, Italo Calvino, and Stephen King to consider how they used structure so to help find ideas for your own writing. Let's unpack the novel writing process, from beginning steps to your final draft, and we’ll also discuss your ideas for plot, dialogue, character, voice and how they will fit within your novel.

In this class, you will consider and create your own plan for writing and taking your novel to its conclusion. We will utilize writing prompts that may become scenes within your own book, and we will examine strengths and weaknesses through shared feedback.

Writers of all genres and levels are welcome. The goal of this course is to have a better grasp on the novel writing process, structure, and most important of all the enthusiasm to finish your book. Students will receive personalized feedback from the instructor on submitted work.

Michael Seidlinger is a Filipino American author of My Pet Serial Killer, Dreams of Being, The Fun We’ve Had, and nine other books. He has written for, among others, Buzzfeed, Thrillist, and Publishers Weekly, and has led workshops at Catapult and Kettle Pond Writer's Conference. He is a co-founder and member of the arts collective, The Accomplices, and founder of the indie press, Civil Coping Mechanisms (CCM). He lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he never sleeps and is forever searching for the next best cup of coffee. You can find him online on Facebook, Twitter (@mjseidlinger), and Instagram (@michaelseidlinger).

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