Instructor: Ginger McKnight-Chavers
Length: 1 session, $200
Saturday, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
From the first idea you write down, to the release of your first book, the Law seeps into your creative life. Whether you are writing a manuscript, pitching an article or publishing and selling your work, you are not just a writer, but you are an entrepreneur, like it or not. This bootcamp will provide you just enough basic legal and business information to help you navigate your writing life and career off the page.
Topics covered include:
Copyright
Contracts
Names/Titles/People/Places
Fair Use
Privacy/Publicity/Obscenity Rights
Should I incorporate myself?
Writing Collaborations
Sales & Marketing Basics
Ginger McKnight-Chavers is a native of Dallas, Texas. A graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Harvard Law School, she worked for many years in the areas of arts/entertainment and corporate law. She regularly lectures to artists and arts nonprofits on copyright, contracts and other arts law topics. She studied fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College’s Writing Institute, where she was a Kathryn Gurfein Writing Fellow. Her debut novel, In the Heart of Texas, was released in October, 2016, by She Writes Press, and won the 2016 USA Best Book Award in the category of African American Fiction. Her short story, The Maslins, appeared in the anthology, Oil and Water: and Other Things That Don’t Mix, and she has contributed articles to Essence, the Huffington Post, New York Family, ShareBlue, SheWrites.com and Scribe, among others. Her website is www.gingermcknightchavers.com, and her blog, The TexPatch, can be followed at www.thetexpatch.com. McKnight-Chavers resides in Westchester County, New York, with her husband, daughter, and an overweight West Highland White Terrier.
Writing Institute Registration Process:
Step 1 - Registration Information: Complete this registration form in full.
Step 2 - Payment: Once you click submit on this form, a new page will appear in your browser with a payment link. Click on the payment link, complete the required information, and submit your payment.
Payment is required for your registration to be confirmed. If we don’t receive your payment within 48 hours of submission of this form, your registration will automatically be cancelled. You will have to complete the form again if you wish to register for the class.
Step 3 - Confirmation: Once we receive your payment, your registration will be finalized and confirmed with an email. Please keep this email for your records. Details about room assignment, parking, and any other information relevant to the course will be emailed to registered students the week before classes begin.
If you have questions about the registration process, please call us at 914-395-2205 or email writinginstitute@sarahlawrence.edu.
Registration is no longer available because the registration deadline has passed.