Instructor: Barbara Josselsohn
Two hour VIRTUAL sessions on Wednesdays
10:00am to 12:00pm EST
Workshop is limited to 8 participants
$770

Course Description

Completing a draft of a novel is like reaching the midpoint on your way up a mountain: you’re not quite at the summit, but the view is taking shape and the goal is feeling more and more within reach!

In this workshop-focused class, you’ll get the support, feedback and guidance you need as you work your way through to the end of your first or revised draft. Classes will be devoted to workshopping participants’ pages, with constructive and motivating discussion serving as the foundation of each session. Prompts will also be a key element to help develop your story. Be prepared to read and thoughtfully discuss others’ work, keeping in mind that giving feedback is one of the ways writers learn how to improve their own craft. You’ll leave the class with fresh ideas, a clearer direction, and the benefit of a strong writing community behind you. The class is capped at eight participants, to make sure each writer can share a substantial portion of work for thorough and thoughtful discussion.

Who Should Take This Class? 

Writers working on a first or subsequent draft of their novel.      

Your Instructor

Barbara Solomon Josselsohn is a best-selling author of five novels: THE CRANBERRY INN, THE LILY GARDEN, THE BLUEBELL GIRLS, THE LILAC HOUSE and THE LAST DREAMER.

Her articles and essays appear in a range of publications including New York Magazine, Parents Magazine, Consumers Digest, The New York Times, and Writer’s Digest. She currently teaches novel writing at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College and is also a private book coach. In addition, she founded and serves as coordinator and instructor with the Scarsdale Library Writers Center. She is a member of Novelists Inc. and the Women's Fiction Writers Association, where she holds a leadership position.

Barbara has a B.A. in English from Binghamton University, and an M.A. In English from the University of Connecticut, and studied novel writing at The Writing Institute and Manhattanville College. Visit her online at www.BarbaraSolomonJosselsohn.com, @Barbara_Josselsohn_Author (Instagram), @BarbaraJoss (twitter) or Facebook.com/BarbaraSolomonJosselsohnAuthor. 

Testimonials

Barbara has given me a skill set and a fresh perspective on how to approach writing and editing. She has an uncanny ability to spot the direction a character needs to take or how to make a beat hit, and her character advice is second to none. Her classes have given me the courage to work past failed drafts, and keep pushing that pen until I have something better on the page. 

The class was surprising, so fun and still so engaging. This instructor makes any class room, physical or virtual, feel so inspiring! 

Barbara Josselsohn is a wonderful instructor and very pleasant and generous with her time and knowledge. She gets at the pulse of the piece and understands, as a writer, how to be effective.

I'm really grateful for the constructive criticism and feedback as well as the lessons on craft. This class cured my writer's block and I will take more. THANK you!

Loved Barbara and her class teaching and management style!

Barbara is the best! Nothing to improve!

Barbara’s Intermediate Novel Writing course this semester was by far the best.

[Barbara has been] a mentor, a role model, and a great teacher to me…[she has] given me a skill set and a fresh perspective on how to approach writing and editing.

[Barbara has] an uncanny ability to spot the direction a character needs to take or how to make a beat hit, and [her] character advice is second to none.

[The class has] given me the courage to work past failed drafts, and keep pushing that pen until I have something better on the page.