Writing the Novel
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NOTE: We’re offering a one-night session of this course on Thursday, July 15. Click here for more information.
Writing a novel can be a daunting task. But you don’t have to do it alone!
Writing a novel requires an inspired balance between ideas, craft, motivation and hard graft. This class will root your book in daring and useful tools for getting started, focusing your efforts, and problem solving. To write a novel you have to love what you are writing and find ways to keep that alive.
This course will be rooted in wide-ranging discussions on process and craft which are applied in focused writing practices which help get you writing and help you to make crucial decisions about your book.
Each student will submit pieces of NEW writing during the course to be workshopped with the class. Useful and focused feedback on written submissions is provided by the instructor.
Who should attend: Writers of all levels ready to tackle a longer work, especially those who have taken this course before, Fiction I or Fiction II are welcome. If you are uncertain, give us a call at 773.477.7710.
About the Instructor: Elizabeth Wetmore is a 2002 graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a 2006-2007 recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as several grants from the Illinois Arts Council. A recent story—“Listening for Grace”—appeared in the journal Salt Flats Annual and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Other stories have appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Black Warrior Review, Crab Orchard Review, and other journals. She is currently at work on a novel set in West Texas and a collection of short stories set in Phoenix, Arizona.
Date/Time: Send us an email to be notified when the next session is scheduled.Price: Non-Member:$380; Member: $360