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| Edit Like a Pro with Heather Howland - YA Edition | |
Young adult fiction is hotter than ever, but penning a successful book for teens (and teens-at-heart) is more than plugging young protagonists into your story. With the YA market in mind, Heather will walk you through the standard “three pass” editing method used by most publishing houses, teaching you to spot weaknesses and showing you how to fix them. By the end of the class, you will have everything you need to submit your book to a publisher or agent.
OBJECTIVES:
• Learn how to assess and edit your manuscript on a macro level, ensuring your plot fits commercially successful parameters, your stakes and conflict are compelling, YA-appropriate, and “high-concept,” and that your characters develop organically.
• Learn how to assess and edit your manuscript on a micro level, analyzing the GMC of individual scenes and sequences, the effectiveness of your point of view, pacing issues, and the voice of the piece.
• Learn how to line edit like a pro, which includes tightening prose without over editing, empowering your language, and effectively managing white space.
• Have fun while developing new writing skills!
For more information and to view the complete syllabus: click here
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| WHEN: |
Sep 1, 2012 - Dec 15, 2012 |
| | COST: | $175/mo for 4 months ($175 deposit due at registration) or
Save 10% with $630 lump sum payment
$175/mo ($175 deposit due at registration) or
Save 10% with $1890 lump sum payment for Basic Members
Payment Options: Studens may choose to pay tuition as a discounted lump sum payment or in monthly installments. If paying by monthly installments, a non-refundable deposit is required to reserve a seat in the course and will be applied to the last month's tuition cost. If student chooses to withdraw from the course early, the non-refundable deposit is forfeit (see cancellation policy).
Cancellation policy: Any student may cancel at any time after the course begins with a 30 day written notice (email is fine) and will forfeit the non-refundable deposit. If tuition had been paid using the discounted lump sum payment, refund will be pro-rated at the monthly fee rate minus the non-refundable deposit. |
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COURSE APPLICATION PROCESS & TUITION:
Due to the intensive nature of this program, all prospective students must complete and return an application plus a five page sample of their writing after registering for the course and paying the deposit. Admittance is at the instructor's discretion, and the instructor will be evaluating applications as they are received. Payment of course deposit will ensure a seat in the course should your application be accepted. If an application is not accepted, applicant's deposit will be refunded immediately. |
| | INSTRUCTOR: | As Managing Editor of Entangled Publishing—as well as one of the company’s three Senior Editors—Heather Howland plucks the brightest new voices from the slushpile, mentors Entangled’s Editors and Associate Editors, and edits roughly twenty-four books per year. In her spare time, she loves to teach new authors the secrets of craft and voice, whip soon-to-be-self-published manuscripts into shape, and devour YA romance. She is firmly entrenched in the YA community as an editor and agented author, and holds a BS in creative writing and psychology.
| | Tags: | Craft, Plotting |
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*** PERMISSION TO FORWARD GRANTED AND ENCOURAGED ***
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