2005 Polishing Your Prose—A Self-Editing Workshop for Writers (ENGLISH)

This interactive workshop is for aspiring and professional writers of all kinds. Beyond being the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE MAID series, Nita worked as an editor in the publishing industry for over twenty years in some of the biggest publishing houses in North America. She knows the industry from both sides–author and editor.So you’ve finished a first draft (or are getting closer to it). You know you’ve accomplished something, but you also know your manuscript needs work before it’s ready to be seen by agents and publishers. There’s just one problem: what should you do next? The answer: self-edit. But how? Nita will teach you the fundamentals, including: common first-draft problems; how to audit your story structure to isolate problem areas to revisit; what bigger trade publishing editors and agents are looking for when they assess submissions; how to know when you’re meeting genre norms. Approaches: lecture, Q & A, short exercises

Instructor

Nita Prose