First Page or One-Page Synopsis Interactive Workshop
Free & Open to the Public
SATURDAY, December 9, 2017, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Free & Open to the Public
SATURDAY, December 9, 2017, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Woodinville Library, 17105 Avondale Road NE, Woodinville, WA
Join Second Saturdays favorites Sara
Nickerson and Holly Cupala for an interactive workshop. BRING YOUR ONE-PAGE
SYNOPSIS OR FIRST MANUSCRIPT PAGE to submit (anonymously) to the group. You’ll hear it read aloud and
receive constructive feedback for polishing your piece.
Nickerson and Holly Cupala for an interactive workshop. BRING YOUR ONE-PAGE
SYNOPSIS OR FIRST MANUSCRIPT PAGE to submit (anonymously) to the group. You’ll hear it read aloud and
receive constructive feedback for polishing your piece.
This workshop will be FRIENDLY, POSITIVE, ANONYMOUS (for submitting writers) and CONSTRUCTIVE. Please consider taking advantage of this exciting FREE opportunity which is usually only available within expensive writing retreats and conferences. BE BRAVE!
Below are some guidelines to help you prepare. If you have additional questions, feel free to email me at stasiakehoe (at) msn (dot) com.
WHAT TO BRING:
- ONE (1) copy of your the first page of your manuscript OR your one-page book synopsis (approx. 250-400 words) formatted as follows:
- Text should be double-spaced
- 12 point, legible font such as Times New Roman or Courier
- FOR FIRST MANUSCRIPT PAGE: DO NOT include name, book title or genre on the page
- FOR ONE PAGE PLOT SYNOPSIS: DO NOT include name; DO NOTE genre and estimated completed ms length
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PAGE:
- When you arrive at the library, a number will be attached to your page and you will be given the corresponding number on a form designed to help you keep note of the feedback you receive.
HOW THE WORKSHOP WILL RUN:
- Each page will be read aloud by one of the panelists
- This will be followed by professional feedback identifying the Best Sentence on the submitted page; the most enticing element of the plot, sense of characterizations, clarity of genre, and (if applicable) thoughts on an element which perhaps feels confusing or distracting to your goal of preparing this material to submit to editors or agents.
We will try to get through as many pages as possible. If time allows, the workshop will conclude with some general discussion of the way agents and editors read submission. If you submit, you are GUARANTEED to leave this workshop excited to revise and empowered by what may be your first experience sharing your work with the professional writing world.
