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What are your book’s strengths and weaknesses? Is the story compelling? Is the language clear? Are the characters vivid? Does the dialogue work? Is there too much description and not enough action? My hands-on workshops will help you answer these questions and more in a fun, supportive, and always constructive setting. 
We meet in small groups of four or five writers. After each writer reads a selection from his or her work, I lead a lively critique with the group offering positive, practical suggestions to make the work stronger. Workshops meet once a week for four weeks, with each writer receiving approximately 30 minutes of personal attention per session. Between sessions, writers often rewrite their work and come back the following week to share their revised pages for additional feedback. Alternatively, they may choose to bring in different material—either the next chapter in their book, or pages from another manuscript. The workshops meet in West Los Angeles. |