WHEN Mondays, September 9 - November 25, 6:45-9:45 pm ET - Full Schedule WHERE Mediabistro offices, New York, NY PRICE $675 (or $650 for AvantGuild members - details) Add to Calendar iCal | Outlook ALSO STARTS:  Online - 9/23/2013 Notify me when this is offered again.

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Young Adult Novel Writing  New York - 9/9/2013 (12 sessions)  $675

Graphic Novel Writing  Online - 10/17/2013 (8 sessions)  $550

Details

We live in the golden age of young adult literature, with young people buying books at the fastest rate in decades. Think Hunger Games, Twilight, or Harry Potter. YA novels are now respected as important money-makers at publishing houses, and they win honors such as the Printz, Newbery, and National Book Awards.

The goal of this class is to finish your YA or middle grade novel in 12 weeks.

In this class, you will learn:

• How to write a proposal that doesn't end up in the slush pile
• What topics are teen cliches, and how to stay away from them
• Whether or not you need an agent and, if so, how to get one
• How to write for teens without being condescending
• How to evaluate your story arc for a teen audience

By the end of class, you will have:
A complete first draft of your YA or middle grade novel.

Students who have taken this class have published with:
Simon & Schuster, Razorbill, Viking, Random House, Simon Pulse, and Grosset & Dunlap, and sold 4-book deals to Penguin and 2-book deals to HarperCollins.

Course Syllabus

Young Adult Novel Writing (PDF) View a sample syllabus for the class here.

Instructor

Sarah LaPolla is an agent at Bradford Literary Agency, where she represents YA and adult fiction. Prior to this, she worked for five years in the foreign rights department at Curtis Brown, Ltd., where she became an associate agent.

Sarah represented Cracked and Empty by K.M. Walton, both contemporary issue-driven YA novels published by Simon & Schuster. She is also proud to have worked on the upcoming contemporary YA novels Fault Line by Christa Desir and The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu. She also runs a writing-focused blog called Glass Cases and tweets about writing, publishing, and pop culture at @sarahlapolla.

Sarah LaPolla's Courses
Young Adult Novel Writing – New York (Starts September 9)