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Topic: looking for a good (ya?) fiction writing class
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| FunnyHoney | Posted – 12/6/2007 1:20:32 PM | show profile | email poster can anyone recommend a good fiction writing class? perhaps one that is ya-specific? for a non-fiction writer who has read enough good ya novel to be inspired to try their own hand at it? |
| FunnyHoney | Posted – 12/6/2007 1:29:43 PM | show profile | email poster looking for a good (ya?) fiction writing class--part 2 new york-specific please. and if you have a specific instructor in mind, please let me know. |
| sd2la | Posted – 12/6/2007 1:50:15 PM | show profile I highly recommend Sackett Street: http://www.sackettworkshop.com/ |
| dorit.feith | Posted – 12/6/2007 5:55:10 PM | show profile You should try Young Adult Novel Writing 1/29-4/15 mediabistro offers this great class for people interested in writing a young adult novel. The 12-week class is taught by Micol Ostow, who has written dozens of books for children, tweens, and teens. By the end of the class, you can expect to have a complete first draft of your young adult novel. Check it out at: http://www.mediabistro.com/courses/cache/crs3341.asp |
| getmeoutofhere | Posted – 12/6/2007 7:01:58 PM | show profile new school? anyone have anything to say about the new school's continuing ed classes? |
| Village Gal | Posted – 12/7/2007 12:25:30 PM | show profile Any class is only as good as the teacher. If you study at NYU or the New School, (or any university) you will most likely get instructors who have both teaching and writing experience, as opposed to instructors who just have writing credits. |
| FunnyHoney | Posted – 12/20/2007 3:21:06 PM | show profile | email poster sackett street can you please provide more info on what you know of their courses? |
| sd2la | Posted – 12/20/2007 6:20:55 PM | show profile Sackett Street I took a few classes with them. They are small-about 6-8 people, and it is a workshop format, i.e. one person submits work and others write critiques as well as give verbal ones. The teachers all have MFAs from the top schools in the country-Iowa, Columbia, etc. My writing improved drastically and the class also made me a better reader as well. |
| foodlit | Posted – 12/21/2007 10:13:53 AM | show profile Lauren Barnholdt is a multi-published YA writer who also teaches classes and with her agent Nadia Cornier, wrote a book for Writer's Digest on how to write YA. Lauren is great, and many of her students have sold after taking her classes, which are all online and very inexpensive in comparison to the courses here. I haven't taken her classes, but several years ago we were critique partners and her suggestions were always incredibly helpful and dead on. www.laurenbarnholdt.com :) Pam |
