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Personal Essay Clinic: Advanced
Get your completed essay polished -- and published
Course DetailsThis advanced class is designed for students who have a personal essay in the final stages of revision. This class is open to students who are passionate about the form of memoir, are comfortable with it, and are ready to polish and take their pieces to the next level and be published nationally. Essays must be submitted in advance, and admission will be based on those essays.In this small class -- limited to 10 students -- you'll bring in a piece to be read and commented on by the class, critiqued by the instructor, and edited as heavily as the piece requires. The instructor will also recommend venues for which the work is suitable. Your pitch letter for the class will be workshopped as well. Through others' examples, you'll learn how to turn the red pen on your own work and learn to edit yourself with a sharp editorial eye. In this workshop, Paula Derrow, Articles Director at Self (who assigns personal essays for the magazine), will edit and critique personal essays. Admission Requirements: Please submit a brief letter of interest that (including a work history) as well as the essay you would like to workshop. Related CoursesTell me when courses like this are scheduled. • The Secrets of First-Person Writing (Video) – ONLINE
Instructor BioPaula Derrow's Courses Personal Essay Clinic: Advanced – New York
Personal Essay Clinic: Writing About Family – New York  Testimonials Paula's course resulted in my being published in The New York Times' Modern Love column. Paula's suggestions inevitably take a personal essay from 'a good idea' to publishable. -- Liza Monroy"Paula gets to the heart of the personal essay. She inspired me to finish essays I had been toying with in my mind for a long time, and I have submitted my first essay for publication." -- Glenn Michael Gordon "I took Paula's workshop and was immediately impressed with her deceptively laid-back style. Her feedback was incisive and powerfully focused on the heart of each person's story. I wrote a piece shortly after the class that ran in Runner's World. Thanks, Paula!" -- Bill Braine, editor and freelancer "Paula convinced me that my writing was not only publishable but also worth publishing. With her encouragement -- and honest critique -- I placed pieces in the NYTimes City Section and the My Word (person essay page) of the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine. I can't commend Paula highly enough." -- Erica Rex "Paula has a knack for getting to the essence of an essay and pointing out what a writer can do to make a piece stronger and have a better arc." -- Christine Koubek "Paula gives insightful, thorough feedback on your work. If you want to know how to improve your writing and better your chances of getting published, take her class. I highly recommend it." -- Rebecca Shalomoff |
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