NOTE: Applications for this class are now closed. If you applied before the deadline you will receive a response before the end of the year. Thank you!
Have a book-length novel in progress? The Novel Intensive is designed to advance your knowledge of the genre, make significant progress on your manuscript and gain momentum toward its completion in the community of a small, committed circle of peers.
This workshop provides the forum for aspiring novelists to discuss their works in progress and receive reader reactions, all while generating or revising additional pages. During the twice-monthly two-hour workshops, writers will briefly share new work, raise questions about craft or process, and receive support from other novelists in the trenches. In-class feedback will largely take the form of questions surrounding the novel’s world and novelist’s vision in order to respect the ongoing drafting process. The instructor will also provide one written critique for each writer throughout the duration of the workshop.
This class takes place remotely online via Zoom.
About Literary Cleveland Intensives
Intensives are six-month classes designed to help intermediate and advanced writers make significant progress on a book-length project. Classes are application-only and limited to eight dedicated participants selected through an application process. If you are committed to your work and could use structure, encouragement, and accountability to finish a book draft, Literary Cleveland Intensives are for you.
How to Apply
To apply for the 2022 Novel Intensive you need to submit a one-page overview of your project and a five-page sample of writing from your novel-in-progress (double-spaced, 12-point font).
Click the register now button to apply or follow this link to the application: https://forms.gle/qJ4rUPG3hbiMntCm7
Deadline for submissions is December 13. Writers selected for the class will be notified by the last week in December and will need to complete registration by early January. Interest-free payment options available.
Work with the best...
Laura Maylene Walter is the author of the novel Body of Stars (Dutton, 2021) and the short story collection Living Arrangements (BkMk Press, 2011). Laura’s writing has appeared in Poets & Writers, Kenyon Review, Slate, The Sun, and many others. Laura is a founding editor of Literary Cleveland’s Gordon Square Review and is the Ohio Center for the Book Fellow at Cleveland Public Library, where she hosts Page Count, a literary podcast.
This class takes place remotely online via Zoom.
Cleveland, OH 44113
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