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WRIT32801

Novel Writing Workshop

Stay motivated while writing your novel! This online class will offer craft discussions, instructor feedback on a synopsis, a chance to workshop 20 pages of your work, and opportunities for revision.

  • Day:Tuesday
  • Times: 7:00 - 9:00 PM CT
  • Dates: Oct. 01 - Nov. 19, 2024

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About the Course

Stay motivated while writing your novel! This online class will offer craft discussions, instructor feedback on a synopsis, a chance to workshop 20 pages of your work, and opportunities for revision. Using Canvas for online interactions and Zoom for weekly live webinars, students will develop a supportive creative cohort as they work on developing their novels in progress under the guidance of an award-winning novelist. This class is limited to eight students.

Notes: This course takes place via Zoom and leverages the Canvas platform for materials and occasional class discussion.

The deadline for registration is September 24, 2024, at 5 p.m. Enrollment is limited to 8 students, so early registration is strongly encouraged.

No class July 4.

Tuition: $540

About the Professor

Natlie Haney Tilghman

Natalie Tilghman

Writer's Studio Instructor
Natalie was a recipient of a 2015 Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award for her novel-in-progress Home Remedies. She co-authored A 52-Hertz Whale, a young adult novel recently released by Carolrhoda Lab (Lerner). Additionally, her work has appeared in TriQuarterly, Santa Clara Review, Cicada magazine, and Sudden Flash Youth, a fiction anthology...

Natalie was a recipient of a 2015 Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award for her novel-in-progress Home Remedies. She co-authored A 52-Hertz Whale, a young adult novel recently released by Carolrhoda Lab (Lerner). Additionally, her work has appeared in TriQuarterly, Santa Clara Review, Cicada magazine, and Sudden Flash Youth, a fiction anthology by Persea Books. Other honors include first prize for fiction in The Atlantic’s Student Writing Contest and a Magazine Merit Award from The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She received a MFA from Rainier Writing Workshop. She lives in Glenview with her husband and two children.

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