Inky Writers Advanced Middle Grade and Young Adult
March 2nd, 2020 - May 18th, 2020
with Liza (Poppy)
Advanced MG and YA writers. Support group. Beta reads.
This group will be limited to 4 writers, plus Sarah to keep the peer workload manageable. If there is an overflow of interest, we will consider a 5th writer at the discretion of Sarah and the group.
Notes
Who this workshop is for: The workshop is for upper MG and YA writers with at least 20,000 words of completed work. Different genres are welcome and encouraged, but this is not a workshop for non-fiction projects or books meant for younger (under age 10) children’s books. In addition, this workshop is designed for writers who have started querying or will be soon. This is not the right workshop for someone finishing a first draft. At minimum, participants should have 20,000 words of completed work that have been self-edited for grammar and style errors.
Focus: Children's - Middle Grade - Contemporary fiction - Children'…
Group size: 8 writers
Submissions: You will submit your query letter and the first 20,000 words of your novel at the workshop start.
Fee
Members: $410; Non-members: $455
About Liza (Poppy)
Sarah LaPolla is a freelance editor with over a decade of experience in the publishing industry. After starting in the foreign rights department at Curtis Brown, Ltd., she became an associate agent there in 2010. In 2013, she continued to grow her list as an agent at Bradford Literary Agency, where she primarily represented Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction in various genres, for over six years. Sarah has an MFA in Creative Writing (Nonfiction) from The New School and a BA in Creative Writing from Ithaca College. In 2020, she started Next Chapter Editorial & Consulting. She regularly teaches workshops and offers critiques for writers through Inked Voices, Manuscript Academy, and other writing programs and conferences.
Schedule:
March 2: Workshop begins
March 4: Post first 20,000 words of novel
March 9: Introductory Group Call (30 minutes)
April 1: Written critiques of Query Letters due
April 29: Written critiques of 20K words due
May 13: Debrief conference call (2 hours)
May 15: Workshop closes
June 15: Optional follow up calls. Book a 15-minute one-on-one phone call