Class Date:
Sunday, Aug. 2
Class Time:
2-5 P.M.
Class Size:
10-12 students
Age Group:
16+
Location:
202 E Grandview Pkwy, Traverse City, MI 49684
Working on your writing and want to know if you’re on the right track? This one-day, interactive workshop is an excellent way to find out. During this three-hour session, participants will learn techniques for revising a novel at both the macro story-level, and the micro scene-level. While this workshop has novels in mind, these revision techniques are applicable to any form of creative writing! After learning techniques, students will have dedicated time to try various revision activities and receive feedback from both the instructor and peers in small groups. By the end of the workshop, all students will have both written and verbal feedback, and a packet of revision tools to take with them so they can continue revising on their own.
Prior to class: All students should bring the ten pages of their work-in-progress to be used during revision activities. These can be hardcopy pages, on a laptop, or both. Before the class, students will be emailed a mini novel blueprint to fill out and bring to class as a hard copy for an interactive ice breaker activity.
Miranda Keskes is a Michigan-based book coach, author, and educator with a Master’s in Curriculum and Teaching from Michigan State University. She taught high school English and theater for fifteen years before pivoting to online education, where she has coached hundreds of students across the country and internationally with their college essays, many of whom received acceptances to top schools like the University of Michigan, Harvard, and MIT. Miranda is also a published author with over 60 online and print publications, ranging from reported articles for the Ann Arbor Family Press to flash fiction nominated for Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions. Her passion is helping both adults and teens achieve their dream of writing a novel.Â
