8-Week Intensives
8 in-person classes in NYC + 9th Class Free and Priority Consideration for the Pitch-Palooza
ALSO: 3 private phone or Skype coaching consultations (pre-class, midterm, and completion); including the private sessions, most writers receive support for approx 12 weeks
- Can submit up to 4,500 words(approx. 15 pages) per week or up to 36,000 words(approx. 150 pages) per session.
- Everyone submits work every Sunday @ 6pm prior to each Tuesday’s class when it will be reviewed.
- Everyone must read and comment on all submitted work every week.
- The class is an intensive; do be prepared to make a significant time commitment (average of 3+ hours of reading/critiquing classmates’ work per week in addition to the recommended 6 hours a week you commit to your own writing sessions).
- Everyone participating in the final performance will receive performance coaching and a video of their reading for their own training or website reel purposes
Professional Submission Intensive with Victoria C. Rowan
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4-Week Intensives
Readying Your Book for Literary Agent Consideration
Victoria C. Rowan and Ideasmyth has been acknowledged in many well-received and best-selling books, and has coached many authors who have earned 6- and even 7-figure advances.
So whether becoming an author has always been your most cherished artistic dream or the necessary next step for you to establish your professional expertise, why wait any longer to polish up your proposal for the fall market?
This in-person, seminar-based workshop will mentor and support you through a rigorous and pragmatic 4-week program (plus 2 coaching sessions) as you complete a fully viable book proposal and agent cover letter including (up to 120) proposal pages (including sample chapters) at a significant discount from Ideasmyth’s private editing and coaching rates.
Whenever appropriate, Victoria will make personal introductions on behalf of clients to literary agents.
Course Design:
- Two private half-hour brainstorming sessions with each participating client, one prior to class beginning and the other after the class completes.
- Everyone submits their work every Tuesday to a free class website
It’s recommended to read others’ work with Victoria’s comments to further their education. Everyone will be expected to connect once a week with their buddy between the Wednesday conference call and Sunday submission time.
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