Class Schedule
August 20-25
Saturday through Thursday
2pm-6:30pm

I. Ideas and Knowledge

• Publishing Behind-the-Scenes: What Really Happens, and How to Turn It To Your Advantage

• Transforming Ideas into Books

• Winning Over Agents and Publishers: From Cover Letters to Personal Pitches

II. Proposals and Pitches

• Crafting a Winning Proposal: Academic versus Trade Non-Fiction

• Outline and Structure for Fiction and Non-Fiction

• Non-Fiction: Book Proposal plus Sample Chapter

• Fiction: Writing Sample plus Plot Summary

• Crafting Plot Summaries for Fiction and Non-Fiction

• Proposal Development Workshop

III. Writing Samples and Chapters

• Great Openings: From First Line to First Page to First Chapter

• Model Writing Samples for Fiction and Non-Fiction

• Editing Workshop

IV. From Publication On Up

• Contracts: Know You’re Getting a Fair Deal

• What Happens Next? From Contract to Edits to Book Release

• Helping a Publication Become a Success: Marketing and Publicity Strategy

• Options in the Digital Age: Self-Publishing, Book Tours, and Self-Promoting

V. Tutorials and Critiques

• One-on-One Tutorials with Your Professor

• Presentation of Projects with Group Critique

Bonus Sessions

• Bonus Session: Fiction Focus

• Bonus Session: Non-Fiction Focus

• Bonus Session: Academic Focus