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Sarah Aronson

Writing for Children

Manuscript Workshop for Children's Writers
Whole Novel Intensive for Children's Writers

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Manuscript Workshop for Children's Writers (10 weeks)

This ongoing writers' workshop is open to intermediate and advanced writers who are working on manuscripts and need the structure of a class to retain their focus and energy. Prerequisite: Debbie Edwardson's Introduction to Writing for Children or a comparable real time or Internet class, and/or working knowledge and experience shaping a story from idea through completion. Unlike the introductory class, the advanced workshop will not offer weekly exercises or lectures, but will focus entirely on the participants' own work in progress. Expect to post work in progress (complete picture book draft or novel chapters) once a week, offer comments on others' work and respond to critical appraisals of your own. Picture books through YA. Ongoing advanced writers' workshop for anyone who has taken Uma Krishnaswami's Introduction to Writing for Children or a comparable class online or in realtime. Unlike the introductory class, the advanced workshop will not offer weekly exercises or lectures, but will focus entirely on the participants' own work in progress. Participants should expect to post work in progress once a week, offer comments on others' work and be prepared for critical appraisals of their own. Picture books through YA.

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Whole Novel Intensive for Children's Writers (8 weeks)

This eight week workshop is designed for the writer with a completed draft of a middle grade or young adult novel who is ready to dig deep, explore craft, and revise, revise, revise. In this class, Sarah will provide thoughtful revision challenges to help you get your novel to the next level. We will dissect published novels and every week, two writers will submit work for group discussion. Prerequisite: Sarah Aronson's Manuscript Workshop for Children's Writers or equivalent. All participants must have a finished manuscript.

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Sarah Aronson

SARAH ARONSON holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of two books for young readers: a retelling, The Princess and the Pea: A Very Short Pop-Up (Little Simon, 2002) and the YA novel, Head Case (Roaring Brook Press 2007). Head Case was named a 2008 Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. Her novel Beyond Lucky will be published by Dial Books in 2011.

Sarah is also the co-founder and organizer of the Novel Writers Retreat at Vermont College. She speaks regularly at SCBWI events and writing conferences and reviews teen novels for Jewish Book World. She is a regular contributor to the craft blog, Through the Tollbooth. She is currently hard at work on two new novels for middle grade and young adult readers.

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