NVL 54 — Novel Club: A Guided Writing Group
Quarter: Fall
Instructor(s): Ammi Keller
Date(s): Sep 23—Dec 2
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Wednesdays
Class Meeting Time: 5:30—8:00 pm (PT)
Please Note: No class on November 25
Tuition: $1040
Refund Deadline: Sep 25
Unit(s): 2
Enrollment Limit: 18
Status: Registration opens Aug 17, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Fall
Day: Wednesdays
Duration: 10 weeks
Time: 5:30—8:00 pm (PT)
Date(s): Sep 23—Dec 2
Unit(s): 2
Tuition: $1040
Refund Deadline: Sep 25
Instructor(s): Ammi Keller
Enrollment Limit: 18
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Registration opens Aug 17, 8:30 am (PT)
Please Note: No class on November 25
Begin, develop, or complete your novel this year with a committed mentor and a dedicated community of peers. In Novel Club, we’ll meet weekly to learn the craft of novel writing, beginning with the fundamentals of character, structure, setting, plot, and point of view and moving to advanced techniques for capturing interiority, moving through time, and writing subtext-laden dialogue. While novel writing can feel solitary and hard, this course provides the scaffolding of both large-group discussions and small peer support groups who read each other’s new pages regularly. While everyone is expected to read each piece submitted for workshop closely and come prepared for thoughtful discussion, no written critiques are required, saving more time for one’s own writing. The instructor will provide detailed written feedback and hold one-on-one conferences with each student. Share the joys and challenges of the writing life. Show up for the work—and for one another.
This is the first course in our Novel Club series. The second course of the series will be offered in Winter 2027 and the third course in Spring 2027. Completing each course guarantees priority registration in the following quarter. Each course can be taken independently as well.
AMMI KELLER
Novel Writing Certificate Instructor, Stanford Continuing Studies
Ammi Keller’s teaching focuses on the intersection of mindfulness and creative writing. Her short stories have appeared in American Short Fiction, The Common, Revel, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and elsewhere. She has edited fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for Soft Skull Press and has received residencies from the Lambda Literary Writers Retreat and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Keller was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford. Textbooks for this course:
There are no required textbooks; however, some fee-based online readings may be assigned.