OWC 306 C — Novel IV: Manuscript Preparedness
Quarter: Winter
Instructor(s): Ammi Keller
Date(s): Jan 16—Mar 20
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Thursdays
Grade Restriction: Letter grade only
Class Meeting Time: 12:00—1:00 pm (PT)
Tuition: $1240
Refund Deadline: Jan 19
Unit(s): 2
Enrollment Limit: 15
Status: Registration opens Dec 2, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Winter
Day: Thursdays
Duration: 10 weeks
Time: 12:00—1:00 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jan 16—Mar 20
Unit(s): 2
Tuition: $1240
Refund Deadline: Jan 19
Instructor(s): Ammi Keller
Grade Restriction: Letter grade only
Enrollment Limit: 15
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Registration opens Dec 2, 8:30 am (PT)
Course Prerequisite: Students must have completed OWC 305: "Novel III." This course is not open to the public, but rather by admission only. For more information on the Online Writing Certificate Program and its application process, please click here.
This last core course will allow students to make sure their manuscript is in the best shape possible. The focus will be on drafting missing sections, redrafting chapters that workshops in the previous courses have shown to be problematic, performing line editing, or taking on any other activities the instructor and student feel will best advance the completion of the manuscript. Students will each create an individualized plan of action during the first week, then be placed into small groups where the instructor will facilitate the exchange of significant sections of the manuscripts in progress. Chat and bulletin boards will allow students to receive support from both the instructor and their peers on process and good work habits, and to exchange words of encouragement. The goal is for each student to enter the One-on-One Tutorial having already received the feedback of several peer readers.
This last core course will allow students to make sure their manuscript is in the best shape possible. The focus will be on drafting missing sections, redrafting chapters that workshops in the previous courses have shown to be problematic, performing line editing, or taking on any other activities the instructor and student feel will best advance the completion of the manuscript. Students will each create an individualized plan of action during the first week, then be placed into small groups where the instructor will facilitate the exchange of significant sections of the manuscripts in progress. Chat and bulletin boards will allow students to receive support from both the instructor and their peers on process and good work habits, and to exchange words of encouragement. The goal is for each student to enter the One-on-One Tutorial having already received the feedback of several peer readers.
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 appear in American Short Fiction, The Common, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, 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 Writer's Retreat and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Keller was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford. Textbooks for this course:
(Recommended) Renni Brown & Dave King, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (ISBN 978-0060545697)
(Recommended) Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting (ISBN 978-0060391683)
(Recommended) Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting (ISBN 978-0060391683)