OWC 306 C — Novel IV: Manuscript Preparedness
Quarter: Winter
Instructor(s): Ammi Keller
Date(s): Jan 5—Mar 9
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Tuesdays
Grade Restriction: Letter grade only
Class Meeting Time: 12:00—1:30 pm (PT)
Tuition: $1290
Refund Deadline: Jan 7
Unit(s): 2
Enrollment Limit: 15
Status: Registration opens Nov 30, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Winter
Day: Tuesdays
Duration: 10 weeks
Time: 12:00—1:30 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jan 5—Mar 9
Unit(s): 2
Tuition: $1290
Refund Deadline: Jan 7
Instructor(s): Ammi Keller
Grade Restriction: Letter grade only
Enrollment Limit: 15
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Registration opens Nov 30, 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 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 who chooses to take the One-on-One Tutorial to have already received feedback from 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 who chooses to take the One-on-One Tutorial to have already received feedback from 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 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:
(Required) Renni Brown and Dave King, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second edition (ISBN 978-0060545697)
(Optional) Robert McKee, Story: : Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting, First edition (ISBN 978-0374260798)
(Optional) Robert McKee, Story: : Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting, First edition (ISBN 978-0374260798)