OWC 306 E — Novel IV: Manuscript Preparedness
Quarter: Winter
Instructor(s): Liza Monroy
Date(s): Jan 7—Mar 11
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Thursdays
Grade Restriction: Letter grade only
Class Meeting Time: 12:00—1:30 pm (PT)
Tuition: $1290
Refund Deadline: Jan 9
Unit(s): 2
Enrollment Limit: 15
Status: Registration opens Nov 30, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Winter
Day: Thursdays
Duration: 10 weeks
Time: 12:00—1:30 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jan 7—Mar 11
Unit(s): 2
Tuition: $1290
Refund Deadline: Jan 9
Instructor(s): Liza Monroy
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.
LIZA MONROY
Author
Liza Monroy is the author of the novels The Distractions and Mexican High, the memoir The Marriage Act, and the essay collection Seeing as Your Shoes Are Soon to Be on Fire. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Modern Love column, The New York Times Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Longreads, Newsweek, Self, and The Best American Food Writing. She received an MFA in nonfiction from Columbia and has taught writing at Columbia and UC Santa Cruz. Textbooks for this course:
(Optional) Matt Bell, Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts (ISBN 978-1641293419)
(Optional) Renni Brown & David King, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print, 2nd edition (ISBN 978-0060545697)
(Optional) Renni Brown & David King, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print, 2nd edition (ISBN 978-0060545697)