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Fiction Writing 8: Authoring a Book, Part 2: Perfecting your Query Letter and Synopsis Workshop (HS 11-8)
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Learn how to get your work noticed by perfecting your Query Letter & Synopsis with this recorded workshop -- and get what you need to be ready to submit your book to an agent or publisher now….
Instructor Access (optional grading support) for Unlimited Access families is available for this course for $84!
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Instructor: Erin Brown Conroy, MA, MFA
Course Description: During this course, each student will receive feedback on their own query letter and synopsis—two components necessary for submitting their work to an agent and/or publisher. The class will include both instructor feedback and workshopping, and students should leave the course with edited and polished documents.
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Fiction Writing 8: Authoring a Book, Part 2: Perfecting your Query Letter and Synopsis Workshop (HS 11-8)
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Cherise Papa
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Recorded
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Writing ➤ Advanced Fiction Writing & Literary Form (11 and X Series)
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High School
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Aubrey Heki, Sharon Hamric-Weis, Bonnie Donlon, Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA, Donna Graziose, Daniel Massett
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May 2nd, 2016 at 12:00 AM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
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Special notes
Instructor Access (optional grading support) for Unlimited Access families is available for this course for $84!
See the sidebar to the left for signup information!
Total classes
Duration
Prerequisites
Authoring a Book I (11-6, LIVE or Recorded)
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Suggested credit
Outline
Course Outline:
Class 1: Analyzing excellent query letters
Class 2: Workshopping query letters
Class 3: Analyzing excellent synopses
Class 4: Workshopping synopses
Materials
Homework
Estimated one (1) to three (3) hours of homework outside of class time per class, depending on the student’s ability
Cherise Papa
cpapa.hsc@gmail.com
About Cherise Papa
Cherise Papa, English B.S., has worked for ten years as a fiction editor helping authors create the books of their dreams.
Currently Ms. Papa is working as a managing editor and building a small press to help authors publish series in indie markets. She also volunteers at Fyrecon and is working behind the scenes at a different press to help publishers enter into new digital markets.
Her passion for story and helping writers discover that passion for themselves has driven her love for editing and teaching. Ms. Papa lives in on the Virginia coast with her husband and three young children, where they enjoy family adventures and fostering their children's creativity through the arts, music, play, and more books and board games than they can count.
You can find her live teaching the Fiction 11 series and grading the Fiction X series.