8 Week Workshop
The Novella Workshop with Daisuke Shen
During the past two years, Daisuke Shen has secured an agent and landed a publishing deal, all while writing innovative fiction. This course distills Daisuke's knowledge of contemporary literature, while also giving you extensive support and feedback on your writing, directly from Daisuke Shen.
During this course, you will explore the craft of writing a novella, get extensive feedback on your writing, meet successful visiting authors, study innovative writing, and get personal guidance with the publication process.
This course is focused on providing you with extensive feedback as you write the first draft of a novella (up to 80 pages).
Novellas have always been a popular form throughout literary history, and this popularity continues to surge in recent years for readers and publishers alike. Among the many innovative and award-winning writers of the novella include writers such as P. Djeli Clark, Hiroko Oyamada, Kathryn Scanlan, Olga Ravn, all of whom have found success in pushing the boundaries of storytelling through this exciting form.
Each week during the course, you will:
- Get craft lessons and exercises designed to designed to help you experiment with new possibilities of form and structure.
- Get personal feedback on up to 10 pages of your work directly from Daisuke Shen. (For a total of 80 pages.)
- Learn more about opportunities within the indie publishing world.
- Meet live with Daisuke Shen and classmaktes, so you can ask questions and discuss your work.
- Have the chance to participate in live “write togethers” with the entire class.
This course is a wonderful fit for writers eager to produce new writing, develop their craft, experiment with innovative forms and structures, read examples from a variety of narrative traditions, and get in-depth professional feedback throughout the entire writing process.
Daisuke is offering extensive feedback on student writing as part of this course. Each week you will have the opportunity to submit up to 10 pages for feedback from Daisuke. This is in addition to the feedback Daisuke will provide on your entire manuscript (up to 80 pages) at the end of the workshop.
Keep in mind that you will have a full six months to submit your work for feedback from Daisuke. (Giving you the flexibility you need to produce writing at the right pace for you.) Please note that our focus will be on creating a self-contained work, as opposed to working on previously-completed novel excerpts.
The course starts on April 17th, 2023. Everything is hosted online. For those who need extra time, you will have a full six months to complete the course and submit your work for feedback.
Please note: Enrollment is strictly limited to just 10 participants. No exceptions. For those interested in participating, you are encouraged to enroll right away.