This is an in-person workshop that takes place at Inprint House

Layering: A Strategic Approach to Fiction and Nonfiction Revision

Every great story is built in revision, where writers learn to listen to what their draft is trying to become, but it might feel intimidating when all the potential problems of your manuscript are staring you down. In this six-week class, you will learn to love revision through a strategic approach that excavates layers of essential elements in your story, allowing you to address one category of revision needs at a time. This is not a page-by-page approach and does not rely solely on external feedback for its success. Starting with theme and drilling down to the textural details, this versatile approach will help you realize your highest vision for your manuscript, whatever its genre or length.

Take this class if you have a piece of any length that you would like to revise—a short story, novel, memoir, or hybrid narrative. This class is most suitable for those who have gotten to the end of an entire draft (or several drafts) of a narrative that would benefit from major revision. Your revised version can shape the raw elements of your storytelling into a purposeful narrative with a structural balance. Whether you are dreading the revision process or excited about it but not sure where to begin, the goal is to leave this class with a clear vision and plan for improving your manuscript and a new draft underway.