The East Village Fiction Workshop

The East Village Fiction Workshop is a supportive and constructive workshop for serious writers of novels and short stories. (I also offer private editing and critiques of all forms of writing. See the blog post below.) I have extensive experience teaching fiction and writing, and I guarantee a lively, inspiring and productive atmosphere to help your work flourish.

In The East Village Fiction Workshop, we critique your work on its own terms, exploring how the plot, characterizations, setting and style serve your resonant themes, and how you can use the elements of the craft to further develop and polish your novel or story. Our primary mission is to workshop and critique the stories and novel chapters you bring to us. But you'll also get inspiring in-class exercises to help you flex your writing muscles and surprise yourself. (Flannery O'Connor: "If there are no surprises for the writer, how can there be any for the reader?") We'll also read and discuss published writers as they pertain to your work. Your fellow-writers will offer you thorough written and verbal critiques of your stories or novel chapters, including both what already works, and what could be even better. As the instructor, I'll wrap up the discussions, as well as provide a thorough written critique and analysis of each or your stories and chapters.

The next session of The East Village Fiction Workshop is:

Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m.
May 21st through July 9th, 2008.
(We skip one week in each term, as a "catch up" week.)
$300
($280 for returning participants)

Everyone will be critiqued at least twice. The class maximum is 12, minimum is 4.
Enrollment is on a first-come basis until the class fills. Payment (via paypal or check) reserves your place in the workshop.

To enroll in the East Village Fiction Workshop,
and for payment arrangements, future schedules, and directions to the workshop,
contact instructor Karen Moulding directly:
karenmnyc@earthlink.net

PRIVATE EDITING AND CRITIQUES

I provide private editing and critiques of all forms of writing, including novels, memoir, academic or legal writing, articles, and resumes and cover letters. The service includes a thorough over-all critique of how the piece is working, and suggestions for final polish, as well as line-by-line edits and suggestions. For stories and novels, each element of the craft is thoroughly analyzed and addressed, including plot, character, setting, theme, style, pacing and voice.

Rates:

Fiction, memoir, non-referenced work by native English speakers:
$5 per page, $100 minimum ($100 for a single unit/critique of 20 pages or less).

Discounts for longer works:
10% discount for a single unit (single critique, for example the first half of a novel) of 100-199 pages.
15% discount for a single critique of 200 or more pages.

Discounts for frequent, on-going critiques:
Writing that is sent for critique in at least monthly intervals (for examples, novel chapters), will receive the discounts once 100 pages (10%) or 200 pages (15%) are reached, and will continue at the discounted rate as long as the writing is received monthly.

Rush rate (48-hour per 100 pages):
$7 per page ($140 minimum). Bulk discount does not apply.

Rate for referenced or academic work or work by ESL speakers, or writers desiring extensive help with grammar and correctness:
$7 per page ($140 minimum). Bulk discount does not apply.
Legal editing/professional publication editing negotiated separately.


A "page" is 12-point Times Roman font, double-spaced, one-inch margins.

Work is generally emailed, and is returned to the writer by email with comments and edits directly on the document (with "Track Changes," so that the writer may reject or accept the suggestions at will), and with a separate over-all critique.

For the critique/editing service,
contact Karen Moulding directly:
kbm9@columbia.edu or karenmnyc@earthlink.net