East Village Fiction Workshop Winter 2009, Los Angeles!

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

For all you west coasters, The East Village Fiction Workshop will meet in Los Angeles for Winter 2009! I look forward to reuniting with my former students who now live here, and meeting new writers! Whether in L.A. or New York, The East Village Fiction Workshop is an energizing and constructive workshop for serious short story and novel writers from the beginning to advanced levels. We critique your work on its own terms, exploring how the plot, characterizations, setting and style serve your 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 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 of your stories and chapters.

The next session of The East Village Fiction Workshop will meet in LOS ANGELES:

Tuesdays, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
February 10th through March 24th, 2009.
$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 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 location in West Los Angeles,
contact instructor Karen Moulding directly:
karenmnyc@earthlink.net