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How to Make a Good Draft Great: A writing workshop with Benjamin Schwarting

  • The Cabin 801 South Capitol Boulevard Boise, ID, 83702 United States (map)

Congratulations! You’ve finished the first draft of your novel! Surely the hard part’s over, right? RIGHT?

If you’re anything like me, you’ve learned that writing the first draft was only the beginning. The purpose of this six-week workshop is to equip beginning and intermediate authors with the skills, priorities, and vision they’ll need to make a good draft great. Sessions will span the entire breadth of the writing process, including pre-writing skills (such as outlining and world-building), developmental editing tasks, how to effectively utilize alpha and beta readers, and how to polish your prose before publication or agent submission. Writers of all genres of narrative fiction are welcome.

Date and Location

This six-week writing workshop will be in person at The Cabin (801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise) from 6 PM to 8 PM on Wednesdays on the following dates:

  • Wednesday, January 28th

  • Wednesday, February 4th

  • Wednesday, February 11th

  • Wednesday, February 18th

  • Wednesday, February 25th

  • Wednesday, March 4th

Cost

$215 for non-members or $195 for Members

Scholarships are available

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Benjamin Schwarting
Benjamin Schwarting

Benjamin Schwarting is a fantasy author, high school English teacher, and co-owner of Williams & Rose Publishing. Author of The Sum of Ages series, Ben's work emphasizes writing complex fantasy cultures that highlight real-world issues of systemic oppression and social injustice. After earning his MAT, Ben has taught as an adjunct professor of Education at the College of Idaho and designed creative writing and young author's courses for high schoolers.

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