Online Novel Revision Workshop

Don’t let the first draft of your novel languish in a drawer! We’ll begin by looking closely at the first chapter of your novel, and will move on to discussing issues of characterization, plot, structure, setting, and theme. Workshop materials can be accessed and printed at any time during the course dates.

Where: Online
Tuition: $249

Class structure

A weekly lecture on a specific aspect of revision. Print it out, study it, and come to the forum with questions and comments.
Weekly revision assignments to keep you motivated and help you practice the techniques you’ve learned in the lectures
Weekly live chat
Open discussion forum
Feedback on your work from the instructor and your peers to help you identify your novel’s strengths, identify problem areas, and take your book to the next level

Great classroom features you'll only find online

The classroom is always open: log in to access course materials any time of day or night.
Weekly forums allow you to comment, ask questions, and participate in lively discussions.
All of the course materials are available for the duration of the class, so if you go on vacation, come down with the flu, or get completely overwhelmed at work, you don’t have to miss a thing.
And, best of all, you don’t have to leave the house (or find matching socks, or locate your car keys.)

About the Instructor

Michelle Richmond has taught in the MFA programs in creative writing at the University of San Francisco, California College of the Arts, St. Mary’s College of Moraga, and Bowling Green State University. In the spring of 2012 she will hold the CJ Chair at Notre Dame de Namur University. She holds an MFA from the University of Miami, where she was a James Michener Fellow. Michelle has published four books of fiction, including an award-winning story collection and a New York Times bestselling novel. She is the publisher of Fiction Attic Press. Learn more about Michelle on her website.

About The Book Doctor

Michelle Richmond is the New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Fog, No One You Know, Dream of the Blue Room, and the award-winning story collection The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress. She has taught in the MFA programs in creative writing at the University of San Francisco, California College of the Arts, St. Mary's College of Moraga, and Bowling Green State University. In Spring of 2012, she will hold the CJ Chair at Notre Dame de Namur University. She is the publisher of Fiction Attic Press.