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Write Your First Novel: Yes You!

A class to prepare you to open the dreaded blank document for a novel.

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Write Your First Novel: Yes You!

Write Your First Novel: Yes You!

A class to prepare you to open the dreaded blank document for a novel.

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Have you always wanted to write a novel, but you've been too intimidated to start? Is there a book you wish existed, but you didn't have the tools to begin a draft?

Sitting down to write your first novel is as much a leap of faith as a matter of craft. But there are tools and resources to help you begin that will carry you through the 70,000 or more words before you reach "The End." This is a class for absolute beginners who will leave with a toolbox of things to help them open up that blank document and begin writing in November. 

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  • Skill level: For absolute beginners who will leave with a toolbox of things to help them begin writing in November.  "November novel writing month" is the common name for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), an annual writing challenge where the goal is to write a novel in 30 days. 
  • Be sure to bring something to take notes on. 

Class Policies

Ages 14 and up are welcome.

Instructor
Chelsea Kellogg

C.R. Kellogg writes science fiction, fantasy and horror. Her fiction uses speculative environments to explore human connection. Kellogg also writes essays about food, books and writing craft on her Substack. She is an alumnus of the Viable Paradise workshop and a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America and Horror Writers of America. Her work has been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies and most recently the Creepy Podcast. Her dystopian romance manuscript won third place in the 2024 Pacific Northwest Writers Association unpublished novel contest in Speculative Fiction.

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