Writing the Novel You Want to Read
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Online Writing Workshop
January 14-18, 2021
Led by Joe Costal
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ~Toni Morrison
This workshop will provide a supportive, inspiring space for writing the novel you know needs to be written. We will examine excerpts that demonstrate how to propel a story forward across a novel-length arc as well as how to make each sentence sing. Generative writing prompts and encouraging feedback will help you develop your characters, improve your dialogue-writing skills and play with structure and point of view to find the approach that will unlock your novel’s strengths. Whether you’re halfway through or haven’t put pen to paper yet, you will spend the weekend writing, revising and re-envisioning your must-read novel.
*Limited to just 10 participants.*
“Murphy Writing is great for writers of poetry and prose at any stage of their writing careers. Supportive, fun and helpful in many ways.”
~ Nanette, Saratoga Springs, NY
Biography
Joe Costal’s poems, short stories and essays have appeared in dozens of magazines, journals and websites—most recently in Painted Bride Quarterly, Watershed Review, Barrelhouse and Philadelphia Stories. Joe has presented workshops at The Muse & Marketplace, North America’s largest writing conference. His writing has won distinction from GrubStreet, Rowan University (where he graduated with an MA in Strategic Communications and a BA in English), Rider University Hispanic Writers’ Conference & Wesleyan University. Joe supervises the Humanities at a public high school and teaches writing at Stockton University. Visit his website and listen to him read his short story published in Glassworks (scroll down the page).
