LFG: Summer Seminars, Workshops, and Events
Write your book proposal! Learn how to craft a unique literary interview! Trash, LIVE!
So, you have an idea for a book. Maybe you even already wrote it! Either way, you are ready for the next step. Does the thought of writing a book proposal for your non-fiction project make you want to light no fewer than fourteen lavender-scented candles and lie in the dark for three days straight? You’re not alone! But after having written three book proposals, I promise you it’s not as daunting as it seems.
In order to demystify this seemingly overwhelming task, I’m thrilled to offer the Book Proposal Generator again! Beginning with an overview of the anatomy of the book proposal by looking at several different examples, this generator will be broken up into eight weekly sessions. Each week, we will be discussing and going over one element of the book proposal in detail. At the end of each session, students will be assigned to complete a draft of the section discussed, which is to be handed in the following Friday, no later than 8 p.m. Students will receive peer and instructor feedback in class the following day, after which the next section of the book proposal will discussed and assigned to complete for the following week. By the final session, each student will have a complete book proposal, and will be ready to take the next step on the path to publication.
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Imagine waiting for someone like Garth Greenwell or Kristen Arnett to log on, only to suddenly be confronted with a gastrointestinal 911 after eating some questionable leftovers earlier. Or talking to a writer you’ve admired for so long, and they say something so profound, and also meaningful to you on a personal level, that you begin to cry right in their face. Or this. Or that. This is the beauty of the literary interview: Anything can happen. There is magic to mine.
This seminar is dedicated to mining this magic. We will be breaking down and examining the ways in which the literary interview moves beyond a simple exchange of questions and answers. We will begin by reading examples of interviews and discussing the different approaches employed in each, followed by taking a closer look at each element that goes into developing a stirring conversation on the page. From pitch to publication, we will cover it all.
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If you’re in Los Angeles, join us for the next Empty Trash, a reading where authors reach deep into the bowels of their “recently deleted” folders and share pieces that have been cut, unpublished, or otherwise killed.
Come watch these next-level literary luminaries give their dead darlings a second life on Thursday, June 20th at 7 p.m.:
⭐️ Rachel Khong ⭐️
⭐️ Kashana Cauley ⭐️
⭐️ Justinian Huang ⭐️
⭐️ Ilana Masad ⭐️
⭐️ Manuel Betancourt ⭐️
⭐️ Jason Yamas ⭐️
The stars will be out, and we hope you will be, too, because we are returning to The Ruby Fruit, which will be our permanent home for the series going forward. :’) Books sold by our friends over at Chevalier’s, who we also couldn’t be prouder to partner with!
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Thank you for your continued support!
XO,
GM
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