Intensive Writing Workshop–Friday Author-ities Squadron

This is the one you’ve heard about! For teens (or teens at heart) this is the intensive, two-hour a week workshop on writing and publication that churns out contest winners (eight last year alone) and published authors. Yes, even if you’re a teenager.

There are two options (squadrons), Monday and Friday, with two groups (flights) per day:

Author-ities Squadron (Friday):

Core flight: (Provo, UT and Boise, ID onsite, online Everywhere) Fridays, 9 to 10:30am

Strike flight (by invitation): (Provo, UT onsite, online Everywhere) Fridays, 9:30-11am

Writelage Squadron (Monday):

Core flight: (Provo, UT onsite, online Anywhere) Mondays, 2-4pm

Strike flight (by invitation): (Provo, UT onsite, online Everywhere) Mondays, 1:30-3:30

Classes run September to May.

Extensive reading of different kinds of stylistic material including short stories, novels, and essays on the art of writing. Students will be expected to write regularly and consistently, and to learn to edit their own and other students’ material.

All students will work together to produce a work for publication over the course of the workshop, and will receive royalties from the sale of the work in perpetuity. As such, this might be the only class a student will take in his life that could pay for itself, not down the road with a job, but right now, with work produced in the class itself.

Novice flight is open to any writer of any age or success level. Intermediate flight requires an interview and application. If the writer qualifies, an invitation will be issued.

Location: 1 East Center, Suite 210 (Knight Block Bldg) and online (link provided after registration)

Cost: Core flight–$425/yr or $55/mo pay-as-you-go

Strike flight–$375/yr or $45/mo pay-as-you-go

Approximate Class Schedule (subject to change):

August/September: Memoir–how to write compellingly about your own history

September/October: Essays–how to write so that even a college admissions dragon will read it

November/December: Novels–how to write long-form fiction

January: Poetry–the language that makes heroes

January/February: Flash Fiction–telling a story in 1000 words or less

February/March/April: Short Stories–how to cram a whole movie’s-worth of story into 7500 words

May/June: Publication–how to get the words from the screen to the page to the bookshelf

Register HERE

For more information:

Contact Mr. C at mrc AT aliasmrc dot com or 801.850.3781 (text preferred)