A structured revision workshop to support writers as they move their embryonic draft closer to its due date.

This class is for writers who are ready to whip their first, second, or even third manuscript draft into its intended shape.

This workshop uses guided outlining, re-visioning exercises, and revision "passes" or rounds to help you pinpoint, assess and improve elements in your draft such as character, plot (or argument), structure, theme, language, and more.

Over 12 weeks, the group will meet weekly for 2-hour Zoom sessions. Meetings will include discussion and intensive revision exercises for the first 4 weeks. The second half of the class will include further guided revision activities, alongside workshop review of up to 100 pages per writer (2 rounds at up to 50 pages/each), in which writers will receive comments from their peers and Amanda. Our focus will be on high-level, developmental feedback and on analyzing sentence-level patterns for style and voice, not on copyediting.

Admission to the class includes a 20-minute next-steps virtual conference with Amanda. Writers enrolled in the workshop will also have a chance to share their full draft with Amanda for an editorial consult at a discounted cost (see below).

Zoom sessions for this class will be held weekly on Mondays 3-5pm PT/6pm-8pm ET starting August 3 (no class Sept 7), ending October 26. Let’s get your book in shape before the end of the year!

*Interested in a daytime option? Let me know at careforwriters@gmail.com.

Who is this class for?

This workshop is best suited for prose writers working on memoir, narrative nonfiction, essay collections, literary fiction, autofiction, historical fiction, and hybrid genres that blend these categories with research, criticism, or genre elements like horror, speculative fiction, dystopian fiction, and satire. Poets are welcome, though you may find yourself a (highly valued!) minority.

If you are working on a book proposal rather than a full draft, you are welcome to take this class, and will be invited to submit whatever pages you wish from the project for your workshop spots.

This is an intersectional feminist group. Writers are likely to be parents and caregivers. Most writers in Amanda’s classes are writing about themes such as gender politics, queerness, motherhood/parenthood, single womanhood, sex and sexuality, trauma, race, immigration, marriage/divorce, non traditional relationships, work/labor, mental health, feminism, and pop culture. If any of those topics make you uncomfortable, this is probably not the right group for you.

Please note that a key component of this course is community feedback and support. In this class, you will find yourself among dedicated writers who care deeply about each other’s writing and lives. If you are seeking only instructor feedback on your work, please check out my 1-1 editorial offerings.

Just starting out with a draft—or trying to find your writing practice for the first time or after a long break? Stay tuned for more offerings.

Ready to sign up? You can do so below.