Announcing: "Good to Great: A Revision Workshop"

Hi, Writers! It’s been a long time, but I’m back. I want to talk about a strange phenomenon nearly every writer experiences: page fright even at times when you know your written work is good!

It seems counterintuitive, doesn’t it? I mean, when you write something that has received cutting feedback in a workshop class or the humor isn’t hitting or you saw a similar piece that makes yours seem unoriginal, then it’s understandable to have some doubts about it. (We should certainly revisit those pieces and not automatically abandon them!)

But then there are other works where you blushed during class because a classmate called it “brilliant” or you read it aloud to a friend and they laughed in all the right places or you felt rightfully smug that no one on the entire internet (you checked!) has made your clever point. And yet, those writings—the ones that may just need some polishing—are languishing in a folder on your laptop instead of being revised and released out into the world.

And so, I’m announcing a new class I’ll be offering on Zoom this winter for creative non-fiction writers, called “From Good to Great: A Revision Workshop.” It’s time to reach into the proverbial drawer and riffle through it for the pieces you’re proud of, still excited about, and want to have published. We will hone in on revision techniques and exercises, learn how well-known authors attack the revision process, and workshop your piece(s) with an emphasis on very specific, do-able changes. Each of you will also identify three publications to send your personal essays to (with my help) and write a query letter that I will review.

“Good to Great” will run on Saturdays, 10 a.m. to noon ET, for eight weeks from January 11 – March 1. The cost is $395 and registration closes January 3rd. I won’t be so clichéd as to say, as they do in the publishing world, that this is the “new year, new you” time of year, but it kind of is, right?

If you have any questions, please let me know. And if you’re interested in registering, just email me at meta@metawagner.com.

Happy writing, revising, and pitching! And Happy Holidays to you and yours.

Zoey says it’s time to get writing, revising, and pitching!

If you have any questions about the workshop, feel free to email me or leave a comment here!