Creative Writing Projects: Develop your Manuscript
In this one-on-one time together, we will focus on a writing project that you are working on. We will read new sections, talk about your ideas, questions and/or struggles to reach various goals. I'll also teach revision tools and games.
What's included
Meets on Demand
schedule meetings as needed55 mins
per sessionTeacher support
Mastery Evaluation
1 hour per week. Assignments will vary from student to student depending on their specific goals and projects but will always have prompts and editorial feedback to work with.Grading
A page of notes from the work done together, how the writing has improved and goals to achieve.Class Experience
When I was finding my own writing path, I didn’t have role models offering validation or permission to tell stories in my own way. Now I can offer you just that. In-depth, one on one collaborative development of your work, I’d like to help you. How? With a combination of the following: An organic conversation with your questions and needs comes first. Brainstorming together with your goals in mind. Practical advice. Performance-driven. Developmental editorial work on a specific manuscript. Craft and technique articles. Feedback and critiques on specific projects, letters, pitches, etc. Resources/ websites/ information sharing.
Learning Goals
To develop a writing 'voice'To Improve editorial skills to monitor own writing
Other Details
Pre-Requisites
You will need to be working on a writing project with clear goals so that we have something to work with each week.
Supply List
Each week you will need to submit 20-30 pages of new material for us to work with as well as your own questions and brainstorming ideas for the future writing goals.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined April, 2024
Teacher expertise and credentials
“I believe it’s important for people to know how others experience the world. This is why I write fiction and travel essays, novels and more. It’s why I publish others’ work.”
Sarah Leamy is the author of Stay, G’Dog, Hidden, When No One’s Looking, Lucky Shot, and Lucky Find, as well as her award winning travelogue, Van Life. Her shorter work has been published in Los Angeles Review, Hunger Mountain, Santa Fe Writers Project, and others. Her awards include winning the NM/AZ Book Awards for her fiction, Honorable Mention for the Quill Prize (Red Hen Press) and more recently long-listed with the Santa Fe Writers Project. Reviews
Live 1-on-1 Lessons
$38
per sessionMeets on demand
55 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
