http://taostoolbox.com/
It's that time of year again. A couple of AW'ers made it into last year's class.
For those who haven't seen this before, Taos Toolbox is a masterclass workshop taught by Walter Jon Williams and Nancy Kress. The workshop focuses on novel writing in all aspects; characterization, plotting, pacing, keeping it all organized, etc... Some short story information is gone into (since story is story) but the focus is on longer work. The primary curriculum is on craft with one or two lectures given over to business.
This isn't a simple 1 2 3 of novel writing or highly structured checklist. Walter and Nancy have vastly different writing styles. This is about helping you find the way you write and capitalizing on your strengths while shoring up your weaknesses. Every writer has a different method. This course will help you find yours.
Applying sooner is better than later if for no other reason than the reduced tuition cost (found on the Applications page). Also, as the VP staff and instructors can attest, it's just plain helpful to the workshop organizers to get submissions sooner rather than later.
Note that the submission you send need not necessarily be the piece you have workshopped. For many students this is the case, but if you've got a published work or two, or something on the rejection circuit, you might send that in as your application piece.
For any questions, feel free to post or PM. I check back in here every day or two, and other alumni are known to lurk as well.
It's that time of year again. A couple of AW'ers made it into last year's class.
For those who haven't seen this before, Taos Toolbox is a masterclass workshop taught by Walter Jon Williams and Nancy Kress. The workshop focuses on novel writing in all aspects; characterization, plotting, pacing, keeping it all organized, etc... Some short story information is gone into (since story is story) but the focus is on longer work. The primary curriculum is on craft with one or two lectures given over to business.
This isn't a simple 1 2 3 of novel writing or highly structured checklist. Walter and Nancy have vastly different writing styles. This is about helping you find the way you write and capitalizing on your strengths while shoring up your weaknesses. Every writer has a different method. This course will help you find yours.
Applying sooner is better than later if for no other reason than the reduced tuition cost (found on the Applications page). Also, as the VP staff and instructors can attest, it's just plain helpful to the workshop organizers to get submissions sooner rather than later.
Note that the submission you send need not necessarily be the piece you have workshopped. For many students this is the case, but if you've got a published work or two, or something on the rejection circuit, you might send that in as your application piece.
For any questions, feel free to post or PM. I check back in here every day or two, and other alumni are known to lurk as well.
