I’m still buzzing from the incredible week I just spent at the Novel-in-Progress Book Camp, a fiction writers workshop and retreat in Racine, Wisconsin. I was so fortunate to be invited as an instructor for this year’s workshop. I’m quite certain I learned more than I imparted.
The most amazing aspect wasn’t the four days of classroom instruction, or the one-on-one coaching and feedback sessions, or getting to read the opening chapters of thirteen submissions of engaging books by talented writers, or the panel discussions with literary agents, publishers, editors, and
successful authors. And while highly gratifying, it wasn’t even seeing how the attending writers revised and improved their opening pages and chapters by the end of the week, or suddenly having an inspiration on how to solve that plot problem.
The best part — the part that will stick with me for years — were the people. The lifelong (I hope) friends, relationships, and connections with other writers we all made. Cherish t…
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