Novel I
with Kate Maruyama in Glendale
Tuesdays
7:00 to 9:00 pm
February 19 to April 16 (with no class on March 19)
2 SPOTS LEFT!
This eight-week class is designed to launch students into their novels. Those who have already begun a novel or are gearing up to start one will hit the ground running as we discuss the tools of the craft, such as character, pacing, tension, progression, and voice. In workshop, students will share their work, explore their ideas for a novel, and begin or continue to develop their manuscripts. We will read and discuss novel excerpts to examine the tools of the trade and complete writing exercises designed to bring projects into sharper focus. Every week, there will be a five-page requirement to make sure students are writing and rewriting regularly. In this class, you’ll have ample opportunity to create, workshop, and revise material for the novel you’ve always wanted to write. The class is open to experienced writers and enthusiastic, serious beginners.
This class will take place in Glendale, where wine, sparkling water, and the occasional gourmet snack will be served.
Enrollment limit: 8 students
$420 for new students; $380 for returning students.
(Payment plans available to returning students.)
Kate Maruyama’s novel Harrowgate was published by 47North. Her short work has appeared in Stoneboat, Arcadia Magazine, Controlled Burn, Salon, and The Rumpus, among other online journals, as well as in two anthologies. In addition to Writing Workshops Los Angeles, she teaches at Antioch University Los Angeles in their MFA and BA programs. She writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles, where she lives with her family.
Testimonials
“Taking workshops with Kate Maruyama has really jumpstarted my writing productivity. Kate's thoughtful and even-handed guidance creates a helpful and warm environment in which students are able to share their works in progress. Thanks to Kate's classes, I've been able to make headway into my writing on a regular and consistent basis. I can't recommend Kate enough!” —Julie Carl
“I’m so grateful for Kate Maruyama’s novel writing workshops. I’ve found her to be especially helpful with process—everything from specific techniques, like index carding (to see how your novel is shaping up), to more abstract ideas, like how you don’t have to write every detail at once: you can go back in later drafts to ‘thread through’ the strands that are missing. Each term, we read and discussed a craft book as well as a novel and of course, we workshopped. Kate knows how to create a supportive yet honest environment and she is so incredibly encouraging. I’d recommend her class to anyone who wants to really move their book forward.” —Krista Wicklund
Reviews
"It's difficult to trace the point at which Kate Maruyama's Harrowgate makes a turn into darkness, but be assured that it most definitely does. Strong characters in a believable relationship, clear, flowing prose, and a plot that won't quit, make the menace palpable. Be prepared to stay up till dawn with this one." —Jeffrey Ford, author of The Shadow Year
"Strangely moving and movingly strange, Harrowgate is the world's creepiest answer to 'How's the wife and kid?' " —Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events as Lemony Snicke