I’m teaching a new 8-week class called THE FINISH LINE at Literary Arts starting May 1st.

Over the past couple years, I’ve noticed that what motivates and excites a lot of writers I work with is to move a specific piece through clear, specified, doable goals all the way over the finish line. So i’m going to teach a class with the precise agenda in mind.

Each writer can work in whatever genre they want to; each writer can have the goal that is important and specific to them and their process and project. For some people that will be a final draft ready for submission, for others making it all the way through a first draft, for others it will be making it through the hardest draft of a piece that has been stagnating… you get to choose what would be most meaningful and helpful to you.

Best of all, you’ll be surrounded by a small group (no more than 10 total) other writers who are also pushing a piece along with you to their finish line. We’ll all be in it together.

Here is the listing with more information from the Literary Arts website:

This 8-week class is focused on helping each writer push one story, essay or poem through the drafting and revision stages on over the finish line. We’ll meet weekly to share accountability updates, read some work-in-progress with the group, set or revise goals for your weekly writing practice, and share successes and challenges with fellow writers. You’ll also learn strategies for keeping focused and staying on track. Occasional outside readings for discussion. This is not a workshop or feedback-based class. Worked shared with be about listening to each other’s voices and having a consistent deadline to meet on a weekly basis. All genres welcome.