FICTION PUBLISHING I

3 credits · Graduate

During the one-week online January residency – alternating to feature guests primarily from New York and Toronto – student will attend lectures and seminars with publishers, editors, agents and established authors. They will discuss their book proposals-in-progress with agents and editors, and consult their second semester mentor to draw up a “contract of deliverables” for Fiction Mentorship II. During the Winter term, they will complete assignments related to the business of publishing, on topics such as book marketing, platform development, and legal issues. PREREQUISITES: WPUB 6300.03