One of the main benefits of attending a writer’s conference or symposium is the opportunity to meet editors, agents, publishers, and other writers.
Widening your circle of connections in the literary world can help you learn to understand the publishing industry and how to get your work published as well as the chance to network. It gives writers a chance to sharpen their skills. These workshops provide writers with an opportunity to receive critical feedback from fellow writers and from an instructor.
Writer’s workshops or conferences range in size and scope, from campuses overflowing with writers, agents, publishers, and publicists to places with only a few writers in residence. Writing groups differ from writing workshops in that they tend to be smaller, more intimate, and more casual. Many universities and community colleges offer writing workshops between semesters (mostly in summer) that do not require enrolment in a degree program.
What would you like to accomplish:
- Do you want critiques in a workshop or a one-to-one setting?
- Do you want to learn about the business of writing?
- Do you want to meet editors, agents and publishers?
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