Description Bootcamp – Online Writing Workshop

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When: November 15 – 24, 2024
Where: Online — Available everywhere and at your own pace
Price: $75
Scholarships Are Available!

The difference between a good narrative and a great work of fiction are excellent descriptions. This asynchronous workshop is for writers who either struggle to describe people and/or settings or for those who need help honing this essential writing skill. We’ll provide short writing exercises and group discussions that’ll give you a set of tools to develop and elevate your descriptions in narrative. Whether you’re just starting a project or neck-deep in revisions, this bootcamp will level up your writing.

This asynchronous course is for all prose writers, fiction or non-fiction, at any skill level. The materials are not exclusive to descriptions about characters and cultures whose identities are very different to your own.

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Who Should Take This Class?

Writers of all genres — Non-Fiction, Literary, YA, Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Children’s Books, Romance at any point in their career.

Course Format and Time Commitment

This class is asynchronous, meaning you can access materials when your schedule permits. Writing exercises will be sent out via a private email list. Students will have access to a private forum where they can take part in discussions if desired. During the course there will be opportunities to join live group write-ins or discussions with the instructors over Zoom. Schedule to be announced based on instructor and student availability. You can take this workshop from anywhere in the world as long as you have an Internet connection. 

Accessibility and Technical Requirements

The class will utilize Discord for text-based discussion. See Discord’s accessibility page. For the optional live sessions, Zoom meetings software is compatible with standard screen readers and has several other accessibility features that make it possible for writers who are Blind or vision impaired to participate. Live, auto-generated closed captions will be available for those who need them.

If you have questions about potential needs, or if there are any other ways we can make a class accessible for you, please contact us before registering and we’ll answer within 24 hours.

Full and Partial Scholarship Opportunities

We have full and partial Vonda N. McIntyre Sentient Squid Scholarships available for this class. If you do not have the financial means to pay for all or part of the registration cost for this class, we encourage you to apply. We have a broad definition of financial need that ranges from writers who do not have the money at all to writers who have the funds but can’t afford to use them for a writing class.

Wherever you exist on the financial needs spectrum, don’t self reject! (Still not sure whether you should apply? Read this.)

Our scholarships are available to any writer regardless of background or identity. We set aside a portion of scholarships specifically for students who identify under the POC, BIPOC, or BAME umbrellas as well as for Palestinian writers/writers of Palestinian heritage.

If you can afford to pay for part but not all of the registration fee, please apply for a partial scholarship. Under this financial aid plan you can let us know the amount you can afford. If you cannot afford to pay at all, please apply for a full scholarship. 

To apply, please fill out this form by 11:59PM Pacific November 1. You’ll be asked to provide:

  • A brief (300 or fewer words) statement of financial need
  • A brief (500 or fewer words) description of a work or works in progress that you hope the workshop will help you write.
  • If you identify as POC, BIPOC, BAME, or Palestinian, you may indicate that if you wish.

Deadline: 11:59PM Pacific November 1We will notify all applicants of their standing the weekend before class begins. If you have any questions, please use our contact form to ask!

Refund Policy

If you find that you need to drop the workshop, you may do so by requesting a refund via Humanitix up to 7 days before the class start date. Beyond this date, you will not get a refund, however you may have that credit applied toward a future course.

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