Each participant met twice individually with Jennifer Mattson of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. We were treated to superlative story telling and creativity exercises by Lynn Rubright. We had two in-depth writing workshops presented by Jennifer Mattson. In addition, there were two sessions of peer critiques, and we even had time to revise our manuscripts before our second meeting with Jennifer. We ended with a fun exercise presented by Stephanie Bearce on designing a book jacket for our works-in-progress.
WOW!
I’m full of new ideas, thanks to the helpful suggestions of Jennifer, Kristin and the other retreat participants. Having two sessions to meet with an agent or editor was so helpful. During my revision time, I brainstormed ways to address the issues Jennifer raised. In the second meeting, we discussed my ideas, and she suggested additional way to strengthen the manuscript.
I'll post more details later in the week.
The retreat was awesome, the weather imperfect. I went out in the sleet to photograph the lake.
Spring in the Midwest
2 comments:
That's too bad about the weather, but I'm glad the rest of it was a success.
Not to be greedy, but do you think you might present an exercise or two you learned there at a Write Night or a group retreat?
Tim: Will do.
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