YA & Adult Fiction First Pages with Alice Jerman
March 4th, 2024 - April 1st, 2024
with Alice Jerman
You'll submit your pages at the group start, then spend the next weeks critiquing peer stories. Alice will submit her notes near the critique deadline. After critiques are complete, we host a 2-hour group debrief, in which each writer gets 15 minutes of individual time with Alice to dig into feedback, brainstorm next steps, and discuss any writing questions.
Our goal with these events is to help writers become stronger storytellers. That said, each opening pages event we offer also comes with a submission opportunity.
Notes
Who this workshop is for: <p>This workshop is a high-level educational event, best suited to agented writers and advanced writers who are querying or preparing to do so.<br></p>
Focus: Adult - Novels - Relationship fiction (sometimes called Women’s Ficti…
Group size: 6 writers
Submissions: <p>There will be one submission of up to 3750 words at the workshop start. Participants should also plan to share their pitch/short summary with their pages. Your pitch is not included in the word count and will not be critiqued.</p><p><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">Changes and Withdrawals Policy: </span></p><ul><li>2 months or more ahead of a workshop start: you will be credited the full amount of the workshop, less a $15 change fee.</li><li>Under 2 months to 15 days ahead of a workshop start: you will be credited for the full workshop cost less a $15 charge if we are able to replace you. If we can't replace you, you will receive a credit for 50% of the workshop cost.</li><li>Withdrawals within 2 weeks of a workshop start will not be credited even if you are able to be replaced. Your payment will go towards our scholarship program. </li></ul>
Fee
Members: $120; Non-members: $145
About Alice Jerman
Alice Jerman (she/her) has worked in the publishing industry since 2011 and is currently a senior editor at Entangled Publishing. Most recently she was at HarperCollins, where she edited Victoria Aveyard, June CL Tan, and Sasha Peyton Smith. Since joining Entangled, Alice focuses on publishing her favorite genres: fantasy and romance. Alice is looking to acquire adult, YA, and New Adult, and she loves romantasy, character-driven fantasy, and epic stakes, and particularly wants diverse worlds and voices, especially queer romance and joy. Her favorite tropes are forbidden love and friends-to-lovers. Alice is a graduate of New York University, where she majored in English and minored in Creative Writing. She lives in New York City with her partner and a cat named Mr Mayor.