Fall Long-Form Writing Intensive
Course Overview
FALL LONG-FORM WRITING INTENSIVE
Tuesdays 6:30-8:30 (September 22 - November 24)
PLOT - WRITE - EDIT - PITCH
10 WEEK CURRICULUM:
1. Creating in the Cracks: How to Make Time for Your Story
2. Outlining for People Who Would Rather Just Write
3. Blending Truth into Narrative: A Life in Chapters
4. Place Matters: Setting the Scene
5. Keep the Pages Turning: Late Nights Readers will Love
6. The Soggy Middle: Tools and Tricks to Keep Going!
7. This Is The End: Balancing Reader Satisfaction with Story Integrity
8. Writing is Rewriting: How to Edit Without Going Insane
9. Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing: Picking Your Path
10. Making The Pitch: Sell Your Book to Readers and/or a Publisher
WHAT TO EXPECT
Two-hour sessions include:
Practical teaching
Active discussion
Dedicated time to write
Work from idea to pitch:
Carving out time for creativity
Solutions in plotting
Publisher (or reader) ready pitch
About Us
YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Amber Cowie
Writer of thriller novels and freelance nonfiction with work in The New York Times, Salon, The Globe and Mail, CBC, Vancouver Sun, Crime Reads, and Scary Mommy. Her most recent of five novels, The Off Season, was released by Simon and Schuster in 2024.
YOUR HOST: Gather Bookshop
A bookish staple in Squamish (and online) for over four years. Known for curated collections, they’re excited to now host courses and camps (all ages) in celebration of local literary arts.
Inspiration
When she was growing up, Amber knew there were books inside of her.
If you feel the same way, come join her for a course that offers methods to write the book while building community and gaining professional skills that will set your work apart in a crowded landscape.
Each two-hour session will include practical teaching, active discussion, and dedicated time to write as we progress from carving out creativity in your current schedule to tactical solutions in plotting to developing a traditional publisher-ready pitch or strong back-cover material for self-published works.
If there is a book in your head that won’t stop speaking in the few quiet moments of your life, Gather invites you to come find the space to finish your story.
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