Scaffolding Your Novel

Scaffolding Your Novel

Virtual (Zoom)

April 21st & 28th

Adult 18+
Skill Level: All Levels

Description: The process of writing a novel involves a lot more than just putting one sentence after another. Think: complicated logistics, careful plotting, tangled backstories, and more. Even if these details never make it to the page, they bolster the story. If you’re in the early stages of writing your novel (or have an idea that you’d like to flesh out into a novel), this two-day online workshop can help you build the scaffolding that will support your story from start to finish.

By the end of this workshop, participants will have a scaffolding of your novel that will support your work outside of the classroom from the beginning to the end of your manuscript.

About the facilitator: M. C. Benner Dixon lives, writes, and grows things in Pittsburgh, PA. She is quick to make a pun and slow to cut her grass. Her debut novel, The Height of Land, won the Orison Fiction Prize. Her poetry and prose have appeared in The Iowa Review, Reckoning, Literary Hub, Fusion Fragment, Appalachian Review, and elsewhere. Millions of Suns: On Writing and Life, a collection of craft essays co-authored with Sharon Fagan McDermott, is available from the University of Michigan Press. Find her at bennerdixon.com.

Refund & Cancellation Policy: Attendees can cancel their registration 7 days or more before the event for a full refund (minus ticketing fees). If there is a need to cancel registration less than 7 days before the event, 50% of the ticket cost will be refunded (minus ticketing fees). 

Write Pittsburgh reserves the right to cancel events due to unforeseen circumstances including low registration. If this happens, registrants will receive a 100% refund of the workshop cost (minus ticketing fees). Please note that Humanitix does not allow us to refund ticketing fees, so that is not something that we have any control over.