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Int/Adv Novel Writing: A Generative Class

Five Friday Sessions
10 – 12 AM EST
Dates: 11/14 – 12/19 (OFF 11/28)

 

Embark on the exciting and, at times, daunting business of writing a novel. We will work on:

  • Banishing the pesky inner critic
  • Developing character
  • Establishing themes and structure
  • Excavating and exploring your story
  • Deciding on a narrator-discovering and deciding who tells the story

 

Overall, this class is designed for people who yearn for a place of kindness and creativity.

Fridays

10:00 am EST - 12:00 pm EST
November 14, 2025 - December 19, 2025

Online via Zoom (link sent week of class)

Meet the Instructor

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Rahla Xenopoulos

Rahla Xenopoulos is the author of “A Memoir of Love and Madness.’ (Random House) and the novels ‘Bubbles,’ (Penguin.) ‘Tribe’ (Penguin) and ‘The Season of Glass.’ (Penguin). A fellow at the Royal Society of the Arts, she has published short stories in the anthologies, ‘Women Flashing’, ‘Twist’ and ‘Just Keep Breathing.’ She has written for The Sunday Times, Glamour Magazine, and Oprah Magazine. Her latest book, The Season of Glass was a finalist for the Sunday Times Literary Award. She gives writing workshops to underprovided children and is on the boards of SA-Yes. And Short Story Day Africa, and teaches writing in South Africa, the U.K., as well as in Greece and New York, and has worked with both experienced writers and novices from all over the world. Rahla lives in New York with her husband and teenage triplets.

$320.00

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