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Begin Your Book

Seven Thursday Sessions

12:30-2:30pm EST 

Dates: 1/22 – 3/12 (OFF 2/19) 

The early stages of writing a book can be the most exciting and the most daunting. But if you’re ready to make it official and say “I’m writing a book!” then this is the workshop for you. Bring your nascent beginnings and inchoate pages to this two hour workshop and explore questions such as what is the focus of my book? Do these pages belong in my book? Who is the main character? What is my central conflict? How can I stay open to creative possibilities while working with intention on a project?

 

Open to all genres. Must have previous workshop experience and be ready to say, “I’m really doing it! I’m writing a book!”

 

Students can expect:

  • To receive and give feedback on 1,200 words each week that is focused on big picture development

  • To focus on the creative process focused on the project as a whole

  • Discussions of how the early stages of writing a book can differ from later stages

Thursdays

12:30 pm EST - 2:30 pm EST
January 22, 2026 - March 12, 2026

Hybrid

Meet the Instructor

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Julie Sarkissian

Julie Sarkissian is the author of Dear Lucy, published by Simon and Schuster and nominated for the Dylan Thomas Prize. Her essays, short fiction and book reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Tin House, The Huffington Post, The New York Observer, and Flavorwire, among others. Born and raised in Southern California, she has a BA in English from Princeton and an MFA from The New School. She worked for Sackett Street Writers in Brooklyn, NY as a fiction instructor and manuscript consultant before moving to Westport, CT with husband and two young children.

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