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Int/Adv Novel Writing: A Generative Class

Seven Friday Sessions
10 – 12 AM EST
Dates: 1/23 – 3/13 (OFF 2/20)

 

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
January 23, 2026 - March 13, 2026

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). She has published short stories in the anthologies, ‘Women Flashing’, ‘Just Keep Breathing’ and, ‘Twist’. 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 awards. She has given writing lessons to underprivileged children and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts as well as a member of the International Society of Bipolar disorder lived experience committee. She had taught writing in South Africa, Greece, the U.K. as well as New York. She is an adjunct professor at Manhattanville college and has worked with both experienced and novice writers from all over the world. Rahla lives in New York with her husband and teenage triplets.

$450.00

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