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2023 Programs Available

Adult Team-Based Storytelling

Write and publish the book you’ve been dreaming about in our Novelist's Program…or write the ending of Game of Thrones you wish you saw!

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The Adult Novelist's Program
This is it. It's your year to write YOUR book.
Written Out Loud is proud to present The Novelist’s Program, for fiction AND nonfiction writers like you who have something unique and powerful to say - but need a mentor, structure, and team to get it down, at long last, on paper.
 
 This is a six-month, three phase program. First, you’ll meet once per week (virtually) with a small group of fellow adult writers, plus a mentor, who will help you “break” your story - that means get down your outline and structure.

Then you’ll begin your First Draft Writing Sprint - which is actually a joy, once you’ve cracked your structure. You’ll turn in your first draft on August 1 - no ifs, ands, or excuses.

Finally, after some deep and detailed feedback, you’ll revise your draft into your final manuscript, which is due to the Written Out Loud Publishing Division on the Friday of Labor Day Weekend, September 1.

Then - the moment you’ve been waiting for - you’ll receive a copy of your published book in your hands before the year is out, either in the mail, or better yet, in person, on the campus of Yale University, at Written Out Loud StoryCon 2023.
 

$1,200
6 Month Program | March 20 - Sept 1
3/20 to 6/12 | Meets 1hr/wk | Story Breaking
6/20 to 8/1 | First Draft Sprint
8/7 to 9/1  | Revision and Submission
9/1 Final Manuscript Due

 

REGISTRATION CLOSED. If you have any questions about late registration, please reach out to support@writtenoutloud.org

 

The Novelist's Program

This is it. It's your year to write YOUR book.

Written Out Loud is proud to present The Novelist’s Program, for fiction AND nonfiction writers like you who have something unique and powerful to say - but need a mentor, structure, and team to get it down, at long last, on paper.

This is a six-month, three phase program. First, you’ll meet once per week (virtually) with a small group of fellow adult writers, plus a mentor, who will help you “break” your story - that means get down your outline and structure.

Then you’ll begin your First Draft Writing Sprint - which is actually a joy, once you’ve cracked your structure. You’ll turn in your first draft on August 1 - no ifs, ands, or excuses.

Finally, after some deep and detailed feedback, you’ll revise your draft into your final manuscript, which is due to the Written Out Loud Publishing Division on the Friday of Labor Day Weekend, September 1.

Then - the moment you’ve been waiting for - you’ll receive a copy of your published book in your hands before the year is out, either in the mail, or better yet, in person, on the campus of Yale University, at Written Out Loud StoryCon 2023.

 

$1,200
6 Month Program | March 20 - Sept 1
3/20 to 6/12 | Meets 1hr/wk | Story Breaking
6/20 to 8/1 | First Draft Sprint
8/7 to 9/1  | Revision and Submission
9/1 Final Manuscript Due

 

REGISTRATION CLOSED. If you have any questions about late registration, please reach out to support@writtenoutloud.org

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Josh Shelov | Written Out Loud Founder & CEO

About Your Head Writer

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In addition to being the founder and creator of Written Out Loud, Joshua Shelov has been a professional filmmaker in Hollywood for over 20 years.

He wrote the feature film GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS (2005), starring Elijah Wood, and co-wrote and directed THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST (2011), starring Neil Patrick Harris.

He has worked closely with Jodie Foster, Samuel L. Jackson, John Mulaney, Aubrey Plaza, John Hodgman, Nick Kroll, Todd Phillips, Michael DeLuca, among others.

He has co-directed and produced three ESPN 30 for 30 documentaries: #bringbacksungwoo (2015), WE ARE (2016), and 24 STRONG (2017).
 
He is an adjunct professor in the Film Department of Yale University, where he created the seminar STORYTELLING FOR THE SCREEN - the origin moment of Written Out Loud.

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