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Marlena Maduro Baraf's avatar

Hi Cristina, are these workshops free to subscribers? Re the reading out loud/performing, I would be interested in sitting in on it. I am not writing fiction, so my performances will most often be for poetry and presentation of ideas.. There's always more to learn about standing in front of a group. Also regarding revision, I don't imagine your group has been working with poetry. No?

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Cristina Garcia's avatar

Hi Marlena, Generally, the workshops I run are for paying subscribers. But there will be others for all subscribers. What I'm hoping to do is accrue your suggestions then plan out a calendar of events. Please send in your ideas! Y gracias!

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Cristina Garcia's avatar

PS: We can definitely work on performing poetry. The revisions course wouldn't cover poetry, I'm afraid, but I can suggest a good editor, if you're looking for one. Or perhaps there are other poets here who might wish to exchange work with you?

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Cristina Garcia's avatar

Here's a link to Jude Marr, who's a terrific poet and editor: https://judemarr.com

For more info please see my brief post about them on 5/7/23.

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M Smith's avatar

These all sound great! Thank you, Cristina! Structure is a constant weak point for me - and an area where I feel really uncertain of how to "test" my own attempts at structure. The structure of my first novel was the primary reason publishers cited for rejecting it (all 21-ish of them!), and the novella-ish thing I'm working on presently has different structural problems, but I don't know what they are well enough to correct them. Some of my favorite recent books (Sigrid Nunez's The Vulnerables, The Friend, and What are You Going Through?; Anne Enright's The Wren, The Wren) have structures I couldn't begin to try to replicate, and my attempt to try a novel with a Shakespearean five-act structure fell dead in the water around Act 2. So, I'd wholeheartedly welcome anything you can offer on structure!! And also on revision, and also on performing/ reading aloud :) Thank you so much :)

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Cristina Garcia's avatar

Yes, structure is one of the hardest things to crack for any work. We'll tackle it and try to address each participant's specific challenges. Thanks for weighing in.

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