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Simon & Schuster's Editor-in-Chief,
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Recommends Bill Manville
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 The team at Hotel Charlotte is thrilled to have Bill
Manville back on board this winter to lead our 3-day Writers Workshop, Writing to get
Published on March 15, 16, 17 & 18. (Now in our third year, join this
successful program!)
Who is
Bill Manville?
Former Village
Voice columnist, and editor for Helen Gurley Brown at Cosmo, author of six books
published by major New York houses (one a Book-of-the-Month) and columnist for
the New York Daily News, Bill now teaches Writing to Get Published for Temple
University, in Philadelphia. “The
question students ask most often is,
What do New York agents,
magazine editors and book publishers look for in new writers? I designed this
workshop to give you a straight hands-on answer—so don't forget your laptop.”
Bill's published books include:
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Breaking
Up, Simon and Schuster
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Saloon
Society, Duell, Sloan and Pearce
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The Palace
of Money, Delacorte
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The Man Who
Left His Wife & Had a Nifty Time, Dell
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Am I Too
Heavy, Dear? (cartoons) New American Library
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Goodbye,
Simon & Schuster
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Cool, Hip &
Sober, Forge Press
A
Word From Bill:
What do New York editors, publishers and agents look for in new writers?
Hi -- I'm Bill Manville; my last thriller, “Goodbye,” published by
Simon & Schuster, was a BOM Alternate; my last non-fiction, Cool,
Hip & Sober, was published by Forge New York. I also write a weekly
column for the New York Daily News, and teach Writing to Get Published
online for both www.writers.com and Temple
University. The principal text for both courses is, “The WTGP Student
Handbook.” I give it to my students at the beginning of each course, Here's a
passage I hope you will find relevant to what you are trying to do yourself :
How early as kids do we develop a sense of justice? As yet unwilling to
accommodate selfishness and greed, “It isn’t fair, it isn’t just!” we
cry out to each other at some petty instance of bias;-- one of the most powerful
arguments childhood can summon. Commenting on the Peloponnesian War at the end
of the fifth century BC, the Greek historian Thucydides noted, “The strong do
what they can, the weak suffer what they must.”
Not only does he record a fact of war but does it
with an irony of language that says to us, Oh, no—it isn’t fair, it isn’t
just. And the noble child who lives in us still – the one who reads a lot and
may even aspire to be a writer—resonates to the unspoken message: Amen! we
answer back—which is why Thucydides is still read 25 centuries
later.
What I try to teach my students is that good writing
starts with that community of values between writer and reader, an unspoken
meeting of souls between-the-lines. A feeling very much like falling in
love.
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From Writing
to Get Published If you’d like a free copy – over 150 pages,
just write me: : whmanville@yahoo.com
and ask. My hope is it will persuade you to enroll in our three day
WTGP Hotel Charlotte workshop, but yes or no, there are no strings, results
do not vary, it’s free.
What others have to say about Bill:
Not only is Bill a multi-book published Author, Bill brings to the class room
several accolades from leaders in the industry including Michael Korda (see letter on the left) and Helen Gurley Brown of Cosmopolitan (see below)
“I’ve given one quote in my lifetime – to the
girl who persuaded her boss (Bernie Geiss) to publish Sex and the Single Girl…Here
comes the second! ‘What an inspiring book! Doesn’t hurt that the author is a
superb writer. I never read anything like this and am thrilled to
recommend the book to anybody with the problem himself or with a suffering
family member.’” Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmopolitan.
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Enough about Bill's credentials! Let's talk about the
writer's workshop that Bill will lead:
The Course:
This is a three-day course, with a new lesson and writing assignment each
night. The only prerequisite is a love of reading, a desire to write and get
yourself published by a big New York house. I do not guarantee that will happen.
I can guarantee to maximize your chances.
There are three How To books used as text. The first is Aspects of the Novel,
by E.M. Forster, one of the great writers of the 20th century. I know no more
expert overview of the interplay of character, plot and writing style that go
into the making of a successful novel. The second is The First Five Pages,
by Noah Lukeman, a very knowing New York agent and editor. His subtitle tells
you why: "A Writer's Guide to Staying out of the Rejection Pile." The day class
starts, you will get the third, free, via email -- my own Writing to Get
Published Student's Hand-book. When I feel I've given some topic too short
shrift in our classroom, I'll give you a key word to FIND where I go into it in
more detail. More
course info
Course Pricing & Details:
Dates: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 16, 17 & 18
Price: $199 (includes welcome dinner on Thursday, 3/15)
$79 per individual day
(welcome dinner not included)
$49 per session (2 hours,
morning or afternoon)
$29 Welcome dinner, tax
and tip included (guests welcome)
Earlybird Special: Book
and pay for the course by 12/31/2011 and get a 25% discount.
Program price includes three days of the Bill Manville workshop,
Bill's guide Writing to Get Published Student's Hand-book, 3-breakfasts,
3-lunches and a Welcome
dinner on Thursday, February 24.
Thursday, 3/15 Welcome Dinner with Bill Manville
Friday, 3/16 10-Noon, Break for lunch, 2-4
Saturday, 3/17 10-noon, Break for lunch, 2-4
Sunday, 3/18 10-noon, Wrap up lunch and done
Breakfast is available to course
participants from 7:30 to 10 am
Refund policy: 100% refund if we
are notified by December 31 of your cancellation, 75% refund after
that and no refunds after February 15.
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Hotel Charlotte offers several room packages for participants.
_____ I want to stay all three nights, $249 b&b double occupancy
_____ I want to stay all three nights, $199 b&b single occupancy
_____ I can only stay 1 or 2 nights, $89 per night, double occupancy
_____ I can only stay 1 or 2 nights, $79 per night, single occupancy
Guests of participants are encouraged to join us for the
3-course welcome dinner,
supplement $29, includes tax and tip.
Optional visit extension with pass to Yosemite
National Park add $85/2, $72/1 per night added. Valid only for the nights beyond
the 3 night pricing for pre- or post-writers workshop.
Traditional room rates have been greatly reduced for this program!
Larger rooms are also available at similar discounts. Please visit our
Rooms and Rates page for room details, photos and
amenities.
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