Monday October 23rd

5:30PM-7:30PM Phoenix MST
Location: zoom
(link will be sent to participants prior to class)

What to expect at a glance:

• answers to the question: how do I get an agent?
• secrets to having a successful author-agent relationship
• insights into building a winning manuscript
• tips for query letters, contracts, and more
   

Course Description:

In this two-hour Zoom workshop, literary agent Jeff Kleinman, founding partner of New York City-based Folio Literary Management unpacks the secrets of a successful author-agent relationship. How do you get an agent? How do you know what agent is right for you? What should you expect? What do agents wish authors knew and understood. The instructor will also share his insights on craft, gained from 20-plus years in the business—topics such as how to build narrative momentum, create stronger characters, and build a winning manuscript along with tips on practical elements such as writing a great query letters; contracts; and working with editors.

 

About the instructor:

Jeff is a literary agent and founding partner of Folio Literary Management.

 

 

Your ticket purchase is an investment not only in your voice, but in our literary community. The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing is dedicated to helping create a sustainable local and national literary arts community. The general rate for our PWS classes is only $25 per hour of instruction. The pay scale is designed in favor of instructors, ensuring that the majority of all ticket sales goes to them. Any additional profit allows us to offer discounts, scholarship seats, and occasionally free educational programs. To inquire about whether or not you are eligible for a discount code, please send an email to: pipercenter.info@asu.edu