Online Class, Zoom • Saturday, May 9, 2020
Lorrie Moore said that "The short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage." How does this analogy apply to the editorial process? How do you develop a working relationship—in which the editor trusts the writer's vision, and the writer trusts the editor's guidance to make intention a reality. In this Master Class, multifaceted editors Jennifer Baker and Dennis Norris II will discuss their process of working together for the short-story anthology Everyday People: The Color of Life. Using examples from the anthology, we will explore the editorial conversations about scene-building, character motivation, and backstory; the work undertaken; and the relationships that developed as this collection moved from manuscript to publication.A Public Space is an independent, non-profit publisher of the award-winning literary and arts magazine; and A Public Space Books. Since 2006, under the direction of founding editor Brigid Hughes the mission of A Public Space has been to seek out and support overlooked and unclassifiable work.
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