Writing Workshops

Lining Up the Bones of a YA Story with Emily X.R. Pan (Sold Out)

$125

2 Sessions

Out of stock

Saturday & Sunday 2:00 pm EDT - 4:15 pm EDT June 5 to June 6, 2021

Online via Zoom

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This workshop has reached its capacity. To join the waitlist, please email Thierry Kehou at [email protected].

How do we figure out the right structure for a story? What are the unique facets to consider when we’re writing in the young adult space? This bootcamp examines the various elements that make a piece of fiction tick, and how they best fit together. We’ll explore questions and strategies for creating and sustaining propulsion.

Levels: Introductory, Intermediate
Capacity: 20

This workshop will take place online via Zoom. Participants will receive instructions for access prior to the first session.

Led by

Emily X.R. Pan

Emily X.R. Pan

Emily X.R. Pan is the New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Color of After, which won the APALA Honor Award and the Walter Honor Award, received six starred reviews, was an L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, among other accolades. She lives on Lenape land in Brooklyn, New York. Visit Emily online at exrpan.com, and find her on Twitter and Instagram: @exrpan.

By Emily X.R. Pan

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The Astonishing Color of After

By Emily X.R. Pan

Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

PURCHASE

Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.

Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life.

Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a stunning and heartbreaking novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love.

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