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Writers' Room for Novelists

  • Story Parlor 227A Haywood Road Asheville, NC, 28806 United States (map)

Wednesday evenings from 6:15-8:45pm at Story Parlor
9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30

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Writers Room for Novelists
$425.00

Early Bird pricing through August 15
Regular price effective August 16

Space is LIMITED to ensure an intimate experience. We recommend signing up EARLY!

Refund and health policies can be found here.

Have you ever wished you could have your very own writers' room, where ideas are exchanged in a fast-paced environment and everyone is there to make each story the best it can be? In this generative workshop, we will apply the same camaraderie, energy, and brainstorming power that appears in television writing rooms to outlining your novel! You'll enter with nothing more than a couple of story-seed ideas, and leave with a beat sheet, character bios, setting sketches, and thematic goals for an entire novel.

Come ready to give and receive ideas in a safe environment, treating each other's stories with care, as if they were your own.

  • Jacqui Castle is an educator and novelist living and writing in Asheville, North Carolina. Castle received her MFA in Fiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has been published in a variety of local publications including Mountain Xpress, WNC Woman, Asheville Grit, and Explore Asheville.

    Her novel The Seclusion, which School Library Journal called “A must-have for all libraries and fans of scifi,” garnered Castle the title of 2020 Indie Author of the Year through the Indie Author Project (a collaboration between Library Journal and Biblioboard). Jacqui currently teaches creative writing through the Great Smokies Writing Program and Redbud Writing Project.

    Jacqui is the owner of Lit Local Mini Bookshops, which bring the work of local authors to Asheville establishments. When not writing, Jacqui can be found hanging out with her kids and consuming far too much caffeine.