HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME
a creative writing workshop
July 9th – 30th
Wednesdays @ 8pm ET (7pm CT / 5pm PT) ♡
♬ My loneliness is killin’ me (And I)
I must confess, I still believe (Still believe) ♬
WHAT
It’s that time of the year again when we pull out the booty shorts, clean the leaves and dead animals out of the backyard pool, turn on Oops!… I Did It Again full volume, seductively eat ice cream in a beach chair, and worry about the writing project we keep sleeping on.
This summer, Dream Boy Book Club is hosting a creative writing workshop focused specifically on any larger writing projects you’re trying to begin, continue, or complete this summer. Maybe you’re starting to compile the last year’s worth of substack posts in anticipation of building a scandalous memoir. Maybe you have a million poems and would like to start editing them together into a collection to submit this fall to small presses and contests. Maybe you have a screenplay from 10 years ago that you actually think might be worth another look. Maybe you’ve failed to finish a novel 40 bazillion times and want to try something different.
Regardless of where you are in your creative process, this workshop is designed to provide new ideas, edits, strategies, and actionable suggestions to guide your project, and motivate you to continue working on it!
We’ll meet once a week to read, critique, and support each other’s projects. We’ll discuss our writing practices, editing techniques, and publishing avenues.
We’ll also meet once individually for a ~1 hr. manuscript consultation/project planning meeting/feedback session/lit gossip/girl talk.
WHEN
(4) Wednesdays at 8pm-10pm ET from July 9th - 30th (July 9th, July 16th, July 23rd, July 30th)
and we’ll individually arrange a good time to meet for an hour to chat about your manuscript/project 1-on-1.
WHERE?
Zoom.
WHO?
Anyone with an on-going writing project, novel, manuscript, substack, screenplay, collection, memoir, songbook, etc. etc. etc. even if it’s still just hypothetical. Writers at all stages of their development are encouraged to apply.
Course facilitated by Jonathan Blake Fostar, editor-in-chief of Dream Boy Book Club, English faculty at City Colleges of Chicago (PhD @ Illinois State University 2024, MFA @ the School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2018, BA @ New York University 2009).
HOW?
Apply by clicking the button below.
Class space is limited to allow max time reading/discussing each project. Students will be offered enrollment in order of application.
After applying, you will receive an acceptance letter and link to the tuition portal. Your place in the course is not guaranteed until payment is received. Payment plans are available (contact jonathan@dreamboybook.club with any questions). Withdrawals from the course will receive a 50% refund if submitted before July 3rd. No refunds will be provided after that date.
