Individualized Workshop 1: Poetry Manuscript Review
Creating a Cohesive Collection
Two 1-hour sessions + follow-up
*Days & times are flexible and determined on an individual basis.*
Join WRJ editor in chief Aaron Lelito for an individualized workshop designed to build a full-length poetry collection or chapbook. Through a detailed review of both macro and micro elements of the selected poems, participants will explore methods for finding a cohesive flow from one piece to the next.
Are you looking for a supportive critique?
Feeling stuck with poems you have seen over and over?
Need a fresh perspective to help get your manuscript off the ground?
There’s nothing like a some one-on-one feedback to encourage that next creative step down the winding path to a finished collection. This workshop will focus on the steps toward creating a cohesive whole. Whether you are a new writer who is navigating the path to publication for the first time or an established writer simply looking for some new approaches, this workshop can help you take your existing work–the “big picture” concepts and themes as well as key details and phrases–and create a full-length book or chapbook.
Please e-mail aaron@wildroofjournal.com if you have questions about this workshop and to make sure it is a good fit for you before registering!
By joining this workshop, you will gain access to two 1-hour sessions with guided analysis and feedback. In addition, you will have the opportunity for 1 follow-up session after the conclusion of the workshop. Days/times for meetings will be arranged on individual basis.
All sessions will be held via Zoom.
Registration Fee: $150
Individualized Workshop 2: Fine-Tuning
Preparing Writing for Submissions
Two 1-hour sessions + follow-up
*Days & times are flexible and determined on an individual basis.*
Join WRJ editor in chief Aaron Lelito for an individualized workshop designed to make your existing work publication-ready. Through a series of careful readings with one-on-one feedback, participants will receive suggestions on content, style, editing, and formatting to prepare written works to be sent out for the submission process.
Do you need a new perspective about your writing?
Ideas for small revisions that make have a big impact?
Tips for making your work publication-ready?
There’s nothing another set of eyes when you’re trying to polish a piece of writing you’ve been working on for months (or longer). This workshop will focus on those important final steps toward completing a piece and sending it out for consideration. Whether you are a new writer who is navigating the path to publication for the first time or an established writer looking to sharpen your revision skills, the close reading available in this workshop can help you hone your craft.
Please e-mail aaron@wildroofjournal.com if you have questions about this workshop and to make sure it is a good fit for you before registering!
By joining this workshop, you will gain access to two 1-hour sessions with guided feedback. In addition, you will have the opportunity for 1 follow-up session after the conclusion of the workshop. Days/times for meetings will be arranged on individual basis.
All sessions will be held via Zoom.
Registration Fee: $150
About the facilitator: Aaron Lelito has taught writing at the college level for over ten years. During that time, he has found that the genuine pursuit of written expression—whether in the form of experimental poetics or that pesky English 101 research essay—must begin with the curiosity to engage with ideas that might not actually work at first, as well as with the willingness to put linear decision-making on the side for a bit, allowing for something unexpected to appear. This type of curiosity and playfulness is most useful at the beginning stages of the writing process, where every idea has the potential to lead somewhere novel and problems can just as easily be seen as possibilities.
In addition, Aaron does freelance editing in a wide variety of contexts, from higher ed textbooks to writers seeking publication for the first time. Through these experiences, he has guided countless academic and creative writing projects to completion. Although the end goal of these projects can vary widely, his primary focus of workshopping in this context is to bring the writer’s unique vision into its fullest potential.
Aaron began Wild Roof Journal in 2020 to further engage with the creative community at large by establishing online galleries that promote works of remarkable insight, nuance, and craft.
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For editing services beyond the scope of the workshops outlined above, please send a message to aaron@wildroofjournal.com. Aaron’s editor profile can be seen here.
