Class

6-Week: Writing & Publishing for Neurodivergent Writers

For Neurodivergent-or-curious writers, beginning to advanced, come together to build community and support in a highly participant-responsive course led by a Neurodivergent instructor. Diagnosis not required.

This course is part writer-support-group and part generative writing course. It does not require advance preparation. Participating writers may find this course particularly useful while being enrolled concurrently in a conventional workshop offering. We will not directly workshop each other's writing, but there will be time for students to share their project details with each other if they seek advice.

Over six weeks, participants will share and discuss the challenges, strategies, and joys unique to the ND writing community. We'll explore, accept, and sometimes reject workshop feedback cliches that operate on assumed knowledge (what does “more likable” even mean for our protagonists, and why is it super coded?). Students will learn to identify what makes a writing practice ND-inclusive by creating scaffolding—for their own artistic communities and writing lives—that allow us to work with, not against, our own brains.

Participants can also expect to thoroughly discuss publishing norms—what’s expected in networking and non-networking settings, the unspoken rules of queries, cover letters, and grant writing, and the unique challenges ND writers may face during the publishing process.

Course content includes structured craft instruction, as well as open discussion, and feedback to participant-led topics.

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Instructions for Accessing This Online Class

In order to access live class meetings, you must have the Zoom application downloaded to your computer. You will also need a WiFi/Internet connection throughout the duration of your scheduled meeting and a computer with audio and video capability. The information to join your Zoom classroom will be provided in your confirmation email upon registration. Please check spam folders if you do not see this email upon registration. For more information on how to use Zoom, please see our training manual here.