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You In 1200 Words: Writing The Personal Essay (6 Week Online)

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Have you dreamed of seeing one of your essays published in the New York Times or Marie Claire? Successful journalist Abby Sher has done both and she will show you how. Abby will help make your essay relatable, targeted for the right publication, and tantalizing to readers. You'll learn about the essential elements of the personal essay: the hook, angle, tone, and epiphany, the structure of personal essays, and the different types of personal essays. Abby will share her secret for finding what newspapers, magazines and websites are looking for; what strikes them as cliché, and what they find different and interesting. We'll workshop one of your essays until it's perfect. By the end of class, you'll have a kick-ass essay that is ready to be submitted for publication and a plan of where to submit it. Your goal will be to sell your essay within a couple of weeks after the class ends! You'll be well on your way to joining the ranks of the 57 Writing Pad Alums who have been published and have gotten paid for their work in publications such as Self, Marie Claire, LA Times, Salon, Spirit Magazine, and New York Magazine!

Instructor: Abby Sher
Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11 (6 Tuesdays)
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. PST
Cost: $395
Location: Online

About Abbey Sher:
Abby Sher is a writer and performer living in Brooklyn. Her essays and articles have also appeared in Modern Love: Tales of Love and Obsession, Behind the Bedroom Door, The New York Times, The L.A. Times, Self, Jane,
Elle, Elle UK, Marie Claire, Psychology Today, The Medium, xoJane, The
Frisky, Largehearted Boy, HeeB, and Redbook. She is also the author of
Breaking Free: True Stories of Girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery (Barrons),
a memoir, Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl who Couldnt Stop Praying
(Scribner). Her memoir was named Best Nonfiction of 2009 byThe Chicago
Tribune, Moment Magazine and Elle.