Lincoln-Sudbury Adult & Community Education

Do you have a story to tell? Join prize winning author, Leta Serafim, and start writing compelling fiction today. This class will be taught in a workshop format, utilizing timed prompts and other techniques; and each of the four sessions will explore a different aspect of effective storytelling, everything from developing a memorable plot-line to creating unforgettable characters. The genres covered will depend on what students are interested in.

“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” This slide lecture introduces Ralph Waldo Emerson’s first book, Nature. Emerson’s words will be accompanied by Ron’s amazing nature photographs. Selected readings are drawn from each of the book’s eight chapters, providing participants with an overview of this seminal work, a text fundamental to the Transcendental Movement.

Once your manuscript is finished, comes the next and often hardest step, getting your work published. This hour-long course with Leta Serafim will outline the various options available from writing query letters to agents and publishers to signing on with self-publishing companies like Ingram-Sparks. She will provide an overview of the industry today and give you her recommendations as to how best to negotiate this every changing field and avoid the expensive mistakes many first-time authors make.