FIRST WORDS MANUSCRIPT CONSULTATION
A one-on-one consultation customized for you and your WIP.
This service is essentially a one-on-one writing workshop, customized entirely for you and your work-in-progress. It includes:
A close read of the first 100 pages of your manuscript with an eye for the promise in your premise.
Written feedback on your manuscript, via comments and a 1-2 page letter.
A 60-minute phone/skype consultation during which we'll delve into your goals and intentions for the piece. We'll discuss its strengths, assess areas that need improvement, and...
I'll provide you with personalized, generative writing prompts and exercises to help you in the next phase of your writing journey.
To book or learn more, email me@nataliasylvester.com
ABOUT:
Natalia Sylvester is the award-winning author of novels for adults and young adults. CHASING THE SUN was named the Best Debut Book of 2014 by Latinidad and EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GO HOME won an International Latino Book Award and the 2018 Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters. Her third novel, RUNNING, was a 2020 Junior Library Guild Selection, and her fourth, untitled novel is forthcoming in spring 2022 from Clarion Books/HMH.
Natalia's non-fiction has appeared in the New York Times, Bustle, Catapult, Electric Literature, Latina magazine, and McSweeney's Publishing. Her essays have been anthologized in collections such as A MAP IS ONLY ONE STORY and A MEASURE OF BELONGING: WRITERS OF COLOR ON THE NEW AMERICAN SOUTH. She received a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Miami, was a 2021 Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and was formerly a faculty member at the Mile-High MFA program at Regis University.
FROM PAST FIRST WORDS WORKSHOP ATTENDEES:
"Natalia is an incredible teacher. She’s smart, organized, open, creative, compassionate, yet not afraid to push writers… Or to encourage writers to push themselves. And by 'push' I don’t mean cracking the whip to pump out more words, but rather to investigate ourselves in a deep and vulnerable (yet supported) way. Through her lecture and writing exercises, I realized the exact fear keeping me from writing my new novel is the exact subject that needs to be at the heart of the project. The brain is a sneaky thing, but through the free association prompts and honest conversations, Natalia’s class helped me see what before I couldn’t. I am so grateful, and I can’t wait to take her workshops again." – Shannon Perri