Submit the draft, hear how it lands, and leave with a revision plan.
A capped cohort for pre-published and early-career writers. Submit pages with your goals and questions, read and annotate everyone else’s work before the meeting, and use each discussion to build a concrete revision plan.
The event and the wider program
The event and the wider program
Event practicalities
Send pages first. Arrive ready to discuss them.
This eight-week course is capped at 12 pre-published or early-career writers. Before a workshop, each writer submits pages with a short note explaining the intended audience, goals, and questions. Peers arrive having read and annotated the draft, and the facilitator keeps the discussion tied to what the writer is trying to make.
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FrequencyOnce per season8-week feedback group -
Group size8–12 writers8-week feedback group -
AccessOpen to all · course · $600 public / $300 members8-week feedback group -
PlaceIn person · Rosedale, Austin, TexasAustin neighborhood -
BookingVenue details shared after booking
Workshop the draft the writer is trying to make.
The preface keeps comments tied to the writer’s goals. Discussion identifies what readers understood, where they lost the thread, and which revision choices could close the gap.
Session details
Peers arrive with your pages already marked.
Annotations, questions, and the writer’s own preface give the discussion evidence. Nobody has to invent an opinion after seeing the draft for the first time in the room.
Session detailsInside the room
Eli Ryder keeps the discussion focused.
Depending on cohort size, each participant receives two to four full-group workshops plus eight weeks of practice reading other writers closely. Eli Ryder—an Austin Community College Associate Professor of Creative Writing, published horror and science-fiction writer, playwright, and Roswell Award honoree—facilitates the group. Enrollment is separate from membership.
Ryder, an Austin Community College creative-writing professor and published horror and science-fiction writer, guides the room from scattered reactions toward an actionable revision plan.
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