Online fiction writing courses and workshops

Registration Policy

Thank you for your interest in the workshops and courses taught through WritingNovelsThatSell.com.  We look forward to having you on board!

 

Tuition 

Students must pay the tuition for their course or workshop, in full, on or before the registration deadline (two business days before the event begins). 

Tuition is payable through PayPal, which also accepts major credit cards. 

If you prefer to register by check, your check must clear the bank prior to the start of the event to guarantee your seat.  If you wish to register by check, please notify Adrienne deWolfe in advance by email, and she will forward mailing instructions to you.  For further assistance, call Adrienne at 512-922-8446.

 

Registration Deadline 

The registration deadline for workshops and courses is two business days before an event begins.

Registrations that are received after the deadline will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

In order to receive login information for the event, students must pay their tuition, in full, on or before the registration deadline.

 

Schedule Changes

The minimum student to teacher ratio for a workshop or course is 4:1. If fewer than 4 students enroll in an event by the registration deadline (two business days before the event begins), WritingNovelsThatSell.com reserves the right to postpone or cancel the event.  

Early registrants receive discounts (as described on each course / workshop registration page.)  

If WritingNovelsThatSell.com must postpone or cancel an event, you will be notified by email as soon as possible.

If your writing course or workshop is cancelled by WritingNovelsThatSell.com, you may transfer to another similarly priced course or workshop that is taught through WritingNovelsThatSell.com or you may request a full refund, in writing, via email. 

 

Course Withdrawal & Refunds

If circumstances force you to withdraw from an 8-week course, the following refund policies apply:

If you withdraw up to two business days prior to the start of an 8-week course, you are entitled to a full credit toward another 8-week course taught through WritingNovelsThatSell.com (valid for 1 year) OR a full refund, less a $100 administrative fee, OR four hours of private telephone coaching / manuscript review with Adrienne deWolfe.

No refunds will be given to students who withdraw from an 8-week course after the event begins.

If you must withdraw from the course while it is in session, you are entitled to a full credit toward another similarly-priced course taught through WritingNovelsThatSell.com (valid for 1 year) OR two hours of private telephone coaching / manuscript review with Adrienne deWolfe.

 

Workshop Withdrawal & Refunds

If circumstances force you to withdraw from a two-hour workshop, the following refund policies apply:

If you withdraw up to two business days prior to the start of the workshop, you are entitled to a full credit toward another similarly priced, two-hour workshop taught through WritingNovelsThatSell.com (valid for 1 year) OR a full refund, less a $25 administrative fee, OR one hour of private telephone coaching / manuscript review with Adrienne deWolfe.

 

Notification of Withdrawal

In order to withdraw from a course or workshop, you must notify WritingNovelsThatSell.com by email.  (You will find an email submission form on the “Contact Adrienne deWolfe” page of WritingNovelsThatSell.com.)  Include in your email the following information:

  • the name under which you registered
  • your return email address
  • your physical mailing address
  • the name and date of the event from which you are withdrawing

To be considered officially withdrawn from a workshop or course, students must submit notice, in writing, of their intention to withdraw, as described above.  Refunds take 4-6 weeks to process, and will be returned to you via check.

 

Confirming Your Registration

Within 24 hours of your registration, you will receive email notification from PayPal that your registration has been received.  You will also receive a separate email from the instructor detailing how to log in to the event.  If you do not receive these login instructions within 24 hours of your PayPal registration confirmation, email us or telephone Adrienne deWolfe directly at 512-922-8446.

 

Guidelines:   Live Peer Reviews

Participation in Live Peer Reviews is strictly voluntary.  All sessions will be moderated by the instructor.

In order to participate in Live Peer Reviews, you must:

a) submit your assignment to the instructor for immediate distribution to all other students who have agreed to participate in Live Peer Review, 

b) read, in advance, the assignments of each peer that has volunteered for a Live Peer Review,

c) return your constructive written feedback about the assignments to the instructor one week in advance of the designated Live Peer Review, and

d) focus all critiques upon "rules of writing," rather than personal bias.  

The instructor reserves the right to ban from Live Peer Reviews any student who consistently misses a submission deadline, or who consistently submits written or verbal criticisms that include personal bias or objectionable language.

If you do not choose to submit your assignments for a Live Peer Review, you are encouraged to mute your microphone (or phone) and listen to the live discussions.  

If you do not choose to submit your assignments for a Live Peer Review, you will still be responsible for paying the full course tuition, as described above.

 

Submitting Your Assignments for Live Peer Reviews

Regardless of whether you participate in Live Peer Reviews, your assignments will receive written feedback from the instructor.

Assignments for Live Peer Reviews must be formatted using basic manuscript guidelines. No assignment may be longer than 1,000 words (or 4 double-spaced manuscript pages.)

Each Live Peer Review is limited to 2 hours.  Every effort will be made by the instructor to moderate student discussions, to adhere to the time schedule, and to focus feedback on the constructive.  

Those students who wish to participate in Live Peer Reviews must submit their assignments in advance to the instructor (a process that will be described on the first day of the course.) Assignments selected for Live Peer Reviews will be chosen strictly on a first-come, first-served basis, based upon the time stamp of your email to the instructor.   

Only those students who have submitted written feedback about another student's assignment to the instructor, in advance, may speak about that other student's assignment during a live review.  

In order for their assignments to be discussed, students must be present, online, during the Live Peer Review session. 

A maximum of 10 minutes will be allotted to discuss an assignment.  If discussions about an assignment are not forthcoming from peers, the instructor reserves the right to cut short the allotted 10-minutes of discussion for any one submission, and open discussion on the next submission.  

When adhering to the 10-minute limit per assignment, the maximum number of submissions that can be discussed in a 2-hour session is 11.  If discussions conclude early, the instructor reserves the right to introduce additional assignments for review, to fill the remaining class time. 

If you login late to the class, the instructor reserves the right to remove your assignment from the discussion.

If you arrive late to the session, and if you are still present and logged in at the conclusion of the last assignment's peer review, the instructor may re-open the discussion of your assignment, but only if sufficient time (15+ minutes) remains in the session.

If you have been notified by the instructor that your assignment is one of the 11 that have been scheduled for Live Peer Review –  and if time runs out before your assignment can be discussed during that particular session -- the instructor will contact you privately about alternatives for your assignment’s review.

If an insufficient number of assignments has been submitted to fill a 2-hour, live review, the instructor reserves the right to utilize remaining class time for lecture material -- or to end the session early.