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How to Get Into Print and Get the Most Out of it: A Freelancer's Guide to Publishing



This frank, personal, yet expert version of how publishing works is designed to answer the most urgent questions aspiring writers have about access to a readership. The course will first familiarize students with the basic structures of publishing and the needs and attitudes of editors; then take apart myths of how publishing success happens; and finally evaluate different ways of gaining entry and building a portfolio and a network. Entertaining literary excerpts related to each week’s topic have been chosen to help stimulate discussion, allowing students to bring forward their own experiences and concerns. The rise of the Internet has created confusion as well as new opportunities for writers, while the traditional publishing industry has contracted painfully. This course will shed light on these moving targets, mitigate frustration, and give encouragement.

Instructor: Sarah Ruden

3 TUESDAYS: MARCH 11, 18, 25 | 6–7:30 P.M.
BUTTERFIELD ROOM, WASCH CENTER | $70

Sarah Ruden
SARAH RUDEN , currently a visiting scholar in classical studies at Wesleyan, received a doctorate in classics from Harvard University and an MA from the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars. She has taught at Harvard, Yale University, and other institutions. She is a prolific journalist, poet, and translator and recently sold her ninth book (on the translation of the Bible) to Knopf.