Detailed Pub_Inc Program Overview

For most of 9-week program, students meet in hour long workshops. Workshops are led by instructor K.A. Simpson, and other writing professionals who also provides written feedback and offers prepared lectures on various elements of the craft of writing. These classes also include analysis of published memoirs and impromptu discussions about the writing process. 

Because workshop participation is crucial, the full schedule will be available to students at the time students are notified of acceptance into the program. This should allow plenty of time to (re-)schedule any trips or other commitments over the course of the Incubator.

3 hours of individual consultations with the instructor

After each workshop meeting, students whose manuscripts were workshopped will meet with the instructor individually on a mutually agreed-upon date and time. The goal of these meetings is to allow the writer to synthesize the multiple perspectives students have heard at the workshop meetings, as well as strategize more specific plans for their work. Each writer will receive a minimum of 3 hours of individual consultation: 1 hour (broken up across 3 meetings, as the writer prefers).

In addition to these hours, the instructor will be available for weekly "office hours" sessions, at which students may drop in and discuss their projects as needed.

Weekly Check-Ins

To ensure that the manuscript develops, students will turn in a rough draft or revision of material every week the Incubator is in session. These will not be workshopped, but everyone will be required to complete them. The more you write, the easier it is to write!

Salon Series

At various times throughout the year, writers will visit with the class at a local pub, to discuss elements of the writing life.

Tuition

The entire cost of the program is $500. Tuition is payable in two installments. We have partnered with the Lillian Wright Simpson Foundation to allow tuition to be assessed on a sliding scale based on an individual's income level.

Free Open House & Info Session

Thinking of applying? Pub_Inc offers informal Q&A sessions via phone, including the workload, the application process, what the program does and doesn’t entail, the schedule, the philosophy behind our approach, and anything else on your mind.

Visit us at www.bkmkpublishing.wix.com/pub-inc for contact information.