Monday Poetry Manuscript Workshop with Sean Singer (on Zoom)

In this four-week intensive class, we will improve practical and theoretical areas of how to finish a manuscript and make it as close to your intention as possible. Some of the topics include: How do I know which poems to include? What order should they go in? What if none (or only 1, 2, 3, etc.) of the poems have been published? Should I put my best poems first? Should I only include published poems?How long should it be? Is 60 pages too short? Is 100 too long? Do all the poems need to have a connecting theme? What if I just have a collection of poems that are not connected? What is a book of

poems? What is at stake in changing a manuscript into a book? Is it practical to want to write or publish a book of poetry? How do I keep going? Participants will have an…