Upcoming Workshop: Revise Your Picture Book Manuscripts

I’m excited to share my next workshop with Whale Rock Literary Workshops. Details below!

Revise Your Picture Book Manuscripts:
A Faculty-led, Writer-Centered Critique Group

Dates: Wednesdays March 26 – May 21, 2025
Time: 7:30 – 8:50 PM EST
Where: Online

Do you have picture book manuscripts that you’d like to revise with a small, committed group of writers dedicated to helping you produce your best work? Join award-winning author and MFA-level instructor Karen Krossing for this in-depth, hands-on, nine-week workshop limited to eight participants. You’ll use your own manuscripts to explore picture-book craft/revision, you’ll discuss craft elements you can apply to your own manuscripts, and you’ll participate in weekly online discussions that dive into picture book craft topics.

Our nine weeks together include:

• An initial session on learning how to participate in a writer-centered critique group—one that centers on each writer’s needs and creates a safe, nurturing feedback experience. (This session is required for participation.) 
• Eight 80-minute workshop sessions facilitated by Karen Krossing where writers will offer and receive targeted, constructive feedback that inspires revisions and helps you meet your writing goals.
• Two manuscript critiques per participant during the workshop sessions, including feedback from Karen.
• Learning about picture book craft from Karen and one another’s creative efforts and insights.
• Eight weekly online conversation prompts about picture book craft in a separate, online digital learning space exclusive to the group.

You will complete the workshop with:

• Having built a community of fellow picture book writers.
• The revision tools and craft knowledge to revise your own manuscripts as well as your peers’.
• Meaningful ways to workshop and evaluate picture book stories.
• Two critiques of your picture book manuscripts.
• The tools needed to form your own writer-centered critique group or enhance your existing group.

This workshop is for you if:

• You seek targeted, constructive, inspirational feedback on your picture book manuscripts.
• You want to expand your understanding of picture book craft with a focus on revision.
• You want to co-create a safe, nurturing feedback experience for all levels of writers.
• You are seeking a writer-centered critique group or the tools and insight to enhance your existing critique group.