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Chisel in Hand: Revision Strategies for Fiction, A masterclass with N. K. Jemisin

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When:
August 6, 2026 · 6:30 PM
Where:
Virtual
Source:
Creative Philadelphia Arts Access Calendar

The unedited manuscript is a rock. The final draft is the sculpture. The in-between stages can be rough, but navigating this process — learning to read our own work critically while maintaining the creative drive — is what ultimately teaches us to be writers. In this two-hour masterclass, award-winning speculative fiction writer N. K. Jemisin examines the realities and rewards of the revision process, especially as it functions in longer fiction, where one works from the top down: refining struc

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