WHEN: Thursday, February 1, 7:00 PM EST
WHERE: Online
Details
Barry Sheinkopf, a writer, editor, and teacher with an unabashed passion for high-quality examples of the written word, has agreed to offer the South Jersey Writers Group a sample class, similar to the ones he gives at The Writing Center, a seminar-based program geared to reaching adults–from novices to seasoned professionals–and helping them advance on the journey to becoming the best writers they can be.
He has agreed to edit and discuss up to 500 words from the first seven of our members to take advantage of this opportunity. It will give them–and the rest of us–the chance to see how a seasoned editor can improve work and make it shine. He’ll also share the art of writing that will make us all better at what we aspire to do. Come expecting to be inspired.
About Barry Scheinkopf:
In addition to his work since 1977 at The Writing Center, Barry teaches writing to upperclassmen at the College of Staten Island (CUNY) and has worked as an editor for various New York publishing houses. He is also the publisher of Full Court Press, a boutique self-publishing firm with over 300 titles currently in print. An active member of The Authors Guild and Mystery Writers of America, he is the author of the mass-market detective thrillers, The Longest Odds and The Ivory Kitten (Lynx Books, 1989); the history/mystery, These Barely Silent Dead: An Intrigue; and a memoir, Make It Good: The Stories in My Early Life. He wrote The Magic Pencil: How a Jewish Art Restorer Survived the Holocaust for the eminent interior designer Mikel Carvin.
Mr. Sheinkopf has published four collections of poetry–Selected Poems, Live from the Limelight, Collected Poems, and *What There Was–*as well as two collections of photographs, Life Forms: Photographing Metaphor and A Healing Eye: Images and Words in a Time of Plague. He is currently at work on Gravitas: Collapsing Empire, a murder mystery set in Rome in 196 A.D.
The critique is open to members only. See the instructions on our Meetup site.
