1st 5 Pages Writing Workshop: Submission Tips and Manuscript Help

Need help getting your manuscript started or polished before the workshop? After the workshop? The following articles can provide help specifically for the begging of your novel.

There are many more helpful articles about novel openings, querying and submitting to agents, and every possible aspect of writing craft for writers of all genres from children to adult at our parent site, Adventures in YA Publishing, a three-time Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers Site.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

The first five pages of a manuscript may be all that agents, editors, and readers read, so the First Five Pages Workshop for young adult and middle grade fiction is here to help young adult and middle grade writers off to an unputdownable start with the help of three published authors and a literary agent over the course of three weeks.

We have a fabulous list of permanent workshop mentors including award-winners and NYT bestselling authors, two of whom are assigned to every manuscript in the workshop. In addition, we have a guest author each month who mentors all the workshop participants. During the third week, our guest literary agent also critiques not only the pages but also the pitch for the book and picks an overall workshop winner. The agent also chooses the strongest manuscript (or manuscripts) and awards a partial critique to an overall winner with potential priority submission opportunities for other selected participants, so not only is this a great learning opportunity, it's a great chance to get your novel published.

To see the workshop in progress, click here.

Submission Tips and Manuscript Help

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