9:00 am to Noon 

Figuring out how to build a writing career can be daunting. Sometimes it can feel like everything you need to know is a secret that only a select group of people have access to. In this business-oriented class, we'll tear down those imaginary walls and you’ll learn how to build a platform and get published, with an emphasis on practical tips and resources. We’ll focus on all of the tools you need, including the art of the pitch, best practices for working with editors, finding your individual voice, being brave on the page, and staying organized.

Michele Filgate is the editor of a critically acclaimed anthology based on her Longreads essay, What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About, and a new anthology called What My Father and I Don’t Talk About. She earned her MFA from New York University, where she was the recipient of the Stein Fellowship. Her work has appeared in Longreads, Joyland, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Refinery29, Slice, The Paris Review Daily, Tin House, Gulf Coast, The Rumpus, Salon, Interview Magazine, Buzzfeed, The Barnes & Noble Review, Poets & Writers, CNN.com, Time Out New York, People, The Daily Beast, O, The Oprah Magazine, Men's Journal, Vulture, and other publications. She teaches or has taught creative writing at Columbia, NYU, The New School, The Sackett Street Writers' Workshop, Catapult, The Shipman Agency, and Stanford Continuing Studies. In 2016, Brooklyn Magazine named her one of "The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture." She’s a former board member of the National Book Critics Circle and a former contributing editor at Literary Hub.