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Writing, Editing, and Teaching

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As a teacher and coach, I’ve spent more than 20 years working closely with writers to strengthen, grow, and refine their skills in fiction and memoir writing. In addition to offering private virtual classes and workshops throughout the year, I have taught writing at numerous writing conferences, such as the prestigious Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Conference and the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference, most chapters of the California Writers’ Club, Gavilan Community College, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, at the University of Oslo, Norway and for Brown University. I’ve published six books on the craft of writing, including How to Write a Page Turner, A Writer’s Guide to Persistence, Make a Scene, Writing the Intimate Character, Writing Deep Scenes (with Martha Alderson) and Write Free: Attracting the Creative Life (with Becca Lawton).

I’m also the author of three novels, most recently Women in Red and Forged in Grace, with a forthcoming new novel, Fallout, from Running Wild Press, due in 2024, and my work can be found in national publications such as The Atlantic, Mental Floss, The New York Times, Pacific Standard, The Rumpus, Scientific American, The Washington Post and many others.

If you’re looking to practice your writing craft, polish your writing for publication and/or create a meaningful writing community, you can find more info about upcoming classes and private 1:1 coaching below.

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Nail Your Story's Voice & Tone. Starts August 31, Thursdays at 4 pm PT/7 pm ET (8 weeks)

Every genre has its own unique signatures that readers come to expect, known as voice and tone. These elements make it possible to identify the genre within a few pages and often reflect the personality, mood and spirit of your characters and your themes. Nailing your novel (or memoir’s) voice and tone will not only make sure you’re meeting readers’ expectations, and increases your chance of publication.*All classes are non-refundable, but you may receive a credit for any reason, which can be applied to any of Jordan’s services.

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Revise & Polish: Moving Past the First Draft. October 12, 10am PT. Writer's Digest Online University Webinar.

The relief of a first draft often gives way to the panic of how to polish and revise. In this live webinar, we’ll learn strategies for revising in waves, from the sentence level to the architecture of plot, shoring up scenes, and deepening characters. Revision is as much an attitude as it is a process. The more you can embrace it willingly, the better it will go.
This webinar will explore attitudes about revision to get into the proper mindset; plot and story framework and tips for increasing plot tension; scene level revision to make sure scenes are achieving their goals; Character arc and refining character voice; worldbuilding and setting and a sentence level revision.
In this live webinar, Jordan Rosenfeld brings her experience as the author of six books on the craft of writing, and three novels, to show you how to revise for key areas, including: Attitudes about revision and tips from writers on revision, plot and story framework, scene level revision, character arc, Character voice/dialogue, worldbuilding/setting and sentence level revision.

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