Writer to Writer
with Dr Feng-en Tu
Book a one-on-one mentoring session with Dr Feng-en Tu to discuss your writing project, publishing and editing in Asia, and/or time and career management. Dr Tu will provide guidance to help your creative practice and support your writing life.
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Summary
Course code: ZC2
30-min mentoring session
For Foundation, Intermediate or Advanced Writers
Limited sessions available
Selective entry – we’ll offer places to writers who show promise
Dates
Register and we’ll advise you of available dates in July 2022
Venue
Sessions will be conducted via zoom
一般情况会通过Zoom进行。
Overview and Learning Outcomes
During a Writer to Writer session (30 mins) with the Visiting Writer you will:
- discuss your writing, publishing and editing aspirations with an experienced writer in an encouraging environment
- obtain general advice from an experienced publisher, editor & writer on your writing project
- obtain specific practical advice on editing, publishing, aspects of the art and craft of writing, writing technique & your writing challenges
- obtain help on shaping your approach to your writing life
- understand what it takes to be a professional writer
Please note the one-on-one consultation is not a manuscript assessment.
Who should register?
Editors, publishers and writers including (but not limited to):
- Foundation Writers — Early stage, promising writers without any publication history. This includes those who are writing for the first time or have never written with deadlines or structure before, or
- Intermediate Writers — Writers who have chosen to pursue writing as a full time or part time career with a serious, professional intent but who are not yet published with a mainstream or recognised independent publisher.
- Advanced Writers — Writers who have published at least one book with a mainstream or recognised independent publisher, and/or published in at least one literary journal and/or anthology
Participants will be selected by the Visiting Writer with assistance from the Asia Creative Writing programme. A waiting list will be maintained.
Registration and Pricing
Course Prerequisites
To sign up, please register at the link above with the following documents:
- A 200-500 word writing sample
- A short summary of your writing project of ~50-100 words
- A short biography of ~50-100 words
Course Fees
- For each 30 min session:
- $25 for adults
- $10 for students, unemployed, low income migrant workers
- Free for undergraduates and postgraduate students from Singapore tertiary institutions
- Non refundable if cancellation 2 weeks or less before course starts
- Please email us if financial assistance is needed
About Dr Feng-en Tu
現任聯經出版總編輯，故事StoryStudio執行長。畢業於臺灣大學歷史系、歷史研究所，曾任職於臺灣大學數位人文中心（原數位典藏中心），後赴美國哈佛大學東亞系取得博士學位，並於哈佛燕京圖書館擔任博士後研究員。在博士班期間，曾擔任北美臺灣研究學會會長，並與友人共創網路媒體「故事 StoryStudio」。 出版有《救命：明清中國的醫生與病人》、《大人的日本史》等書。
Dr Feng-en Tu is currently the editor-in-chief at the Linking Publishing Company and CEO at StoryStudio.tw, an online media that focuses on cultural and literary issues. He earned his B.A. and M.A. at National Taiwan University and his Ph.D. in History and East Asian Languages at Harvard University. He was a member of the Research Center for Digital Humanities at National Taiwan University and the Research Lab for East Asian Digital Scholarship of the Harvard-Yenching Library.
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