Extras

Personal, one-on-one critiques

First Five (5) Pages of Fiction Critique (Optional Purchase)

Featured guest instructor will privately critique the first five (5) pages of one of your stories for its effectiveness in attracting readers.

Such a critique may look at how well the opening pages jumpstart the plot and fit its genre. How well a reader may feel like they know where they’re headed in the story. Whether the main character’s goal is already evident. Whether one conflict or more is already emerging.

Limited number: 5

Length: Up to the first five (5) pages of your story.

In-text Critique: Featured guest instructor will make comments within the pages themselves.

One-on-One Meeting: Outside of workshop sessions, the featured guest instructor will meet with you for up to 10 minutes to share and explain comments and respond to questions.

Overall Look or Format of the First Five (5) Pages:

  1. 12-point font size in Times New Roman

  2. Double-spaced

  3. Left margin justification

  4. Indented paragraphs

  5. Numbered Pages in top right corners

In the Top Left Corner on Page One:

  1. Your name

  2. Your email address

  3. Genre, such as mystery, suspense

  4. Tim’s name

  5. Any specific question(s) for Tim, though questions are not required.

Length: Up to Five Pages Total

In-text Critique: Featured guest instructor will make comments within the poems themselves.

One-on-One Meeting: Outside of workshop sessions, the featured guest instructor and you will meet for up to ten minutes to share comments and respond to questions.

Email Finished Pages:

  1. Save to a .docx file and put as an attachment in an email.

  2. Sandy@intothespringswritersworkshop.com

  3. Subject Line: First Pages for Tim

Deadline:

  1. Midnight. July 22, 2026.

Five Pages of Poetry Critique (Optional Purchase)

Featured guest instructor will privately critique the first five (5) pages of one or more poems.

Limited number: 10

Length: Up to five (5) pages of one or more poems..

In-text Critique: Featured guest instructor will make comments within the poems themselves.

One-on-One Meeting: Outside of workshop sessions, the featured guest instructor will meet with you for up to 10 minutes to share and explain comments and respond to questions.

Overall Look or Format of the First 10 Pages:

Length: Up to Five Pages Total

In-text Critique: Featured guest instructor will make comments within the poems themselves.

One-on-One Meeting: Outside of workshop sessions, the featured guest instructor and you will meet for up to ten minutes to share comments and respond to questions.

Overall Look and Format of the Five Poems:

  1. Organize your poems thoughtfully.

    2. Start each poem on a new page.

    3. Follow MLA Style Conventions, including:

      • Single space all line breaks in the poem,

      • Double space between stanzas,

      • Input 1-inch margins on all sides,

      • Use a 12 pt font on all text,

      • Use a 14 pt font for the title, and

      • Keep poems left-flush on the page, unless the text flushing has a relationship to the poem.

    4. Use consistent copy editing.

    Email Finished Pages:

    1. Save to a .docx file and put as an attachment in an email.

    2. Sandy@intothespringswritersworkshop.com

    3. Subject Line: First Pages for Tim

    Deadline:

  1. Midnight. July 22, 2026.

Sell Your Books (Registrants Only, No Cost)

Sunday morning, 9:30-10:30 am, registrants may sell their books. No cost for the table.

Two registrants will share one of the round tables in the Banquet Hall. Because of size restrictions, registrants are limited in the number of books to sell. Public Invited.

Be sure to mark the registration form that you want a half table.

Click here for payment page to pay for Into the Springs