So You Want to Write A Novel

Noble Maritime Collection presents So You Want to Write A Novel, a six-session writing workshop with author Rob Hart

STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, January 24, 2020—The Noble Maritime Collection will present So You Want to Write A Novel, a six-session writing workshop led by author Rob Hart.

The workshop will occur every other Wednesday from February 26 through May 6, 2020, from 6 to 8 PM.  Enrollment is $185 for museum members and $200 for non-members.

Hart, a Staten Islander, is the author of seven books, including The Warehouse, which has sold in more than 20 countries and has been optioned for film by Ron Howard.  He also co-wrote Scott Free with James Patterson.

Through a combination of writing assignments and lectures, the workshop will cover the topics of storytelling basics, finding your writing process, getting the first draft down, editing, putting together a query package, and sending the package to agents and editors.

This workshop will inspire creativity and help aspiring writers plan their paths to becoming published authors.  Space is limited to 12 participants.  

To register for this workshop, email the museum’s program director, Dawn Daniels, at dawndaniels@noblemaritime.org, call 718-447-6490, or visit www.noblemaritime.org/rob-hart-writing-class.

The museum’s writing workshops are inspired by John A. Noble’s penchant for writing copiously about the subjects he depicted in his art, as well as the Writing Room, an original Sailors’ Snug Harbor amenity restored to its 19th century appearance at the museum, which was once a dormitory for mariners.

The museum’s public programs are supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and Councilwoman Debi Rose.