Teaching
I've taught writing and literature in about a million different contexts—and with students of all ages and experience levels—during the past two decades.
Eliot’s well-crafted lessons provide writers with practical and engaging strategies for revision and guides them to take the next best step wherever they are in the writing process.
—K. Zwolenski, Author
I currently offer one-one-one writer coaching and lessons for fiction writers in search of goal-setting and accountability, craft skills upgrades, help getting started or with the revision process, or a bubble of support where their writing and creativity matter! If that sounds intriguing, please click through to my Coaching page.
Eliot West is an inclusive, well-informed, and supportive teacher. ... I highly recommend Eliot as an instructor and look forward to learning from them again in the future.
—Maya Berger, Editor
I have presented and taught about writing, editing, and how stories work through organizations including:
- The Loft Literary Center
- Contemporary Romance Writers
- ACES: The Society for Editing
- Popular Culture and American Culture Associations
- International Conference on Narrative
- St. Olaf College
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Duke Young Writers' Camp
- ...and many more
- Plan and Start Your Romance Novel
- Inclusive Language Explorations
- Consent in Fiction: For Writers and Editors in Romance and Beyond
- This Character's “Yes!": Consent and Craft in Romance
- Finding and Creating Editorial Communities (with co-presenter Laura Burge)
- Beyond the Gender Binary: Editing for More Inclusive Fiction (with co-presenter Tanya Gold)
- From Enemies to Lovers with Microsoft Word: Tools and Tips for the Editing Process
