About the Project

The Wolf Pirate Project was envisioned in 2008 and established in 2010 with the intention of increasing the public’s interest in literature, as well as supporting creative writing as an art form. The goal of this company involves education, developing, mentoring, and promoting new writers as artists, and focuses on the general public to instill a desire to read for leisure. This is an instrumental step in the eventual interest of building literacy among middle to high school age children, which trickles down to strengthening the market for premier literature.

WRITERS

The Wolf Pirate Project offers a multi-tiered educational program for writers on several levels. The Project’s efforts are intended to teach writers the basic and artistic nuances of creative writing. The Project works to help aspiring writers realize their fullest potential, concluding with promoting a select few to the public. Each tier is designed for a certain level of writing skill, with each tier building on the previous. No part of the Project requires a fee to participate in.

To support all writers in the development of their art, the Project offers both the Writer’s Workbook and three versions of the Creative Writer’s Class. The Workbook is a series of articles our editors have written based on critical issues they deal with. These articles are downloadable on PDF format for anyone with a PDF reader. For those who need one, you may download a free version of Adobe Acrobat here.

In order to reach all levels of writers, the Project has created three versions of the Creative Writer’s Class, to include the beginner, intermediate, and advanced writer. The beginner’s class is geared toward middle school children and breaks down the concepts of writing to their most basic components. The intermediate level focuses on these concepts, but at a level commiserate to the average high school student. The advanced version of the Creative Writer’s Class is a full curriculum available to honors-level high school and college students with a definitive interest in creative writing. The class is geared toward a semester-long curriculum. All lessons and exercises are downloadable on PDF format. In addition, class instructors using this curriculum for their courses may contact The Wolf Pirate Project for the Instructor Version of the exercises. All of our editors are available for assistance in the class, regardless of being in a classroom setting or a home-based writer learning on his own.

Writers with an interest in polishing their work may apply to the Writer’s Workshop. The Workshop offers an opportunity to work hands-on with an editor in reviewing, editing, or reworking an existing piece of novel-length fiction that shows merit. The Workshop is a highly intensive, time-invested exercise that allows a writer and editor to work through the whole course of a manuscript. Selection into the program is through an application process to determine interest, aptitude, and work ethic.

At the top level of the Project’s tier system, a committee selects the most engaging, invested, and talented writers from the Workshop to promote directly to the public. While all writers who complete the Workshop will be rewarded for their accomplishment with a printed book and exposure within the Project’s domain, those selected annually by the committee will receive continued sponsorship in the form of the Project’s support to promote their endeavors to the public. This includes industry review circulation and showcasing their work in numerous avenues, up to and including recommendations to qualified publishers.

READERS

In our efforts to achieve our secondary goal, the Project focuses on the general public to encourage reading for pleasure or leisure. It has become appallingly clear that the majority of people have lost interest in reading, which represents a poor example for the younger generation to follow. This attitude can be blamed in part on the sensational mediums of visual entertainment, which include movies, television, and video games. The Project teaches writers to engage readers with imagery, artistry, and evocative situations, which draw these readers in and keeps them entranced. Developing a love for reading is only the first step in building literacy in the general public.

The Wolf Pirate Project has adopted several programs to accomplish a complimentary goal in reaching readers. These include The League of Traveling Books, Inspirations, Operation Paperback, the Wolf Pirate Book Club, and an option for libraries to acquire books at no cost.

The Reader’s Appreciation Class is geared toward the average reading level, which is ranked at an eighth grade level. Reading is recognized as instrumental in most other subject instruction. Unfortunately, bland text has disillusioned the public and school age children about the joys of reading. The class attempts to reinstall a love for literature by showing students how to achieve gratification from reading.

The League of the Traveling Books is an interactive program where a book is sent to a reader, who then passes it on along to four other readers. Each person writes comments on cards provided, and the last reader mails the cards back to the Project. There is no charge for the book, shipping, or mailing the cards back.

Inspirations is a reward program where we invite people to share stories of how they have encouraged reading in others. For their efforts, we award one of our books as a token of appreciation. There is no charge for participation in this program.

Operation Paperback is a cooperative effort with our accomplished Workshop writers under our continued mentorship, where copies of their books are sent to active servicemen and women in the Armed Forces.

The Wolf Pirate Project Book Club offers books printed in limited quantities for the support of our accomplished Workshop writers. This is a for-sale-based option for those who decide to assist the efforts of the Project. Money received from the retail sale of these transactions goes to the continued promotional support of the writers.

Finally, we offer a program for libraries to obtain a free copy of each of the books from our accomplished Workshop writers. Each book is assigned an ISBN and a LCCN, which is necessary for inclusion in libraries, and excerpts are available for review.

The Wolf Pirate Project is not a publisher and does not accept submissions for outright publication. Writers with an interest in developing and polishing their work will find the Project an ideal resource. Each program is available to everyone, including contact with our editors for questions of any kind. Anyone sharing the same passion about literature and desiring to become a member of this organization can join through the membership link in the menu.