Write a publishable story for the current literary market!
What makes a story fresh? Contemporary? Stand out? Publishable? In this small-sized class, we’ll examine a series of contemporary stories to answer these questions and discover lessons on craft, style, and theme to apply to our own writing. In preparation, you’ll need a full-length story or novel chapter (up to 20 pages) completed or near-completed and an open mind ready to take on suggestions for revision. The class will also include some writing prompts and guidance on where to submit revised stories.
Live video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it).
In this workshop you’ll learn:
- Contemporary themes and topics
- Contemporary aesthetics
- Effective revision
- Publishing in the current literary market
Time requirements
- 2 hours per week
Materials
- Reading materials provided.
Who should take this workshop?
- This workshop is designed for writers to discuss and write contemporary fiction.
If you need an accommodation for this workshop, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
