Expand your short story or novel in a new direction!
Stuck on where to take your short story or novel? Bored of the typical workshop critique format? In this course, we’ll undergo unique revision exercises to refuel your imagination and broaden/extend your short story or novel chapters. After four weeks, you’ll have a deeper understanding of your plot and characters, several new drafts of your story, new ideas for where to take your piece, and greater ease with sharing your work. Students will be expected to prepare a short presentation of their story for the class — this can include reading from your work and a short description of the plot & characters. Each class will open with a student presentation, then move into revision exercises with in-class writing time.
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:
- Revision exercises
- Different ways to approach the same story
- How to talk about, pitch, and present your work
Time requirements
- 1-2 hours
Materials
- All reading materials will be provided.
Who should take this workshop?
- This workshop is designed for fiction or hybrid writers looking to revise and/or deepen their short stories or novel chapters.
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.
