A craft-based dive into making your stories stronger.
This workshop is a craft-based dive into making your stories stronger by examining the qualities of good writing and good storytelling. After a recap on the constituent elements of short fiction, we will take a fresh look at contemporary and classic stories alike. Each week, writers will craft a new piece and offer feedback to fellow participants. By the course’s end, writers will have workshopped several stories each and revised them with an eye toward publication. Participants should expect to spend about 2-4 hours a week on work.
Learn at your own pace: This workshop will take place over Wet Ink, which is an asynchronous creative writing platform. The instructor will post a lesson and assignment at the beginning of each week, and participants can log in and read the lessons/post assignments/comment on other classmates’ work at their convenience. Shortly before the start date, participants will receive an invite from Wet Ink to create their login info and access the class. Please check your spam if you don’t see it.
In this workshop you’ll learn:
- Story structure and plot
- Literary dialogue
- Character development
- Understanding sub-genres of literary fiction
Time requirements
- 2-4 hours a week.
Materials
- All reading materials will be provided.
Who should take this workshop?
- This workshop is designed for fiction writers looking to develop their toolbox and get their work to a publishable level.
If you need an accommodation for this workshop, please contact us at access@{{{{homeurl_non_www}}}}. We will attempt to fulfill all requests, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
