Writing Workshops on Short Stories
The deceptively simple structure of the story is so familiar to us as to be almost instinctive. But successful short story writers know there is much more here than meets the eye. The short story requires a sharply focused idea, finely rendered characters and tightly crafted prose to be effective.
Accelerated Fundamentals Of Fiction Writing
This version of Fundamentals of Fiction Writing is only six weeks long. We’ve condensed the course material from the longer versions of this course, and designed this fast-paced workshop for those students who want to start writing fiction now, or who don’t have the time to commit to a 12-week workshop. In this accelerated workshop, you can get all the fundamentals you’ll need to start writing short stories, a novel, or anything in between.
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Advanced Short Fiction Writing
You can continue to build your short fiction writing skills through this 6 week workshop. Led by a published short story writer, you will write and revise either three 3,000 word stories, two 4,500 word stories, or one 9,000 word story. In this critique based workshop, there are no lectures, reading assignments or exercises. Instead, you will focus on writing tips and reminders throughout. You should be prepared to submit 3,000 words on the course start date.
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Extended Short Story Writing Workshop
Successful short story writers know there is more to writing a short story than meets the eye. They require a sharply focused idea, finely rendered characters and tightly crafted prose to be effective. Work with a published short story author to write and revise two complete short stories and develop skills to write short stories independently.
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Focus On The Short Story
Successful short story writers know there is more to writing a short story than meets the eye. They require a sharply focused idea, finely rendered characters and tightly crafted prose to be effective. Work with a published short story author to write and revise two complete short stories and develop skills to write short stories independently.
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Focus On Writing Fiction For Children
Children’s publishing is a vibrant yet challenging market for today’s writers. Editors say that 95% of submissions are poorly written and inappropriate. Because children have short attention spans and a wide range of reading abilities, it takes more than just a good story to be successful.
Work with a professional children’s author to take your writing skills to the next level, and interact with other children’s writers. You will also find ways to take the seemingly abstract concepts behind writing for children and apply them to the story or novel you are working on. By the conclusion of this workshop, you will have written and revised up to 2000 words of fiction for children.
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Fundamentals Of Fiction Writing
Give voices and stories to the characters that fill your imagination. Whether your fantasies take the form of short stories or a novel, this workshop prepares you to write fiction. You will apply the techniques that generations of fiction writers have used to bring their characters and stories to life. You will also develop your individual style and creative expression.
You will work with a published fiction author to write and revise short stories or a novel chapter, up to 3000 words total.
