![]() ![]() We will eat cookies during the last class.ĭuring this six-week intensive workshop, each student will workshop twice. We will seek out the joy in our work and the work of others and will cultivate our personal, idiosyncratic voices. We will eschew the idea that there is one way to write fiction. We will discuss practical ways to submit work and navigate the world of publishing. We will dissect published stories to figure out how the author achieved his/her effects by mining their choices for craft gems and tips. In this writing class we will discuss student work in depth, with an eye toward what builds a story or excerpt that is ready to submit for publication idiosyncratic character development, meaningful stakes, surprising language, smart conflict and pacing, and the final, impossible-to-articulate ingredient that Hemingway called “whatever butterflies have on their wings.” We will workshop student work with this question in mind: where do I think this writer/story is trying to go? We will tailor our critiques toward the idea of helping the writer get there. ![]()
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