Advanced Fiction Workshop

Catalog description

This course will give you experience reading and writing fiction. The course is discussion based, and several classes per month will be devoted to generative, in-class writing exercises, which students will then work on as drafts to revise. Readings will include novels, stories, essays on form and author interviews. Attendance and participation is mandatory. If you're interested in delving more deeply into the craft and art of narrative fiction and willing to put the time in to develop your own writing, this is a good class for you. A classroom is a community, and emphasis will be on establishing real connection between students. Prerequisites: ( 76-260 Min. grade B and 76-460 Min. grade B) or ( 76-460 Min. grade B and 76-261 Min. grade B)