ADVANCED NOVEL WRITING WORKSHOP

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This course is designed for graduate fiction writers who are already practiced in the composition of short fiction and wish to take on a longer, more ambitious project. Students will plan and then compose a complete draft of a short novel. They will share their developing novels in small group workshops, giving and receiving feedback. Students will read and discuss model short novels written by established writers. They will also read a book about the craft of novel writing and discuss their own strategies for, difficulties with, and discoveries about novel writing. Students will also learn how to integrate the work of novel writing into one's larger life.