LIT 183 CM - Advanced Fiction Writing

This advanced fiction workshop is intended for people who have taken at least one semester of Fiction Writing (LIT 038 CM). Each student will submit two stories or novel excerpts for workshop, where they will be carefully critiqued by the class. We’ll also read short fiction by well-known contemporary writers, with an eye toward what makes these stories original, entertaining, and complex. In class, we’ll look beyond basic elements of craft and address issues of concern for the experienced writer. How do we avoid cliché? Create narrative drive? Take risks with form, language, and subject matter? Written exercises will focus on these issues while challenging students to push their writing in unexpected directions.

Offered: Every year

Credit: 1

Course Number: LIT 183 CM