Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop

Course Catalog:

Fiction Writing is an advanced writing course focused on reading and writing short stories. Studying and writing the short story helps one learn the elements that combine to create a fictional world and focus on using language in effective ways. In this workshop-based course, students become familiar with the terms used in discussing the craft of fiction and learn to recognize what makes good fiction successful. Fiction Writing Workshop connects writing theory to good writing practice through peer critique, conferencing, and the methodology of the writer’s workshop. Students will read and write literary fiction. Literary fiction may use elements of genres such as science fiction, fantasy, horror, or romance, but it does not fit easily into these or other genres.