2024-2025

CRWR 10206 Section 2/30206 Section 2 Beginning Fiction Workshop: The Engines of Narrative

This nuts-and-bolts of fiction writing class begins with the question: what drives a story? What are the different engines that a writer can use to craft momentum in a story, and how does one tune these engines for greatest effect? We will cover such engines as plot, conflict, suspense, narrative questions, worldbuilding, and narrative pacing through revelations about characters and their world. In addition to submitting two stories or excerpts for workshop (plus a revision of one), expect to read and discuss a selection of published work.

Prerequisites

If you wish to add this course during add/drop please email the instructor to be added to the waitlist.

2024-2025 Autumn
Category
Beginning Workshops

CRWR 10206 Section 1/30206 Section 1 Beginning Fiction Workshop: Somebody Somewhere

Character and setting are nearly inextricable forces in storytelling. In effective fiction, we often experience one through the other. We will explore this dynamic relationship and study how writers often put their characters at odds with their chosen setting to create and sustain tension in a story. We’ll also give attention to rendering our characters and settings with specificity—learning how to create the sense of “somebody somewhere” instead of “anybody anywhere.” Our reading list will focus on short fiction. Students will write many exercises at the beginning of the quarter and fully realize one complete story to submit for workshop discussion by the end.

Prerequisites

If you wish to add this course during add/drop please email the instructor to be added to the waitlist.

2024-2025 Autumn
Category
Beginning Workshops
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