Writing Short Fiction

Break Blocks and Awaken Your Creative Voice

4.50 (5 reviews)
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English
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32 mins
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Jul 2020
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$34.99
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What you will learn

Write a short story

Recognize creative sparks in daily life

Goal setting techniques for creative projects

Connect with your deep creative energy

How to create compelling hooks

How to create interesting characters

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Description

Writing short fiction is about creating new realities and re-framing our own. In this 4-module class, writers will learn about how to write a strong opening, build a strong narrative plot, create vivid scenes that draw the reader in, and leave readers with a satisfying ending. The class will include an ongoing writing workshop and revision techniques, along with personalized feedback. It will conclude with information about how and where to submit work to agents, contests, and literary journals.


About the instructor:

Jen Knox has been teaching fiction for over a decade. She is the author of After the Gazebo (Rain Mountain Press), Resolutions (AUX Media) and The Glass City (Press Americana's Prize for Prose Winner). Her writing has been nominated for the Pen Faulkner, The Best of the Net, and a Pushcart. Stories have been featured in textbooks, classrooms, and both online and print publications around the world. Her fiction appears in The Best Small Fictions 2017 (Braddock Avenue Books), The Adirondack Review, Sivana East, Chicago Tribune's Printers Row, Chicago Quarterly Review, Cosmonauts Avenue, Crannog, Elephant Journal, Fairlight Books, Fiction Southeast, Juked, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, MJI News, Poor Claudia, The Saturday Evening Post, The Santa Fe Writers Project Quarterly, NPR, Short Story America, and Sequestrum, among over a hundred other publications. Her nonfiction appears in Elephant Journal and Sivana East.

Content

From Hook to Resolution

Intro to the class
Powerful openings

The Middle: Write a Rough Draft

Mini-lecture on character
Mini-lecture on plot
Sensory Details

The End

The End: Beyond Emotional Resonance

Revise and Publish

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Reviews

Dan
November 28, 2020
loving it! thank you for creating this workshop. i am finding much affirmation that i am on the right track. dan b - tucson az

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