Short Story Secrets

Course Code: DED204
School: Distance-Education.org

Description

The short story form is making a come back, and is the best way to break into the world of publishing.

This short story workshop is designed for the writer who has already begun writing stories and wants to move beyond a first draft. Once your idea is on paper, what is the next phase in the creative process? Structure, development, voice, texture and point of view are some of the issues a short story writer must consider when revising his/her work.

This workshop will focus on helping the writer proceed from first draft towards finished product through exercises, posted lectures and feedback from the instructor, and through selected readings on process from authors such as Milan Kundera, John Gardner and Annie Dillard.

Outcomes

• critique his/her own work and make informed decisions about point of view, characters, plot, etc.
• polish his/her writing* proceed slowly but surely towards a final draft
• develop a method through which to consider all subsequent work

Assessment

Student work will be assessed by: *the completion of all assignments

• the prompt submission of all assignments to the instructor
• the care and thoroughness with which the student completes the assigned task
• the progress made in his/her craft
• the demonstrated understanding and practice of the issues/techniques discussed
• the willingness to reconsider/rewrite his/her own work

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