Instructor: Claire Messud
Wednesdays, 3-5:45 pm | Location: Lamont 401
Enrollment: Limited to 12 students.
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An introductory fiction workshop, in which students will explore elements of craft such as character, point of view, setting, detail, style, etc. The first weeks will be devoted to fiction readings (including Gustave Flaubert, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Yiyun Li, Richard Flanagan, NoViolet Bulawayo, among others) and creative exercises; most of the semester will be spent workshopping student fiction. The final project involves significant revision of a story.
Supplemental Application Information: Please submit 3-5 pages of creative writing in prose (fiction is preferable, but non-fiction is also fine) along with a substantive letter of introduction. I’d like to know why you’re interested in writing fiction, and in this course; what experience you’ve had writing; what some of your favorite narratives are and why.
Apply via Submittable (by 11:59pm on 9/3 no exceptions)