#  English CFMR. Interiority & Experience: Writing Character-Driven Fiction: Workshop 

 



 Instructor: [Claire Messud](/people/claire-messud)  
Thursday, 3:00-5:45pm | Location: Lamont 401  
*Enrollment: Limited to 12 students*  
[Course Site](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/123880)

 This course approaches the writing of fiction with character at its center. If fiction is an exploration of what it’s like to be alive on the planet, character is paramount: we are who we are because of a combination temperament and experience. You can’t write convincingly if you don’t know your characters: plot, voice, detail, dialogue, setting – all these elements of story are interwoven with and dependent upon character. While it will be primarily a workshop of student fiction, we will read and discuss fiction through the lens of character – including works by Gustave Flaubert, Virginia Woolf, Toni Morrison, Anton Chekhov, Brandon Taylor, Min Jin Lee, Ling Ma and Sidik Fofana.  
  
[Apply via Submittable](https://harvardcw.submittable.com/submit) (deadline: 11:59pm EDT on Saturday, August 26)

 **Supplemental Application Information:** Admission by application only. Please submit a brief letter explaining why you're interested to take this class. There is no prerequisite for this course. For your writing sample, please submit 2-5 pages of creative work in any genre.



 



 

 See also:- [ 2022-23 ](/academic-year/2022-2023)
- [ 2023-24 ](/academic-year/2023-24)
- [ Fiction ](/course-topic/fiction)
- [ Creative Writing Workshops ](/course-type/1-creative-writing-workshops)
- [ Course ](/page-type/course)
- [ Fall 2023 ](/term/fall-2023)