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| -4 days | 2 seats | $118.77 | Next session dates to be announced. In progress: Tuesday, August 4, 11, 18, 25. 11 am - 1 pm |
Fundamentals of Short Fiction 1
This interactive, four-session workshop will explore the fundamentals of writing short fiction. Two hours a week, we will explore a different element of style including: setting, character development, dialogue and description.
Students will be asked to submit a short piece of writing to the instructor prior to each class.
In the second half of each lesson, everyone will read aloud from their submitted work and receive in-depth feedback from the instructor and their peers.
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| -2 days | 0 seats | $118.77 | Thursday, August 6, 13, 20, 27, 11 am - 1 pm (EST) |
| -3 days | 0 seats | $118.77 | Wednesday, August 5, 12, 19, 26, from 6 pm - 8 pm (EST) |
Fundamentals of Short Fiction 2
This interactive, four-session course will explore the fundamentals of writing short fiction. Two hours a week, we will delve into a different element of style, including: point of view, pacing, plot/structure and developing themes.
Students will be asked to submit a short piece of writing to the instructor prior to each class.
In the second half of each lesson, everyone will read aloud from their submitted work and receive in-depth feedback from the instructor and their peers.
Eva Crocker is a freelance writer based in Montreal, her short story collection Barrelling Forward was a finalist for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging LGBTQ Authors. The collection won the Canadian Authors’ Association Emerging Writer’s Award and the Alistair MacLeod Award for Short Fiction. Her non-fiction work has appeared in Maisonneuve Magazine, Border Crossings Magazine, Hamilton Review of Books, Visual Art News and Atlantic Books Today. Her debut novel All I Ask will be published by House of Anansi Press in June 2020.
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Who should take this workshop?
FOSF 1: This workshop is open to all experience levels; it’s for anyone who’s interested in getting constructive feedback on works in progress, finding inspiration for new projects through short writing exercises, meeting fellow writers and hopefully making some friends.
FOSF 2: This workshop is open to all experience levels; FOSF 1 is not a prerequisite. This workshop is for anyone who’s interested in getting constructive feedback on works in progress, finding inspiration for new projects through short writing exercises, meeting fellow writers and hopefully making some friends.
