Master Fiction

Thinking about applying for an MFA? Feeling ready to publish? In this intensive forum, you will polish and/or complete at least two short works of fiction by refining craft elements such as narrative point of view, openings, story arc, dialogue, specificity of language, and essential aspects of storytelling such as character and conflict. The class will consist primarily of extensive peer workshop along with short craft lectures. We’ll also examine published short stories and excerpts from longer works that speak to specific issues raised in the students' writing or that illustrate successful approaches to an element of craft. Authors whose work may be discussed in class include: Rivka Galchen, Kelly Link, Junot Díaz, Alice Munro, Alice Sola Kim, Jorge Luis Borges, Flannery O’Connor, Helen Oyeyemi, and Jeanette Winterson.