Class Description
Whether you consider yourself seasoned or entirely new to short fiction writing, come take part in this six-week generative writing sprint! Each week, writers will begin a new short story draft (ranging from 300 to 1,500 words) and receive thoughtful and constructive peer feedback that will enable you to grow your fiction.
Together, we will read and discuss published short stories by such authors as Edward P. Jones, Jamaica Kincaid and Clarice Lispector (to name a few).
By the end of the course, writers will come away with six new story drafts, fresh ideas and inspiration for moving forward, as well as a solid grasp of the essential craft elements of short fiction—structure, language, characterization, plot and setting / worldbuilding.
Writing Roadmap: We've created a simple, goal-based writing roadmap to help you find the perfect GrubStreet course for your writing needs.
Thanks to the excellent literary citizenship of our donors, scholarships are available for all GrubStreet classes. To apply, click the gray "APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIP" button. In order to be considered for a scholarship, you must complete your application at least one week before the start date of a class. Please await our scholarship committee's decision before registering for the class. We cannot hold spots in classes, so the sooner you apply, the better. Scholarships cannot be applied retroactively.
For more detailed information about GrubStreet scholarships, including how to contribute to scholarship funds for other students, click here.
This class will take place using Zoom videoconferencing. After registering, a yellow Resources tab will appear in this section containing a link to join class. Please note that you will need to be logged into view the Resources tab.
Zoom Participation:
In our experience, the intimate nature of a writing workshop benefits from on-camera participation. Students are of course welcome to turn their camera off whenever they need to, but it is a community norm for cameras to be on most of the time. You can learn more about using Zoom here.
Zoom Accessibility:
You can enable closed captioning at any time during the meeting by clicking the CC button at the bottom of the screen. If you'd like to access the transcript after class, please make sure to let your instructor ahead of time that you'd like a copy.