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Plot and Action in the Short Story: A Workshop Have I Got a Story for You: Short Fiction Workshop
Plot and Action in the Short Story: A Workshop Plot is often described as character in conflict. But how do writers translate this conflict into action? How do writers make things happen in their fiction? How does action reveal meaning and how does this meaning resonate beyond the plot of the story? In this class, we will workshop student short stories up to twelve pages in length with a specific eye toward plot and action. We will consider how each story might benefit from scenic development and dramatic enactment. Our discussions and analysis will pay careful attention to pacing, compression, back-story versus “now” story, structure and retrospection. Have I Got a Story for You: Short Fiction Workshop We are going to do something very dangerous in this class: we’re going to workshop and revise our short stories. Each student will bring in a piece of his or her own short fiction up to twenty-five pages in length for our class to consider and discuss. Through intense and thoughtful analysis of structure, dramatic enactment and narration, we will determine a variety of strategies for revision. We’re going to strive to make these characters, settings, and plots so credible and engaging that we and others would prefer to spend our time exploring them than do just about anything else. The class is open to anyone who has written a story and is in need of a workshop. Biography
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