When I was starting out as a "serious" writer, one of the biggest pieces of advice I was given was that "I wouldn't become truly good until I had written at least 1,000,000 words." While we won't attempt to break that million mark, we will be writing short stories in many different styles. Expect to generate many first (awful, wonderful, silly, embarrassing, ambitious) drafts. We will read short stories by writers such as Kelly Link, Jamel Brinkley, Jhumpa Lahiri, Rachel B Glaser, Charles Yu, and Venita Blackburn. In the second half of the class, you will be given a choice to either work on a collaborative writing assignment with your classmates or to participate in a small group workshop. You will be asked to revise the work you've done in this seminar.
- Trainer/in: Annika Maja Schadewaldt
- Trainer/in: Noelle Marabell Ziersch