Not here at StoryStudio! Writing four story drafts in a month is not just totally doable, it’s freeing. Imagine writing, writing, writing without any of that pre-editing or the “fraud” police showing up at your door.

Each week will offer a writing prompt, specific enough to leave you focused on your draft, and open enough to let your words take you flying. We’ll discuss elements of the growing genre of Flash Fiction, as well as the endless opportunities afforded by short form fiction.

There will be lots of time for in-class warming up and writing, as well as time for brief workshopping.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a workshop-focused course. We’ll be focused instead on cranking out the drafts. If you’d prefer a course with facilitated workshopping to get feedback on drafts you’ve written, take a look at Fiction Workshop.

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Who Should Attend:

Adults, 18 and over
Writers at all levels interested in working on fiction.

About the Instructor: Mairead Case is a writer and editor. She’s a member of the Dil Pickle Club, Creative Non-Fiction Editor at Another Chicago Magazine, a columnist at Proximity, Volunteer Coordinator for Louder Than A Bomb, and a reader for PANK. She’s lead writing workshops and book groups for adults and youth through the Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Chicago Public Library’s Teen Volume Project, Scribes at Hugo House, and at the South Bend Juvenile Justice Center. Mairead was born in Omaha, grew up in Seattle, and now lives in Chicago.