Writing the Short Story
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Description: There’s a lot to be said for short fiction. Through short stories, we can feel a sense of accomplishment in weeks or months, rather than the years needed to write a novel. There are many literary markets available for short fiction, so it is also a practical form. The short story gives us an ideal venue for practicing techniques, playing with ideas, and pushing our comfort zones, which can lead us to new levels in all of our writing endeavors. Besides that, short stories are just plain fun to read and write.
This workshop is for writers who want to refine their ability to craft short stories. By examining our own stories, and those of other writers, we will look at ways to modulate fiction tools and techniques in order to create the stories we want to tell.
We’ll read published work together and you’ll submit your own story drafts for discussion. You’ll also workshop the manuscripts of your peers.
Who should attend: Experienced writers of all levels and those who have taken beginning fiction are welcome. If you are uncertain, give us a call at 773.728.8441.
NOTE: This class may be used for Certificate Program students as one required elective.
About the Instructor: Melanie Pappadis received her MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Her novel Searching Ana won The New School’s Fiction Chapbook Competition and was a finalist in Sarabande Books’ Mary McCarthy Prize in Fiction. Her fiction was a top 25 winner in Glimmer Train’s Very Short Fiction Contest and was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has published a book of non-fiction based on her field research in Nepal, Limbu Folklore, a collection of translated oral folklore and photographs. She currently lives and teaches in Chicago where she curates the New York based reading series Sunday Salon Chicago. She is working on her second novel.