Turning Life Into Fiction (Or Not)
Explore ways to mine your own experience for the material of fiction and creative nonfiction. Engage the basic elements of sensory detail, plot, dialogue, character, conflict, place, and explore the line between fiction and memoir in a series of readings, in-class exercises, and friendly small-group discussions. Craft your own short stories or creative nonfiction essays, and workshop them in a friendly small-group setting, then read them aloud on the final night of the course. New and returning students welcome!