Fall 2005

E 318L • Fiction (33000-33015)

Course Description

An introduction to techniques of writing fiction. No genre fiction. Students will read short stories, do directed writing exercises both in class and out of class, and write a scene and three short stories. Much of the course will consist of workshop, in which students in groups led by TAs discuss each other's work.

Grading Policy

Scene 10%
First story 20%
Second story 25%
Third story 20%
Short exercises and reading quizzes 15%
Participation 10%

Texts

Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter, What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
R.V. Cassill and Richard Bausch, ed., The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, Shorter, 6th ed.

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