This is a craft-focused workshop geared to the advanced fiction writer. By “advanced,” we mean writers who have had workshop experience and are currently at work on a novel or short stories. Workshop time is spent sharing and discussing participants’ material in a respectful and constructive atmosphere intended to elevate the caliber of the work. […]
Chris Belden
Chris Belden is the author of two novels, Shriver (2015) and Carry-on (2012). A film version of Shriver is under development with independent filmmaker Michael Maren through Big Fan Films. His story collection The Floating Lady of Lake Tawaba (2014) won the Fairfield/New Rivers Book Prize (Dani Shapiro, judge). His essay "Inside Words: How to Teach Writing in Prison" won the 2013 Bechtel Prize from Teachers & Writers Collaborative (Susan Orlean, judge). He has an MFA from Fairfield University, and has taught writing at Fairfield U. as well as at such less traditional venues as senior centers, soup kitchens and a maximum security prison.
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FILLED – Upper Level Fiction – F201F19
This workshop is geared to the previously “intermediate” writer who is ready to move on to the next level in the process of fiction writing. Each week, participants will share a brief excerpt from an ongoing novel or short story project, and the instructor will lead a constructive discussion of the manuscript, highlighting its positive […]
Write a Short Story from Start to Finish – F275F19
Stephen Vincent Benét defined a short story as something that can be read in an hour and remembered for a lifetime. In this four-week workshop we will take your story idea through the rough draft and revision process and, with hard work and perhaps a bit of luck, emerge with a memorable finished story. (For […]