This workshop is geared to the writer who is ready to move to the next level in the joyful process of fiction writing. Use your imagination, finish your story or stories, and continue learning the tools of the writer’s craft. Each week, participants will share a brief excerpt from an ongoing project, and the instructor […]
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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Advanced Fiction MS – F302W19
This is a craft-focused workshop geared to the advanced short story and novel writer. Workshop time is spent sharing and discussing participants’ material in a respectful and constructive atmosphere intended to elevate the caliber of the work. We will go deeply into the more challenging problems of fiction writing such as story structure, subplot, pacing, […]
Write a Short Story from Start to Finish – S275F18
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 […]
Upper Level Fiction – F201F18
This workshop is geared to the writer who is ready to move to the next level in the joyful process of fiction writing. Use your imagination, finish your story or stories, and continue learning the tools of the writer’s craft. Each week, participants will share a brief excerpt from an ongoing project, and the instructor […]
FILLED – Advanced Fiction MS – F302F18
This is a craft-focused workshop geared to the advanced short story and novel writer. Workshop time is spent sharing and discussing participants’ material in a respectful and constructive atmosphere intended to elevate the caliber of the work. We will go deeply into the more challenging problems of fiction writing such as story structure, subplot, pacing, […]