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FILLED Write a Short Story from Start to Finish – F275F19

with Chris Belden

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 those who wonder why it would take four weeks to complete a short story, it is wise to remember the philosopher Pascal’s famous line, “I have made this letter longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter.”) Along the way, we will read several well-regarded stories and explore the varied techniques the authors have employed. So, if you are up to the challenge posed by Isabelle Allende—“Short stories are more difficult [than novels]; they have to be perfect, complete in themselves”—then join us for this wild four-week ride.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 203.227.3250 OR EMAIL INFO@WESTPORTWRITERS.ORG

LIMITED ENROLLMENT

WHERE:
3 Sylvan Road South, Westport
TIME:
4 Fridays, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
DATES:
Nov. 15, 22, Dec. 6, 13
PRICE:
$225

 

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