A 7-Week Online Fiction Workshop
Mondays: June 3 - July 15 | 6-8 pm
Let’s demystify fiction writing! By working through basic craft elements of fiction, participants will build a strong foundation for their writing—be it stories or novels. This 7-week course will explore elements one at a time and ask participants to practice them through in-class exercises. Reading published fiction by Lauren Groff, Gish Jen, Alice McDermott, and Kevin Moffett, among others, will also help us understand how writers regularly employ these elements. You’ll also begin to put the elements together as you start a story. You’ll leave the workshop with the tools you need to write wonderful, authentic fiction.
+ PLEASE NOTE This workshop will occur ONLINE via Zoom. Students do not need to create an account to participate, but should test out Zoom before their class if they are first-time users. The week of the workshop, students will be emailed a link that they may click to enter the class.
+ REQUIRED EQUIPMENT A reliable, fast internet connection (broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE), speakers & a microphone (built-in or USB plug-in), and a webcam (built-in or USB plug-in).
If you would like to quickly and easily test your internet connection and your computer’s compatibility with Zoom, click HERE. Full details on supported Operating Systems, internet browsers, and more can be found HERE. To download and familiarize yourself with Zoom, click HERE.
Elizabeth Poliner is the author of the novel AS CLOSE TO US AS BREATHING, published by Little, Brown & Co., (winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize in Fiction, finalist for both the Ribalow Prize and Library of Virginia People's Choice Award in Fiction, and an Amazon Best Book); MUTUAL LIFE & CASUALTY, a novel-in-stories; and WHAT YOU KNOW IN YOUR HANDS, a poetry collection. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared widely in literary journals, including The Kenyon Review, The Sun, The Southern Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Colorado Review. She has taught creative writing extensively, for many years in the MFA program at Hollins University, as well as at American University, The Writer's Center, and Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance.
$275 Members/$475 Nonmembers
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Call 207-228-8263 and register with your VISA or MasterCard.
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SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one partial scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Application Due on May 20 at 9:00 a.m.
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