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Spring 2020 Online: Strange Stories: Putting the Uncanny in Your Fiction

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This class will take place online, using Wet Ink, a popular online platform for classes. Registered students will receive a link to access the class four days before it starts. A four week online fiction class. The unusual is thriving in contemporary storytelling. Maybe art is imitating our strange times. Looking at stories from writers such as Kelly Link and A.S. Byatt, we will consider how the strange can get us closer to the truth. Plan to draft two stories and discuss one of those stories with the class. Please note: Wet Ink is different from Zoom for online classes in that there is not a “live” option. Students do not “attend” class at a set time, but rather, access lectures, readings and other materials…

$180

Spring 2020 Online: Short Story Crash Course

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

A four week online fiction class. Draft a short story in four weeks.  Each week’s session in this asynchronous online class combines generative writing to help cultivate ideas for plot and character with workshop feedback to assist in developing story arc, structure, and sensory details.  By the end of the month, you will have completed the first draft of a short story and created a plan for revision. This class will take place online, using Wet Ink, a popular online platform for classes. Registered students will receive a link to access the class four days before it starts. Please note: Wet Ink is different from Zoom for online classes in that there is not a “live” option. Students do not “attend” class at a set…

$180