Keeping it Brief:
The Pleasures and Pains
of Writing Short Fiction.
What makes any story come alive on the page? Is it the plot?
The characters? A situation? Good dialogue? And what makes it a short story?
These are questions all writers confront in the process of
telling a tale. In this workshop we will discuss the elements of good writing
and how they apply to short fiction. We will read three short stories by
authors who have dealt with these principles differently, and we will write our
own pieces based on the elements discussed. We’ll do writing exercises that
will address the above questions, and then we’ll analyze what “works” and why.
Writing can be fun, but it’s also hard work. We’ll be doing
both.
Clif Travers is a visual artist and writer, recently
relocated to the woods of Maine from the
jungles of Brooklyn. His writing has been featured in
Underwood Press, freeze frame fiction,
Crack the Spine Anthology, and Coffin Bell Journal, among others. He received his MFA in creative writing from Stonecoast at
the University of Southern Maine and is working on a collection of short stories and novellas
titled The Stones of Riverton. The tales are inspired by the gravestones in a small town in
Western Maine, and are based on the rumors of the suspicious deaths of those that lie beneath.
Clif grew up in the town of his stories and has returned
there to discover more. He lives in a tiny
cabin in the woods with his dog Ollie. It's a long
way from Brooklyn.
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