Interdisciplinary Arts 0105 - Intro to Fiction

This intro-level workshop is for students interested in pursuing all types of narrative/prose fiction, whether literary fiction or genre fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror, etc). We'll spend some time as a community critically examining short fiction from authors such as Carmen Maria Machado, Octavia Butler, Ursula K. LeGuin, and others, in order to understand how they make use of character, form, structure, place, voice, and other fundamental tools of fiction-writing. The heart of the class, however, will be engaging in in-class writing exercises, developing our own original works of fiction, and then learning how to workshop, iterate, revise, and improve our creative writing in a supportive community of artists. Students will come out of class with a small portfolio of creative work as well as a strong foundation of writing skills to carry into future workshops and other creative courses. Keywords:creative writing, fiction, literature, genre fiction, writing

Art and Politics Students should expect to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.