Undergraduate CUR-CWG210-2023

Writing Short Fiction

Start the next chapter in your literary learning. Learn about the traditions, parameters and possibilities of short fiction at an intermediate level. Join workshop discussions and dissect each other’s work. Find your flow with drafting and editing.

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Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% Online

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Prior study

Not required

Start dates

29 May 2023
27 Nov 2023

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Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

identify the traditions, parameters and possibilities of the short story form and apply to the creation of new exploratory work.
demonstrate skills in the close reading of short stories as a means of approaching the form from a writing point of view.
experiment with various methods, devices and techniques commonly used in conceiving and developing short fiction.
reflect on constructive criticism of one's own short fiction and appraise work-in-progress of peers.
conceive, draft and complete a series of works of short fiction.

Topics covered

- Introduction to Short Fiction
- Showing: Detail and Images
- Dialogue and Characterisation
- Direct and Indirect Characterisation
- Workshop Practice
- Fictional Place
- Fictional Time
- Plot and Structure
- Point of view
- Creativity and Story Design
- Revision and Reflexivity
- Drafting and editing

Entry requirements

No eligibility requirements

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Description

An intermediate subject in the theory and practice of writing short prose fiction. Emphasis on critical workshop discussion leading to completed examples of the students own work. The curriculum further encourages an appreciation of language through textual consideration and the practice of creative writing, including drafting and editing.

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Assessments

Short story plus reflection - demonstrating characters in conflict (25%)
Writers Journal (35%)
Short story plus reflection (40%)

Textbooks

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