21W.755 Writing and Reading Short Stories, Fall 2006

Lewitt, Shariann

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Lewitt, Shariann

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Writing and Reading Short Stories

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Abstract

This class will focus on the craft of the short story, which we will explore through reading great short stories, writers speaking about writing, writing exercises and conducting workshops on original stories.

Date issued

2006-12

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77981

Department

MIT Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies

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21W.755-Fall2006

local: 21W.755

local: IMSCP-MD5-1019382c3cd4e82dabf8a109067fbed2

Keywords

short story, voice, point of view, character, place, plot, pace, conflict, want, obstacle, writer's block, workshop, incident, description, publishing, revelation, reader, writer, free writing, rewrite

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