About This Workshop
About This Workshop
Do you want to write a short story your reader can’t put down? Join three accomplished writers for an inside look at what it takes to master the short story form. Learn how to structure your story; how to create strong, believable characters; and how to take your idea from a glimmer of inspiration to a complete first draft. This workshop is great for writers of any level.
We are excited to introduce Benjamin Woodard — writer, editor, and Skillshare teacher — as this workshop’s Teacher Mentor. Benjamin will be available during the workshop to offer feedback, answer questions, and act as a hands-on teacher resource. This is an exciting opportunity for direct teacher access, to make this experience more helpful and meaningful. Ben has a great writing class we suggest as a follow up to this workshop experience: Creative Writing: Crafting Complex Characters (Quickly) for Short Fiction.
Workshop Timeline
- Milestone 1: In Writing Fiction: 5 Exercises to Craft a Compelling Plot, a Skillshare Original with Lisa Ko, you’ll learn how to help your characters move through space and time to create a cohesive narrative that takes your reader somewhere meaningful. You’ll experiment with creating conflict, raising the stakes, structuring your scenes, and writing for impact. Share your completed worksheet in the project gallery by September 5th.
- Milestone 2: Now that you have a plot, you can begin populating it with compelling characters! In Writing Authentic Fiction: How to Build a Believable Character, a Skillshare Original with Sabaa Tahir, you’ll build your characters from the ground up. You’ll define goals, motivations, and conflict; determine key attributes; and use different scenarios to situate your characters and understand them better. Create real, nuanced people that feel like they could walk off the page. Share your character worksheet in the project gallery by September 13th.
- Milestone 3: You have a plot. You have characters. Now, put it all together. In Introduction to Fiction: How to Write the First Draft of a Short Story with Seth Fried, you’ll get some additional plot and character brainstorming techniques to add to what you’ve already learned, do some free writing to get the ideas flowing, and craft a full draft of your new short story. Share your draft in the project gallery by September 23rd.
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Do you want to write a short story your reader can’t put down? Join three accomplished writers for an inside look at what it takes to master the short story form. Learn how to structure your story; how to create strong, believable characters; and how to take your idea from a glimmer of inspiration to a complete first draft. This workshop is great for writers of any level.
We are excited to introduce Benjamin Woodard — writer, editor, and Skillshare teacher — as this workshop’s Teacher Mentor. Benjamin will be available during the workshop to offer feedback, answer questions, and act as a hands-on teacher resource. This is an exciting opportunity for direct teacher access, to make this experience more helpful and meaningful. Ben has a great writing class we suggest as a follow up to this workshop experience: Creative Writing: Crafting Complex Characters (Quickly) for Short Fiction.
Workshop Timeline
- Milestone 1: In Writing Fiction: 5 Exercises to Craft a Compelling Plot, a Skillshare Original with Lisa Ko, you’ll learn how to help your characters move through space and time to create a cohesive narrative that takes your reader somewhere meaningful. You’ll experiment with creating conflict, raising the stakes, structuring your scenes, and writing for impact. Share your completed worksheet in the project gallery by September 5th.
- Milestone 2: Now that you have a plot, you can begin populating it with compelling characters! In Writing Authentic Fiction: How to Build a Believable Character, a Skillshare Original with Sabaa Tahir, you’ll build your characters from the ground up. You’ll define goals, motivations, and conflict; determine key attributes; and use different scenarios to situate your characters and understand them better. Create real, nuanced people that feel like they could walk off the page. Share your character worksheet in the project gallery by September 13th.
- Milestone 3: You have a plot. You have characters. Now, put it all together. In Introduction to Fiction: How to Write the First Draft of a Short Story with Seth Fried, you’ll get some additional plot and character brainstorming techniques to add to what you’ve already learned, do some free writing to get the ideas flowing, and craft a full draft of your new short story. Share your draft in the project gallery by September 23rd.
