Go to a place where you can observe and contemplate, so that you, too, can not only write about the readings, but also about nature. This is a course for the serious fiction writer. The emphasis is on the short story. Students already actively writing and full of ideas are encouraged to pursue individually designed assignments. Class feedback, initiated in the introductory course, continues, but on a higher level.
Students are responsible for six new stories.
In addition we read published novels and short stores. Frances Sherwood W401 is a course for the self-motivated writing student who would benefit from a seminar on the subject. The class format is intimate, and democratic. The approach to problems besetting the experienced writer is sophisticated. Five stories and a first chapter and outline of a novel are required.