FICT 107 — From Idea to Story: Short Fiction Workshop
Quarter: Spring
Instructor(s): Georgina Beaty
Date(s): Apr 6—May 11
Class Recording Available: No
Class Meeting Day: Mondays
Grade Restriction: No letter grade
Class Meeting Time: 6:30—9:00 pm (PT)
Tuition: $655
Refund Deadline: Apr 8
Unit(s): 1
Enrollment Limit: 18
Status: Open
Quarter: Spring
Day: Mondays
Duration: 6 weeks
Time: 6:30—9:00 pm (PT)
Date(s): Apr 6—May 11
Unit(s): 1
Tuition: $655
Refund Deadline: Apr 8
Instructor(s): Georgina Beaty
Grade Restriction: No letter grade
Enrollment Limit: 18
Recording Available: No
Status: Open
Powerful short stories evoke powerful emotions through concision. In this immersive craft class, you’ll learn to write economical and evocative short fiction, making every word and moment count. For inspiration, we’ll study contemporary masters, including Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Lauren Groff, Sterling HolyWhiteMountain, and Garielle Lutz. Close examinations of how these authors use literary techniques like perspective shifts, pacing, and tension will deepen your own storytelling. Through in-class exercises and weekly writing assignments, you’ll apply these techniques to your work. Everyone will produce weekly 500-word submissions for the first half of the course, followed by a full-length story. This course offers a supportive and dynamic environment where you can experiment and expand your creative boundaries, culminating in a polished new story reflecting your growth as a writer.
Previous students of FICT 107: "Short Fiction Workshop: From Idea to Story in Six Weeks" are encouraged to join, as the content is new.
GEORGINA BEATY
Author
Georgina Beaty is the author of the short story collection The Party Is Here. Her fiction has appeared in New England Review, The Walrus, The New Quarterly, The Fiddlehead, PRISM international, and elsewhere. Beaty received an MFA from the University of British Columbia and has received fiction residencies at MacDowell, Jentel, Willapa Bay and the Banff Centre. She is at work on her debut novel. A recent Stegner Fellow, she's a Jones Lecturer in Creative Writing at Stanford.Textbooks for this course:
There are no required textbooks; however, some fee-based online readings may be assigned.