ENGL 070H. Advanced Fiction Workshop

This course is hands-on and craft-oriented and devoted primarily to student work. And, as students at this advanced stage might have an interest in learning about the publishing world, this course will allow students to explore various publication venues while also honing in on their own craft. Our classes will consist of in-depth analyses of students’ stories with some informal discussion of published, selected short stories as well as novel excerpts. Authors will be invited to answer student questions related to craft and publication in a Q&A session when possible. This course will not insist on any one school of writing. However, just as you’d find in any discipline, there are guidelines to good fiction writing, and employment of craft elements will be analyzed according to these guidelines. Students will be required to participate in class discussions of submitted manuscripts and in Q&A with visiting authors. Timely submission of all workshop stories and final portfolio will be required for credit. Attendance at readings required. Limited to 12 students.
Graded CR/NC.
Prerequisite: ENGL 070B or similar fiction workshop, or permission of instructor.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Fall 2025. Okparanta.
Catalog chapter: English Literature
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/english-literature

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