UCLA Extension Online: Creative Writing Short Story
January 6 - March 24, 12 wks
Fee: $675
This special workshop covers the key elements of fiction, including plot, characterization, setting, point-of-view, and various story development techniques, as well as publication markets.
The online course covers - Story Openings, Character Development I-Physical Description, Story Endings, Character Development II-Tastes, Habits, Routines, Character DevelopmentIII-III-Values, Voice, Ways of Thinking, Setting, Point of View/Narrative Voice, Conflict, Tension, Plot, Structure, Dialogue, Approaching the Marketplace and more.
The goal is to complete or rewrite three stories of average length. Enrollment limited to 15 students.
Text: Best American Short Stories 2008, Rushdie,
ISBN: 9780618788774 Edition. There are weekly story readings from the anthology.
Instructor:
Daniel Jaffe, MFA, internationally published fiction writer, essayist, and literary translator whose novel, The Limits of Pleasure was selected by ForeWord Magazine as a Book of the Year Award finalist. Mr. Jaffe compiled and edited With Signs and Wonders: An International Anthology of Jewish Fabulist Fiction.
"Creative writers flourish only in a trusting environment--here we are, exposing parts of ourselves, our imaginations, experiences, philosophies, loves, and hates..."
Online courses are accessible 24/7, from home, work, or abroad. Online course discussions, work submission, and exams take place in Blackboard. For an orientation, visit www.uclaextension.blackboard.com.
Other January Online Courses: Advanced: The Art of Short Story, Poetry, and The Creative Journey.
About UCLA Extension - Est. in 1917, UCLA Extension is the continuing education arem of the University of California at Los Angeles.
For more information, visit the Writer's Program www.uclaextnsion.edu/writers or call 310-825-9416.
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