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Fiction Writing Intensive

Fiction Pathways

Foundation

If you’re not sure what kind of fiction to write...

Creative Writing 101

If you know what kind of fiction to write...

Fiction Writing I Zoetrope Fiction Writing I Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing I Mystery Writing I Romance Writing I Children’s Book Writing I

Or...

Humor Writing

If you want a rather short course...

Fiction Writing Intensive Children’s Book Writing Intensive Middle Grade/Young Adult Intensive Humor Writing Intensive Comics & Graphic Novels

Next Steps

After completing a Level I ten-week course...

Short Fiction II Zoetrope Short Fiction II Novel II First Draft Part 1 Novel II Critique Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing II Mystery Writing II Romance Writing II Children’s Book Writing II

After completing Novel First Draft II Part 1...

Novel II First Draft Part 2

After completing Short Fiction II...

Short Fiction III

Selling Your Work

If you hope to get published somewhere...

How to Get Published

Also Helpful

These essential courses are great for writers of any level.

Character Dialogue Plot 1: Mechanics Plot 2: Machinations Reading Fiction In(verse): Poetic Techniques for Non-Poets The Writer’s Mind The Editor’s Eye Grammar 1: The Basics Grammar 2: Expertise and Finesse Social Media

For Teens

Unbound: Teen Creative Writing

The Fiction Writing Intensive happens in a short time span (1 day in NYC, or 2 days on Zoom). The course includes a mixture of lectures and exercises. It’s open to writers of any level. Farther down, you can view a syllabus for this course.

Fiction is a wonderful conjuring act. With only words and the reader’s imagination, a work of fiction can sail across the world in pursuit of a whale, or time-travel to another dimension, or zero in on a few minutes in line at the local bank, enveloping the reader in a made-up story that feels real.

To pull off this feat requires a balance of craftsmanship, daring, and insight into human nature. Here you’ll learn the time-tested elements of fiction craft and how to market your work.

Whether you seek to write short stories or novels; mainstream, literary, or genre; comic or tragic, we’ll show you how to spin your thoughts into believable and spellbinding tales.

About Fiction Writing

This course lifted me up, introduced me to some incredibly talented people, and gave me a forum to do what I love. It was an inspiration.

Joanna Pellecchia

financial industry

Notes

Fiction I encompasses short stories and novels. After Level I, students have a choice of Short Fiction Writing II (focusing on short stories), or Novel II Critique or Novel II First Draft (focusing on novels).

If you’re working on “genre” fiction, you may take either a Fiction/Novel course or one of our genre courses: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Mystery.

If you’re working on a YA novel, you may take a Fiction/Novel or “genre” course, or you may take a Children’s Book course, where the full spectrum of children’s books will be covered.