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FictionAdvanced FictionS10-F01
“Shut up and drive,” she said: A Dialogue WorkshopS10-F02
Beginning Story WritingS10-F03
Writing a Sex SceneS10-F04
Creating Kick-ass Protagonist and a Killer AntagonistS10-F05
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This workshop is designed to help experienced writing students take their fiction to the next level. Character, plot, narration, dialogue, voice, theme, and everything else that goes into the best fiction will be discussed. Participants will have the opportunity to critique and be critiqued in a supportive atmosphere. Participants are expected to have some workshop experience or some practice at writing fiction.
Good dialogue makes characters in a story sound like real people talking, yet no on in real life talks like a character, even in the best novels. This seeming contradiction can be explained by examining the attributes of good dialogue. This workshop will offer a combination of lectures, readings, and exercises (mostly exercises) designed to help you write dialogue that both sounds good and moves your story forward.
You’ve always wanted to write fiction but have not known where to begin. This class will examine the basic principles and techniques of fiction that everyone new to fiction writing needs to know: Point-of-view, dialogue, plotting, and character development. Learn to dig into your own cache of memories and experiences for story material, train your ear for authentic dialogue, and learn the mechanics of creating a scene. 
A sex scene isn’t about the sex, but about the emotion the characters are experiencing. It’s an action scene and should have purpose. It should move the story and the characters forward. Many writers wonder about how far they should go in a sex scene. Should it be a closed-door scene? What kind of language should you use? What should you show? Do you even need a sex scene? How can you create sexual tension without sex?
Characters are what readers remember. Having strong characters are key to helping create the necessary tension and conflict to keep your readers turning the page. Students develop character sheets for both their major characters, making sure goals and motivation are in direct opposition. You will also develop character arcs to help guide the writer through each change a character will go through to reach (or fail) with their ultimate goals. You will learn techniques and strategies to help the writer stay on task with their characters so they stay true to who they are in the book.