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Fiction Read and Critique

  • Tuesdays, June 22 - July 27 (no class July 13)
  • 7 - 9 pm
  • The Ink Spot

Members' Registration
$144.00

  

Non-members' Registration
$180.00
 
Pre-Registration Required | Registration Instructions >>

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.  ~Robert Cormier
 
So you’ve finished a draft of a short story or a novel chapter and now what? Now you need to share it with other serious writers in a comfortable, relaxed environment. This class is a six week workshop where we will critique the fiction brought in by you and your classmates. Each week we will read class members’ fiction, discuss revision strategies, and provide support, encouragement, and suggestions for how to strengthen the work from sentence level to characters, plot, and endings. In addition, there will be mini craft lectures by the instructor inspired by the critiques
 
This class is structured so that each participant will have the opportunity to workshop two pieces of writing over the six weeks.
 
 
Rob Williams is the co-editor of the Lambda Literary-nominated anthology, From Boys to Men: Gay Men Write About Growing Up (2006, Carroll & Graf). His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in newspapers, magazines, and journals including San Diego Citybeat, Maisonneuve Magazine, Pindeldyboz, as well as the anthologies including I Do/I Don't, Fool For Love, 6S: Six Sentences, and I Remember When Mom: Memories and Stories About Mothers. He received an MFA from Columbia University in 2004 and is the recipient of fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center Residency for writing and is a July 2010 Fellow at Fishtrap Summer Workshop and Gathering in Enterprise Oregon. He currently teaches Creative Writing and Composition at Grossmont College and serves as Program Director for San Diego Writers, Ink.