As writers of fiction, we are in the business of making worlds. Whether that world concerns a flat in Tokyo or a high school basketball game in Nebraska, we have at our disposal a diverse and flexible set of tools for constructing each story’s universe—from point of view to setting and characters that challenge and delight us. The sheer variety of styles, voices, and tales categorized as “fiction” shows us just how infinite the possibilities for these worlds are. The focus of this course is the workshopping of our own stories, yet we will also give our attention to those elements of craft that enable each author to create worlds of their choosing, worlds that feel uniquely alive. Discussion, generative writing exercises, and readings will ensure that we come away seeing greater potential in our writing and storytelling than we had before.
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FICTION 2016-201
About the instructor
ADRIENNE PERRY grew up in Wyoming, earned her MFA from Warren Wilson College in 2013, and is a PhD student at the UH Creative Writing Program. She serves as the current Editor of Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts, is a Kimbilio Fellow, a member of the Rabble Collective, and a recipient of a 2016 Hedgebrook residency. She was awarded an Inprint Marion Barthelme Gulf Coast Prize and an Inprint C. Glenn Cambor Fellowship. Adrienne’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Indiana Review, Copper Nickel, the Journal of Creative Writing Studies, and elsewhere.
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