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Writers Workshops

Fiction /In-person 2024-206

Course #Fiction /In-person 2024-206
Thursdays Starting September 19 6:00 pm–9:00 pm running 8 weeks
Cost: $375 Instructor: Caleb Berg
This workshop is full

Where

Inprint House
1520 W Main St
Houston, TX 77006 United States
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This is an in-person workshop that takes place at Inprint House. This workshop is full. Click here to join the waiting list.

Writing Fiction & Reading as a Writer

“The truth is, reading is always more important than writing.” – Roberto Bolaño

In this eight-week writing workshop, we will read flash fiction, short stories, novella and novel excerpts across various time periods, continents, and genres. We will tie the selected readings to elements of writing craft, such as dialogue, point of view, the art of the sentence, plot, and more.

Each week we will generate new material through exercises focused on elements of craft. Everyone will have the opportunity to workshop a story or an excerpt of a longer piece. Workshop submissions will receive detailed feedback from the instructor. We will be writing outside of class and complete assigned readings prior to each meeting. By the end of the course, we will see how focusing on a wide range of reading can expand our creative horizons and directly improve our writing, especially on the sentence level. This workshop is open to writers of all levels and backgrounds.

About the instructor

CALEB BERG is an Inprint James A. and Isabel M. Elkins Fellow and third year MFA candidate in fiction at the University of Houston, where he also teaches. A writer from Berkeley and Santa Cruz, California, he has led workshops with Inprint, Boldface, and Stone Soup. His current projects include a fictional autobiography by a former commercial actor, and a lyric work about the death of his estranged father.

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