Reading is arguably the most crucial practice for any serious writer. In this course, you will “reverse engineer” acclaimed short stories to determine how and why they work. You will use these stories as lenses into key aspects of effective fiction (dialogue, plotting, voice, character, etc.) The course will help you to identify the key features of various distinctive prose styles, and you will participate in guided writing exercises inspired by those styles.
Wednesdays, Feb. 11 to March 25 (6 weeks, no class March 4)
6:30 - 8 p.m.
$135 (+ HST)
Mike Thorn is a fiction writer and film critic. He is the author of Shelter for the Damned, Darkest Hours, and Peel Back and See. His stories have been published or are forthcoming in a range of anthologies, magazines, and podcasts, including Augur, Vastarien, NoSleep, and Tales to Terrify.
His essays and articles have been published in The Fiddlehead, The Weird: A Companion, American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper, The Film Stage, and elsewhere. He completed his PhD in English at the University of New Brunswick, and he co-hosts the writing-themed Craftwork podcast with Miriam Richer.
