Create your first short story collection
Time: 10:30 - 16:30
Location: Keeley Street
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- Course Code: HW681
- Dates: 01/03/25 - 01/03/25
- Time: 10:30 - 16:30
- Taught: Sat, Daytime
- Duration: 1 session
- Location: Keeley Street
Course Code: HW681
Duration: 1 session
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What is the course about?
Creating a short story collection is a balancing act between care for individual pieces of fiction and curation of a whole book. This workshop guides students on selecting and sequencing short stories to make collection coherent and purposeful.
What will we cover?
- Elements to consider when selecting stories for your first collection.
- Elements to consider when sequencing stories for your first collection.
- Titling your first collection.
- Submitting your first collection for publication.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Curate and select stories for your first collection.
- Sequence stories in a manner that will add to the overall meaning of the collection.
- Select an appropriate and effective title for your first collection.
- Consider points when submitting your collection for publication.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is an advanced course. Ideally, students will have completed previous fiction courses where their short stories have already been workshopped in preparation for compiling their first collection.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
A mixture of pair work, group work and tutor led-instruction.
City Lit Writing endeavours to create a safe and welcoming space for all and we strongly support the use of content notes in our classes. This means that learners are encouraged to make their tutor and classmates aware in advance if any writing they wish to share contains material that may be deemed sensitive. If you are unsure about what might constitute sensitive content, please ask your tutor for further clarification and read our expectations for participating in writing courses at City Lit.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Writing materials.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
City Lit offers a range of fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction courses, as well as professional development courses for writers.
