Micro-fictions Workshop

Micro-fictions Workshop is an Interdisciplinary Arts class taught by Heather Madden.

Course Description
"Micro-fictions," like "traditional short stories," requires awareness of pacing, sentence, detail, and music. In this workshop, we'll study and practice micro-fiction (also known as "quick fiction" or "short, short stories"). We'll consider the ways that pacing and sentence structure are instrumental in establishing voice and narrative structure. Students will have access to a course reader that includes the work of Lydia Davis, Kafka, Eduardo Galeano, Sandra Cisneros, and Spencer Holst, among others. We'll also consider stories from online journals and examine particular scenes from a selection of longer stories (putting these scenes "under the micro-scope".) Students are expected to participate in workshop meetings, complete exercises/imitations, and develop/submit a portfolio of their own micro-fictions. This workshop, limited to 16 students, is suitable for individuals who have had at least one college-level, creative writing workshop. Instructor permission required: email hmIA@hampshire.edu to confirm a seat in the course.