Who's Telling This Story: Point of View For Fiction Writer

Who's Telling This Story: Point of View For Fiction Writer is an Interdisciplinary Arts class taught by Nathalie Arnold.

Course Description
Understanding the limits, possibilities, and the complexity of point of view is an essential step towards producing sound fiction. This reading and workshop course will introduce members to the capacities, drawbacks, and attractions of various kinds of literary point of view. Through focused writing exercises, intensive reading of contemporary U.S. and international fiction told in different modes of point of view, members will acquire a facility for discussing the construction of fictional work as well as practical experience in actively deploying specific points of view. Most importantly, members will refine their ability to read as writers, mining published work for technical insights and guidance. Students will produce one long piece of fiction (10-20 p) for peer critique and submit a revision as well as a critical essay about point of view at the end of the semester.