A course-half literary analysis, half creative writing-designed to address the skills necessary for articulate writing, reading and editing. To develop those analytic skills, class members will write short responses to published close readings of fiction; write their own responses to published fiction; write their own short fiction, and write editorial responses to their own and their classmates' fiction. The emphasis will be on exploring all aspects of the writing process, and on coherently communicating that exploration. Students will meet with the instructor in one-on-one tutorials throughout the semester. Requirements: two short essays; two short fiction exercises; editorial responses to student fiction; 10 pages of fiction. No prerequisites. Enrollment limited to 18. Two sections.