AFR 285(F) The Craft and Gimmicks of Good Prose (Same as English 285)
In this workshop, we will learn how to think about prose and fiction in a world so filled with noise and entertainment that sometimes silence gives us relief. The workshop will deal with the high and low: the nuts and bolts of a sentence, we will take apart characters; and try to put them together again, and try peeping at them from under the kitchen sink. Tricks, shortcuts and useable gimmicks will be learned. But, no nut and no bolt will make for good fiction: we are not telling stories here, we are building viable worlds.
Format: seminar. No prerequisites. Enrollment limit: 15 (expected 15). Interested students should preregister for the course and attend the first class; selection will be based on writing samples.
Hour: WAINAINA