WA021 The Art of Fiction Part III: Tools and Techniques Behind Good Writing

Course Description: Part three of a successful year-long writing course practicing the basics of fiction writing, this final section concentrating on plot, character and voice.

Suitable for writers interested in novel and short-story writing. There will be ample opportunity to share short pieces in class, experiment and play around with possibilities (homework optional). Suitable for beginner or intermediate. (Completion of Part I and Part II is not necessary.)

Instructor: Dr Gretel Furner. Oxford University. PhD on the modern novel, University of the Saarland, Germany. Assoc. Professor of German, George Washington University.  Instructor, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Since 2003 instructor at WICE in French Literature and History, the Migrant Soul series and Creative Writing.