Story Writing Class

The Mariposa - Yosemite Short Story Writing Project

Class begins September 9, 2015 and meets every Wednesday evening at 6pm for six weeks at Mariposa County Arts Council office. For information call (209) 966-3155.

I. GOAL:  Your story is good enough to publish

II. Focus areas:

1. Aiming high

2. Basic skills

3. Learnable techniques

4. Writing as if the World Mattered

5. Writing exercises

    

6. Distribute your story for critique

7. Do First Re-Write of your story

8. Discuss / Share what you learned

9. Do Macro - Revision

10. Making the reader see thru Different Eyes

     

11. Evoking Emotion

12. Read your revised stories

13. Do Micro - Revision

14. Poetic Prose

15. Marketing