10/15 Class - Short Story 101 with Oksana Marafioti - $28
Date: 10/15
Time: 10:00 am - Noon PDT
Cost: $35/$28 for members
Class Level: All
Link and materials will be emailed at least 30 minutes before class.
A short story might be short, but it’s mighty!
Writers often wonder what they can do to improve their chances of publishing novels. Many established authors began that journey by writing and publishing short stories. Not only does writing short stories tremendously improve writing skills, but publishing stories serves as an experience literary agents and editors take very seriously. Short stories ask the writer to be purposeful and fascinating, and that requires mastery. The compact format teaches a writer how to create everything from plot to character to setting to dialogue. Whether you're a budding writer in search of your genre, a short story writer in the making, or a novelist looking to sharpen your writing skills in general, join us as we explore the short story genre. We will write and workshop the first page of your short story. To facilitate the workshop component of the class, registration is limited to 10 students.
Your Instructor: Oksana Marafioti is the author of American Gypsy: A Memoir (FSG, 2012). Her writings have appeared in Rumpus, Slate, and Time magazines, literary journals The Fairy Tale Review and Pilgrimage, and in several anthologies. Oksana was the 2013 BMI - Library of Congress Literary Award Recipient. In 2016, she was the U.S. Government-sponsored literary ambassador to the Czech Republic. She was the 2020 recipient of the Picador Excellence in Literature Award from the University of Leipzig, Germany. A classically trained pianist, Oksana also holds a B.S. in Cinematography and an MFA in Creative Writing.
Date: 10/15
Time: 10:00 am - Noon PDT
Cost: $35/$28 for members
Class Level: All
Link and materials will be emailed at least 30 minutes before class.
A short story might be short, but it’s mighty!
Writers often wonder what they can do to improve their chances of publishing novels. Many established authors began that journey by writing and publishing short stories. Not only does writing short stories tremendously improve writing skills, but publishing stories serves as an experience literary agents and editors take very seriously. Short stories ask the writer to be purposeful and fascinating, and that requires mastery. The compact format teaches a writer how to create everything from plot to character to setting to dialogue. Whether you're a budding writer in search of your genre, a short story writer in the making, or a novelist looking to sharpen your writing skills in general, join us as we explore the short story genre. We will write and workshop the first page of your short story. To facilitate the workshop component of the class, registration is limited to 10 students.
Your Instructor: Oksana Marafioti is the author of American Gypsy: A Memoir (FSG, 2012). Her writings have appeared in Rumpus, Slate, and Time magazines, literary journals The Fairy Tale Review and Pilgrimage, and in several anthologies. Oksana was the 2013 BMI - Library of Congress Literary Award Recipient. In 2016, she was the U.S. Government-sponsored literary ambassador to the Czech Republic. She was the 2020 recipient of the Picador Excellence in Literature Award from the University of Leipzig, Germany. A classically trained pianist, Oksana also holds a B.S. in Cinematography and an MFA in Creative Writing.
Date: 10/15
Time: 10:00 am - Noon PDT
Cost: $35/$28 for members
Class Level: All
Link and materials will be emailed at least 30 minutes before class.
A short story might be short, but it’s mighty!
Writers often wonder what they can do to improve their chances of publishing novels. Many established authors began that journey by writing and publishing short stories. Not only does writing short stories tremendously improve writing skills, but publishing stories serves as an experience literary agents and editors take very seriously. Short stories ask the writer to be purposeful and fascinating, and that requires mastery. The compact format teaches a writer how to create everything from plot to character to setting to dialogue. Whether you're a budding writer in search of your genre, a short story writer in the making, or a novelist looking to sharpen your writing skills in general, join us as we explore the short story genre. We will write and workshop the first page of your short story. To facilitate the workshop component of the class, registration is limited to 10 students.
Your Instructor: Oksana Marafioti is the author of American Gypsy: A Memoir (FSG, 2012). Her writings have appeared in Rumpus, Slate, and Time magazines, literary journals The Fairy Tale Review and Pilgrimage, and in several anthologies. Oksana was the 2013 BMI - Library of Congress Literary Award Recipient. In 2016, she was the U.S. Government-sponsored literary ambassador to the Czech Republic. She was the 2020 recipient of the Picador Excellence in Literature Award from the University of Leipzig, Germany. A classically trained pianist, Oksana also holds a B.S. in Cinematography and an MFA in Creative Writing.