Fiction I: Character is Plot (and Setting, Point of View, Dialogue and Style) (8 sessions)

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that “character is plot, plot is character,” putting a twist on Aristotle’s formula for drama, and placing “who” at the center of what happens in a story. But character can also be where, how, when and why. Over the course of eight weeks, this workshop will introduce the new writer to several different elements of fiction including voice, narrative, setting, consciousness, and conflict, through a focus on character. Writers will learn from the masters of the story (including Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Munro) and produce weekly imitations as well as one original story. Note: No class on 10/8.