This course will give experienced and motivated participants the chance to develop their skills in a challenging and supportive workshop environment. While our focus will be on the discussion and critiquing of original participant writing, we will also read short fiction with an eye toward discovering how each piece confronts one or more of the elements of fiction writing: development of a ?voice;? point of view; effective description; narrative technique and dialogue. Participants should expect to read and critique two stories in preparation for each workshop and to present a short story (or a novel excerpt) of their own for group discussion.