Writing Short Fiction (HEN107)
Semester 2 / 2015

Texts

y separately published work icon The Little Red Writing Book Mark Tredinnick , Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2006 Z1324216 2006 single work prose (taught in 16 units) 'A book on technique, style, craft and manners for everyone who writes and wants to do it better. It is a manual of good diction, composition, sentence craft, paragraph design, structure and planning.' (Publisher's blurb)
y separately published work icon Cracking the Spine : Ten Short Stories and How They Were Written Julie Chevalier (editor), Bronwyn Mehan (editor), Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2014 7482882 2014 anthology short story essay (taught in 1 units)

Description

This unit introduces students to the steps involved in producing polished works of short fiction: generating ideas through writing exercises, improving work through redrafting, and refining work through copy-editing. Seminars will focus on the close reading of published works of short fiction and aspects of writing craft, while workshops will enable students to receive critical feedback on their own work and develop skills in critiquing the work of their peers.

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