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MFA Fiction Workshop

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
Tu 12:30p.m. – 3:30p.m.		 W06-0094 6 $5114 (guest students)
Date
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
Time
Tu 12:30p.m. – 3:30p.m.
Location
W06-0094
Credits
6
Min. Tuition*
$5114 (guest students)

Description

The course will focus on fiction writing from two perspectives-craft and process. Through discussion of their own and published fiction, students will explore how writers construct character, voice, suspense, story, etc. they will also discuss the more hazy area of process. Students in the workshop will read recently published fiction, discussion what makes this work successful and how they, as writers, can learn from it, while writing and critiquing their own work in a responsible and constructive manner. Students will be expected to present their own work to the workshop at least twice during the term.

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

1/27/2025 - 5/14/2025

Location

W06-0094

Enrolled / Capacity

10 / 12

Status

Closed

Instructor

Eileen Pollack

Tuition*

$5114 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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