Digital Clinic – Intermediate Short Story Clinic
Date:
With:
Steven Amsterdam
Rating:
EMERGING
Summary:
At any stage of a writing career, the feedback we receive is either acceptance or rejection, which lacks nuance and usefulness. In this Intermediate Short Story Clinic, regular critiques provide the basis for constructive, independent learning, with the goal of helping you develop as many as five stories over five months.Details
Receive direct feedback from your tutor and fellow course participants with this email correspondence course.
Stories of up to 1,500 words due midnight Wednesdays 3 August, 7 September, 5 October, 2 November and 7 December.
You will need to know how to attach a Word document to an email, and how to download a Word document from an email, to participate in this course.
You will learn
- how to identify and fully explore the themes hiding in your story
- how to put the right authorial voice to work to tell your story
- how to strengthen the dynamics in each scene
- how to balance decorative vs functional details
- how to be ruthless during the editing process.
About Steven Amsterdam
Steven Amsterdam’s work has appeared in ‘The Age’, ‘Best Australian Stories’, ‘Heat’, ‘Overland’, ‘Meanjin’, ‘The Sleepers Almanac’ and ‘Torpedo’. ‘Things We Didn't See Coming’ was ‘The Age’ Book of the Year and ‘What the Family Needed’ was longlisted for the International IMPAC award. His new novel, ‘The Easy Way Out’, will be out in September.
Have a go at Steven's writing workout on what the protagonist knows.
Online courses
Check out our other online courses:
- Digital Novel Intensive with Phillipa Martin, from July to December 2016
- Q&A Day (Online), August 2016
- Beginners Short Story Clinic with Demet Divaroren, from August to December 2016
- Intermediate Short Story Clinic with Steven Amsterdam, from August to December 2016
- Advanced Short Story Clinic with Laurie Steed, from July to December 2016
- Poetry Clinic with Terry Jaensch, from July to December 2016
- Features Clinic with Jenny Valentish, from July to December 2016
- The Freelance Life webinar with Jackey Coyle, October 2016