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Exploring the Essential Features of “Joyce Carol Oates Teaches the Art of the Short Story “
Joyce Carol Oates, a literary icon with over 50 years of recognition, brings her wealth of experience to a MasterClass where she imparts the art of crafting compelling short stories. With a career adorned with awards, including the National Book Award for “them,” O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize, Joyce has authored 58 novels and countless short stories, articles, and essays.
As a distinguished creative writing professor at Princeton University since 1978, Joyce guides you through the intricacies of short fiction. In her MasterClass, explore the principles of engaging short fiction, from sentences to structure, and discover tools for self-exploration and improved self-expression. Uncover your storytelling instincts, develop your unique voice and narrative, and learn to find inspiration within and around you. Joyce encourages you to approach writing as an adventure, experiment with form, and unlock your best ideas.
Key Learning Points:
- Introduction: Meet Joyce Carol Oates, your esteemed instructor, and delve into the enduring significance of short fiction.
- Principles of Writing Short Fiction: Learn how to draft, revise, and share your work, while addressing topics like rejection and safeguarding your writing time.
- Journals: Observing the World: Explore the power of journaling for self-expression and voice discovery, illustrated with a reading from Virginia Woolf’s diary.
- Ideas: Exploring Taboo and Darkness: Delve into the darker elements of your past for compelling fiction and connecting with a unique audience.
- Structure and Form: Understand experimental approaches to structure, including shaping a story on its first page and exploring one-sided dialogues.
- Ideas: Writing the Familiar: Mine your past and family for rich story material by examining childhood influences and remembering impactful places.
- Form Study: Miniature Narrative: Analyze brief narratives for language and structure requirements, exemplified by a reading from William Carlos Williams.
- Form Study: Short Monologue: Explore writing monologues as a stepping-stone to crafting novels, illustrated by Joyce’s monologue story “Lethal.”
- Story Study: “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”: Discover the inspiration behind Joyce’s well-known story, exploring character perspective adjustments.
- Reading and Studying Writing: Learn how to read with the intention of finding new ideas and insights from admired writers.
- The Writer’s Workshop: “Indian Camp”: Join a discussion on Ernest Hemingway’s story with Joyce and her students, exploring it as they would in a collegiate or graduate class.
- Revision Workshop: “Labor Day”: Participate in a workshop on student Lindsey’s story “Labor Day,” available for download in advance.
- Revision Workshop: “Near Death”: Engage in a workshop on student Corey’s short story “Near Death,” also available for download.
- Closing: Joyce shares parting words, offering advice on selecting an inspiring writing space and finding joy in the writing process.
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