Julie Koh – Structuring Short Stories

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Structuring Short Stories with Julie Koh
Learn how to utilise form and structure in your short stories

Join Julie Koh, one of Australia’s best short story writers, in this unique writing course all about form and structure in short fiction.

When it comes to structuring short stories, a high level of precision is required. This workshop is designed to assist beginners who are starting to think about structure in short fiction, as well as emerging writers who want to diagnose and rectify structural issues in their drafts. Participants will engage in a series of writing exercises that will enhance their confidence in creating stories that make readers eager for more.

You’ll learn:

• A number of theories about what makes a good story
• Techniques for structuring your stories
• Methods for identifying and fixing structural issues
• How to apply these theories and techniques to your own work
• How to develop your own formula for approaching a short story

The course is designed to take you 5-6 hours in total, and can be completed in short stages at your convenience. Scroll down to see the full course curriculum and a list of frequently asked questions.

You can find Julie’s writing course on experimenting with short fiction here.

“Julie provides you with a toolkit and structure but really encourages you to experiment, too. I’ve written my first short story and am very enthused now to write more. I am inspired!”

“I enjoyed and learnt a lot from the Short Story writing course with Julie Koh. Julie is an excellent teacher, providing adequate background, imparting valuable knowledge and setting meaningful exercises. I highly recommend this course with KYD.””This course is easy to follow and provides simple and effective tools to start your journey of writing short stories.”

“Structuring Short Stories with Julie Koh offers excellent tools for analysing your writing and strengthening your stories. I often find my short stories have great promise, but also some niggling flaws that I can’t fix. This course gave me new ideas for facing the challenges, and renewed enthusiasm to go back and revise again.”

Your Instructor

Julie Koh
Julie Koh is the author of Capital Misfits and Portable Curiosities. The latter was shortlisted for several awards and led to Julie being named a 2017 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist. Her short stories have been published widely, including in the Best Australian Stories and Best Australian Comedy Writing. She has written radio plays for ABC Radio National and the libretto for the opera Chop Chef. She was a judge for the 2018 Stella Prize.

Course Curriculum

• Welcome
  Introduction
  Meet Your Teacher: Julie Koh (1:17)
• A Good Story, Well-Told
  Introduction
  Kurt Vonnegut: The Shapes of Stories
  Film Theory
  The Cat Up the Tree
  Exercise: Put That Cat up That Tree
  The Hero’s Journey
  The Heroine’s Journey
  The Archipelago
  Exercise: Analyse a Satisfying Story
  The Centre
• The Toolbox
  Introduction
  Collee’s Cards
  Mary Had a Little Lamb
  Workers of All Lands Unite
  The Unfolding
  The Glass of Water
  Exercise: Identify the Wants
  Character Strands
  Exercise: Draw Out the Strands
  The Hook and the Final Line
  Examples of Hooks
  Exercise: Write Some Hooks
  The Overloaded Aeroplane
  Exercise: Analyse an Unsatisfying Story
• Finding Your Formula
  Introduction
  Breaking Down the Wall
  Approach to The Wall
  Structure and Form
  Exercise: Brainstorm Premises
  Frills on the Mannequin
  Exercise: Expand the Story
  Exercises in Revising Structure and Plot
  My Experience: Fixing Stories Fast
  Exercise: Find the Centre
  Exercise: Break Down the Story
  Return with the Elixir (1:26)
• Feedback
  Thank you

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