Fiction Writing
Intensive workshop (suitable for beginner to advanced students)
Taught by Sawako Nakayasu.  Click here for Sawako's profile.

This class is aimed at helping you to write from your unfettered imagination, and then to cultivate the skills for shaping and molding your work into a short fictional piece, whether a short story, poem, or the beginnings of a novel or screenplay.  There will be many in-class and take-home exercises to get you going, in which all facets of your own imagination, memory, and perception will be engaged.  We will examine and analyze excerpts from some of the world's most compelling fiction pieces, and then compare and contrast these with our own drafts in order to provide support and constructive feedback in a workshop setting.  We will also practice reading from the all-important writerly perspective, while discussing many of the basic elements of fiction, including theme, setting, tone, characterization, point-of-view, and narrative structure.

Course Title: Fiction Writing
Tuition Fee: RMB 3200

Fall Session 2008: October 8th to December 13th

Section A: Wednesday evenings (6:30 PM - 9:00 PM)  Registration Closed 
10 weeks from October 8th to December 10th (Course Code: FW103)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Section B: Thursday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)  Registration Closed 
10 weeks from October 9th to December 11th (Course Code: FW104)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Section C: Saturday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)  Registration Closed 
10 weeks from October 11th to December 13th (Course Code: FW105)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Winter Session 2009: February 18th to April 25th

Section E: Wednesday evenings (6:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
10 weeks from February 18th to April 22nd (Course Code: FW107)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Section F: Thursday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
10 weeks from February 19th to April 23rd (Course Code: FW108)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Section G: Saturday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
10 weeks from February 21st to April 25th (Course Code: FW109)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

Registration Procedure:
Please register online first to reserve your place.  You will then receive a confirmation email with further details.  Next, payment must be made on site at the ELC Learning Annex during the payment dates shown below (you can come in person or send someone).

Tuition payment for the Winter Session will take place on Saturday and Sunday, February 7th and 8th, 2009, at the ELC Learning Annex between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m..  Click here for map.

Please note: classes are kept small for the students' benefit (generally between 8 and 12 people).  Register early to reserve your place.  Payment must be received on time to complete your enrollment and maintain your reservation in the class(es) for which you have registered.  (Any course that does not meet sufficient enrollment may be cancelled and a full refund provided upon presentation of your original receipt.)
 

.For detailed information, please feel free to contact one of our program coordinators: Telephone: 55889133 Fax: 55889133 EMAIL: inquiry(at)shanghai-classes.com
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