ONSITE: Close Reading: Fiction Writing Workshop (Only offered a few times a year!)

ONSITE: Close Reading: Fiction Writing Workshop (Only offered a few times a year!)

Adult Multi-Week | This class is completed

1812 West Main Street Richmond, VA 23220 United States

Dominion

All Levels

3/29/2023-5/24/2023

10:00 AM-12:30 PM EDT on Wed

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$225.00

$202.50

$5.00

For writers of fiction, this class will be part craft discussion, part workshop, part generative space. Each week, we will close-read a short story and discuss the craft elements being used like point of view, subject juxtaposition, braided structure, dialogue as story and more. We'll then use those elements in our own work. You will either write one longer short story, or several shorter works depending on your preference.

  • This class will not meet on 4/6.

    Students will need tools for writing in class, such as laptop/tablet, notebook, pens, etc, as well as internet access to receive assigned reading material outside of class.

    Classes are confirmed one week prior to the start date. In order to help us confirm classes, please register as early as possible.

    This is an On-site course. Students must follow current Covid-19 protocols, as outlined on our website. For more info visit visarts.org. On-site courses do not come with studio access outside of class time. Paid open studio access is available through our Studio Access Program: if interested please visit visarts.org.
Sopkin, April

April Sopkin writes fiction and personal essays. She has been awarded a 2023 Elizabeth George Foundation grant to fund the completion of her short story collection. Her work has appeared in Joyland, Black Telephone Magazine, MIT Technology Review, Carve, Southern Indiana Review, and elsewhere. She was a 2019 Tin House Scholar and her work has won the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, the Patricia Aakhus Award, and the Frank McCourt Memoir Prize. April’s work has also been supported by fellowships and artist residencies, including the Tin House Summer Workshop, TENT: Creative Writing at the Yiddish Book Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.