FICTION & PERSONAL NARRATIVE

In this workshop, we will practice taking creative risks, writing fiction and nonfiction. We will examine four key craft areas: voice, characterization, imagery, and arrangement, both in contemporary published writing and in the writing of the people in this class. In small and large group workshops, we will consider each writer’s work with care and attention to the writer’s vision. By discussing each work-in-progress on its own terms, we will help our fellow writers deepen the meaning and impact of their work. Through risk-taking, and building a creative community, we will also grow and deepen our personal relationships to craft.  

Writing sample required to apply. Short stories and other imaginative and personal writing. Interested students should send a prose writing sample to awatson@barnard.edu by April 1st, 2025.

· Writing samples should be creative and appropriate to the courses requested: 4-6 pages of fiction or personal narrative 

· They should be neat, typed, and double-spaced.

· They should not be expository or primarily analytical (like a literature paper).