Mechanics of the Short Story

The Mechanics of the Short Story is a 12-week course to help both amateurs and learned writers alike get the basics down about short stories. This course is meant to work through the basics elements of story, from plot to theme, and help attendants craft a complete work by the end of the course.

Course materials (readers, exercises, stories, etc.) will be provided. Attendants are asked only to provide their own writing material.

1. About Writing
2. Beginning with Nothing (story arc)
3. The Little Things that Count (details)
4. Characterization, Part 1
5. Characterization, Part 2
6. Setting the Scene
7. Like Sands Through the Hourglass (time)
8. Look Who's Talking (POV)
9. The Underlying Meaning, Part 1 (theme)
10. The Underlying Meaning, Part 2 (metaphor)
11. Finding Yourself (voice)
12. Wrap-up

Payment

• PayPal (coming soon)
• Cash: At a meeting.
• Check: At a meeting or by mail. Make checks payable to "The Milwaukee Writers Workshop" (or "MWW").
  Our Address:
  The Milwaukee Writers Workshop
  c/o J Boone Dryden
  4244 N Wilson Dr., #1
  Shorewood, WI 53211