How do we explore pivotal moments from a character’s life in a satisfying way within 15-20 pages? What about in fewer pages? The short story forces the writer to figure out what really matters in the world, desires, events of a character without the indulgent detail and imagery of a novel. We will explore some of the most efficient uses of voice, setting, symbols, dialogue that define who characters are and stay with readers long after the story ends. While this will primarily be a workshop, there will be optional generative exercises and craft lectures based around students’ areas of interests.
Jeneé has a degree in Creative Writing and went abroad to the University of Oxford to study Renaissance Literature and the Italian Renaissance. Her work has appeared in One Story, Electric Literature, Missouri Review, and elsewhere. Additionally, she won Michigan Quarterly Review’s Jesmyn Ward Prize and has received fellowships from Tin House Summer Workshop, Vermont Studio Center, and Hedgebrook. Previously, she was the Writing in Color Book Project Fellow for the Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Her work has been nominated for Best Microfiction, Best of the Net, and a Pushcart. She’s a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
Jeneé is new to The Porch. Welcome!
