In this six-week online workshop, author Rachel Lyon (Self-Portrait with Boy, Fruit of the Dead) will guide students through the sometimes mechanical, often mysterious process of writing fiction. Each student should plan to workshop one complete story or novel excerpt, and offer constructive feedback weekly on others’ work.

Short lectures and class discussions will focus on specific aspects of craft, including story structure, dialogue, beginnings and endings, scene and exposition, character and setting. Brief in-class exercises will make practice of creative alchemy, transforming theory into practice, living into narrative art.

This class is limited to 10 students and is designed for writers with workshop experience. Tuition includes a 30-minute meeting with the instructor. Applications are now open. The deadline to apply for the workshop is Wednesday, October 2 at 11:59pm ET.