Fiction Writing Class

Found Forms in Fiction: Letters, Tweets, & Beyond
Thurs nights in October, 2018 | Oct 4, 11, 18, 25 | 6-9 pm  / 12 hours total  
Members or full time students: $139 | General enrollment: $159
Cap: 12 | All experience levels
Location: Anchorage, 421 W. 1st Ave, Suite 200 (Alaska Humanities Forum office) 

In this four-week class, we’ll study pieces of fiction that borrow formal structures from elsewhere in culture. We’ll study a classic epistolary work, innovative contemporary pieces like Rick Moody’s short story-in-tweets, and more. From there, we’ll identify forms that might be interesting to experiment with (as well as their respective formal possibilities and constraints). Students will write and workshop new stories utilizing borrowed forms. 

Instructor bio: Shane Castle is a UAA writing instructor and reader/proofreader forAlaska Quarterly Review. He has worked as a journalist and his short fiction has appeared in venues including Black Warrior Review, Indiana Review, Salamander, Electric Literature, and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Iron Horse Literary Review recently selected one of his stories for its 20th anniversary “best of” issue, and his agent is currently trying to sell his debut novel. 

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