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Making a Scene (EGL 286)
In fiction—as in life—when you want everyone's full attention, you "make a scene." Loosely defined, a scene is a real-time interchange between two or more characters. In a good scene, readers will feel as if they are actually experiencing—not merely being told—the story. Scenes convince through the senses, and include dialogue, action and reaction, thoughts, sounds, smells, and gestures. They very often include subtext, or what is not being said. This course is an exploration of scene and summary narration with a special emphasis on creating effective scenes. We will begin by reading and discussing stories by writers such as Raymond Carver, Carson McCullers, and Alice Munro, examining how they balance scene with summary and moment-to-moment detail. We will also look at mini scenes as well as stories told completely in scene. Then we will get down to writing with in-class exercises followed by informal critiques. This is not a traditional workshop, but rather an immersion course designed to hone your craft of storytelling.
Krista Landers
Former Stegner Fellow
Krista Landers received a BA from University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MFA from Sarah
Lawrence College. She has taught writing through the
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, at Sarah
Lawrence College, and elsewhere. Her fiction has
appeared in the magazines LOST and Tin House.
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Course Details
2:15 - 6:00 pm
1 week
Jul 14 - Jul 18
2 units $405
Limit: 21
Drop by: Jul 7
Special refund deadline: July 7
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