Ariel Gonzalez
I Lie The Truth: A Fiction Workshop
8 weeks: Wednesdays, February 3 - March 24, 2010, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
$170 (Current MDC faculty and credit students: $120)

Course will take place at Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
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How do you convert fact into fiction? Where should an author draw the line between art and life? What is the advantage and disadvantage of writing only what you know? These are a few of the questions we will explore in this workshop, which will look at ways to draw from personal experience. We will also discuss techniques to overcome writer’s block and improve compositional velocity. There will be readings and writing exercises. Be prepared to submit samples of your own fiction.
 
Ariel Gonzalez is a book critic for the Miami Herald. His essays and reviews have also appeared in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post. He has interviewed many prominent novelists and short story writers for Topical Currents, a program on WLRN, South Florida’s NPR affiliate. Among his guests: Salman Rushdie, Junot Diaz, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Jonathan Safran Foer. He teaches English at the Wolfson campus of Miami Dade College.
 

Date and Time
Wednesdays
February 3 - March 24, 2010
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Fee
$170, pre-registration required
(Current MDC faculty staff and students: $120)

This is a Community Education (non-credit) course.

Want to register? Click here for instructions and registration form.