CREATIVE WRITING COURSES

David Beaty

On the Basis of Character: A Fiction Workshop in Character Creation

8 weeks: Thursdays, February 16 - April 5, 2012, 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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We read stories and novels to enter into the characters' lives and by doing so better understand and enrich our own lives. The creation of dynamic and believable characters is crucial to the success of any work of fiction. In the first part of this workshop, we will read and discuss character creation in stories by the great writers (Hemingway, Babel, Chekhov, Trevor), and by contemporary masters. There will be short writing exercises in class. In the second part, students will bring in their own work to be read and discussed by the class from the point of view of structure and character creation.

David Beaty has lived and worked in Greece, England, and Brazil. A graduate of Columbia College, he earned an MFA in creative writing from Florida International University, where he was the recipient of the Josephine Friedman Award For Fiction. His short stories have appeared in Miami Noir, Unbound Press, Having A Wonderful Time, and other anthologies and literary journals. His short story, "Ghosts," was chosen for The Best American Mystery Stories 2000, and his story "The Last of Lord Jitters," received honorable mention in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007, edited by Carl Hiaasen.

 

 

Date and Time
Thursdays
February 16 - April 5, 2012
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.