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Focus on the Short Story
Short stories allow you to explore your character’s choices within a limited number of words. The form challenges you to set things up right away. By writing short stories, you’ll learn how to structure your fiction for the greatest payoff. You may discover that you'd like to develop your short story into a full length novel. John DeChancie teaches the workshop starting on July 21st. The course is fourteen weeks long and costs $449.99. Focus on the Short Story.
Learn effective strategies in WDU's Focus on the Short Story Writing Workshop. You'll start by preparing a first draft. Your skills will be put to the test as you build the beginning, middle, and end to your story. You'll learn how to revise your work and make it better. Develop two short stories in class while receiving instructor feedback.
"As far as my comments to students go, most of what I say is based on 25+ years of experience writing and teaching popular fiction. I have 25 titles in print, some of them best sellers, published when one out of 5000+ unsolicited MSS were accepted from new writers by major publishers like Putnam, Avon, Berkley, NAL, Tor, William Morrow...those were my publishers. The advice I give is...invaluable."
~ John DeChancie
One student said, "Beginning writers would be lucky to have an instructor like John. He was very helpful with my assignments, and his comments on them were constructive, while not being disrespectful. I've learned through the years that a writer needs a thick skin when it comes to having your work critiqued, but he helped me on my mistakes and praised me when I did well." Another student said, "John's critiques helped me significantly."
Immerse yourself in short story writing. Enroll in Focus on the Short Story.
Our students are from all over the world. The course system is accessible 24 hours a day.
All upcoming courses can be viewed at this link.
Thank you for being part of the writing community.
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| | John DeChancie's short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and in numerous original anthologies, including Spell Fantastic (edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Larry Segriff, DAW Books) and, most recently I, Alien edited by Mike Resnick (DAW Books), which contains John’s short story “The Loaves and the Fishes.” His book Other States of Being: Sixteen Short Abductions , is a collection of stories, reprinted from various magazines and original paperback anthologies, that all explore the theme of the alien (offered as a print-on-demand title by Pulpless.com, Inc.). His latest book is a small press short story collection A Little Gray Book of Alien Stories published by Borderlands Press, Maryland.
John DeChancie is the author of two dozen books. His novels in the science fiction and fantasy genres have been attracting a wide readership for more than fifteen years, and over a million copies of his books have seen print. His humorous fantasy series, beginning with Castle Perilous, became a best seller for Berkley/ Ace. John's novel Witchblade: Talons was republished by iBooks (Simon and Shuster). John’s other science fiction novels include From Prussia With Love (Prima Publishing), Masterminds of Falkenstein (Prima Publishing) and Innerverse (Avon).
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