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You've learned the Short Story Basics, but how do you do you take your skills to the next level? In this four-week class, award-winning short fiction author Ben Loory will show you how. Through fun in-class exercises, you?ll learn to how to evaluate your ideas, write glorious prose, and troubleshoot problematic arcs. He will teach you how to transform your rough drafts into literary gold. You?ll also explore the
midpoint transition from character wants to needs. By the end of the class, you?ll have finished 1-2 short stories and be well on your way to getting your name in print! Ben will be covering advanced concepts such as crafting the elusive perfect ending. Pulitzer not included.
Instructor: Ben Loory
7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13 (3 Monday Nights, and 1 one on one)
7:30-10:30 p.m.
Cost: $315 (includes snacks and tea)
Location: Writing Pad East (688 S Santa Fe, Apt. 312, Los Angeles, CA 90021)
About Ben Loory:
Ben Loory's fables and tales have appeared online and in print in journals of all shapes and sizes, including Gargoyle Magazine, The Antioch Review, Pank, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Collagist, Fairy Tale Review, The Rattling Wall, and Quick Fiction. They have also been translated into many languages, including Arabic, Farsi, Japanese, and Indonesian. In 2010, his story "The TV" was featured in The New Yorker, and was named a Distinguished Story of the Year in The Best American Short Stories 2011. His stories "The Duck" and "The Man and the Moose" have appeared on NPR's This American Life, while "The Book" and "The Dodo" have been heard on Selected Shorts (with "The Dodo being written on a commission from the Selected Shorts Commissioning Project). "The Book" is also a staple at WordTheatre, where it has been performed by many actors, including Marcia Gay Harden. His book "Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day" (Penguin, 2011) is now in its fifth printing. It was chosen as a selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program and the Starbucks Coffee Bookish Reading Club, and was named one of the 10 Best Fiction Books of the Year by the Hudson Booksellers retail chain. It also won the Nobbie Award for Best Book of the Year, given by the online arts & culture magazine TheNervousBreakdown.com. As a screenwriter, Ben Loory has worked for Jodie Foster, Alex Proyas (director of Dark City and The Crow), and Mark Johnson (Academy Award-winning producer of Rain Man). He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Visual Arts from Harvard University and an MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute.
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LocationWriting Pad East (View)
688 S Santa Fe, Apt. 312
Los Angeles, CA 90021
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
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| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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