Short Fiction Workshop
Courses
- Abnormal Psychology
- Academic Writing
- Academic Writing II: Writing about Literature
- Advanced Topics in Mathematics
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Astronomy
- Environmental Science
- FUNdamentals of Chemistry
- Java for Video Games
- Mathematical Problem Solving
- Molecules, Proteins, and Genes: Building Blocks of Biology
- Nanotechnology
- Plugged In: Media Studies in the 21st Century
- Screenwriting
- Short Fiction Workshop
- Short Fiction Workshop II
- Social Psychology
Score Requirements: (Score Table 2)
About the Course: Students will analyze and create short fiction that explores the possibilities of plot, character, point of view, setting, theme and style. Scholarly reading, analysis, and discussion of short works by authors such as Flannery O’Connor, James Baldwin, and Joyce Carol Oates will enable students to discover the power of various techniques and fictional elements. Students will also swap short fiction drafts in a workshop format and trade interpretive theories via Socratic message boards, applying their knowledge to their own creative fiction.
About the Instructor: Robin Follet holds a Bachelor of Arts in both English Literature and Studio Art from the University of Virginia, and a Master of Arts in Education from the College of William and Mary. The current English Department Chair at Cary Academy, Robin has taught a variety of English courses over the past decade, including a series of creative writing courses at the West Virginia Governor’s Honors Academy. Recently, he co-authored a book on differentiation and Romeo and Juliet, which was published in the spring of 2007.
Instructor(s) subject to change.