Ready to jumpstart your writing process? Or maybe you’ve been writing fiction for a while, and you’d like some new inspiration, energy, techniques or tools to develop your writing further? Fiction Writing Booster Shot is a series of 6 online classes focusing on 3 fundamentals of fiction writing: character, dramatic conflict and dialogue.
Every 2-hour class will include fun writing exercises, a critical discussion of published short stories, and on-the-spot critique/feedback on participants’ work. You can expect to write 300 to 1,000 words (fragments, scenes or stories) for each class.
Pay for and attend as many classes as you want. Each class is designed as a stand-alone session—although attending consecutive classes will help you build creative momentum and develop a more comprehensive understanding of the craft of fiction writing. Each class will be capped to 8 participants.
(I) Schedule
Fiction Writing Booster Shot #1
Thursdays, 7:30 - 9:30pm SGT
23 April: Character I
Who are the people in our stories, and what makes them tick? How do we create interesting and original characters?30 April: Dramatic Conflict I
Do stories need conflict? What makes a story dramatically compelling—and ultimately unforgettable?7 May: Dialogue I
How is dialogue used effectively in fiction—why have characters talk to each other? What makes dialogue convincing?
Fiction Booster Shot #2:
Thursdays, 7:30 - 9:30pm SGT
14 May: Character II
How can we get to know our characters better? What makes for a compelling or memorable character? How can we write characters who are not like us?21 May: Dramatic Conflict II
How do we find the drama and keep it going in a story? Is it possible to tell a story with no plot?28 May: Dialogue II
What makes for good, nay, great dialogue in a story? How can we write dialogue that will really sing—or have a little zing?
(II) Ticketing Information
Single session: $60 (regular), $30 (students)
3-session package pass: $150 (regular), $75 (students)
6-session package pass: $270 (regular), $135 (students)
The Zoom link for the sessions will be sent within 24 hours of each session to the e-mail address provided upon registration.
(III) About the Facilitator
Yu-Mei Balasingamchow is the co-author of Singapore: A Biography and co-editor of the literary collection, In Transit: An Anthology from Singapore on Airports and Air Travel. Her short fiction has won the Mississippi Review Fiction Prize, been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and been published in the UK, US and Singapore. Yu-Mei has received grants and fellowships from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Ragdale Foundation, Vermont Studio Center and Nanyang Technological University. She has attended Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and was an honorary fellow in writing at the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. She has an MFA in creative writing from Boston University and is working on a novel.
VENUE: Zoom (online)
LINK: sent to ticket-holders via e-mail
EVENT WEBSITE: Peatix (for tickets)
DATE AND TIME
23, 30 Apr 2020, 7.30pm-9.30pm
7, 14, 21, 28 May 2020, 7.30pm-9.30pm