Nine-Month Fiction Workshop

Nine-month fiction Workshop

Applications for my next nine-month workshop (September 2024–May 2025) are now open. If you are interested in applying for next year, please reach out to me by early July. The application includes a questionnaire and a writing sample (fifteen to twenty-five pages). Please email me for the workshop questionnaire and other details: skirk.walsh@gmail.com. Spaces are limited, so please apply before the deadline to ensure consideration. In addition, check out the great online adult writing workshop offerings and classes at Writers League of Texas, StoryStudio, Writing Workshops, and The Writer’s Center.

Workshop description: This workshop is designed for writers who are working on novels or short story collections. Many of my students have completed MFA programs and are looking to continue this kind of creative dialogue in their writing lives. In addition, about half of the students will be working on novel-length projects as well as short stories. The length of the class provides the opportunity to have four focused critiques from a consistent group of readers/writers. Our discussions and workshops are trained on big-picture issues, such as character development, plot, pacing, structure, point of view, and then moving into the finer details of sentence rhythm and figurative language.

About every fifth week will include a reading of a short novel or short story collection. Discussion of these books will revolve around particular aspects of craft as well as interviews with the authors. Recent visiting authors include: Kimberly King Parsons, Megha Majumdar, Jamel Brinkley, Garth Greenwell, Sigrid Nunez, Fernando Flores, and Lydia Millet.

The workshop meets at a gallery space at Sage Studio on Springdale in East Austin. Please email me for any further questions: skirk.walsh@gmail.com. Thank you!