On Campus
2026 Workshop Descriptions will be available soon!
Rebecca Kuang
In this intensive fiction workshop, we will explore a variety of craft techniques such as voice, dialogue, plot, world-building, and characterization through close-reading of published works and in-workshop exercises. We will devote part of workshop every day to group critiques of student work and discussing how to incorporate feedback into the revision process. I request that students prepare by reading sample texts and peers' submissions before they arrive in New Haven. Submissions of short stories and novel excerpts are both welcome.
LaTanya McQueen
The first five to ten pages of a novel or memoir often determine whether an agent, editor, or reader wants to see more of your work. Whether you are just beginning a project or revising the manuscript for the fifth time, chances are your first ten pages could still use revision at the sentence and content level. We will look at openings of published novels and memoirs and discuss and apply revision strategies for the beginning of your work.
Ethan Rutherford
This workshop, open to all forms of fiction, our questions will be: what makes this piece successful? What makes it interesting / compelling / unique? What choices is the author making, and to what effect? We’ll focus on style and structure. Generative writing exercises and revision strategies will be incorporated in every session. The point here is to not only get you writing, but to help you become a better, more thoughtful reader of your own work.