Want to write brilliant, heartfelt tales about the human condition for McSweeney’s? Now’s your chance! In this short story workshop, successful fiction writer Jodi Angel shares her recipe for crafting an irresistible short story! Through fun, in-class writing exercises and an engaging craft talk, she’ll help you brainstorm new ideas, and write a draft of a Pulitzer prize-winning gem. She’ll show you how to hook readers with an engaging premise, vivid characters and help you get to a draft of a killer short story in five pages or less. Experienced and beginning writers welcome. Prepare to bring on your inner Salinger!
About Jodi Angel:
Jodi Angel is the author of two collections of short stories. Her first collection, The History of Vegas, was named a Best Book of 2005 by the San Francisco Chronicle. Her second collection, You Only Get Letters from Jail, (2013), was published by Tin House Books and was named as a Best Book of 2013 by Esquire. Her short stories have appeared in Esquire, Tin House, One Story, Zoetrope: All-Story, Electric Literature Recommended Reading, and The Offing, among other publications and anthologies. Her stories have received several Pushcart Prize nominations and she was selected for Special Mention in 2007. Her story, “A Good Deuce,” was noted as a “Distinguished Story” in The Best American Stories 2012 and her short story, “Snuff,” was selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories 2014.
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About Jodi Angel:
Jodi Angel is the author of two collections of short stories. Her first collection, The History of Vegas, was named a Best Book of 2005 by the San Francisco Chronicle. Her second collection, You Only Get Letters from Jail, (2013), was published by Tin House Books and was named as a Best Book of 2013 by Esquire. Her short stories have appeared in Esquire, Tin House, One Story, Zoetrope: All-Story, Electric Literature Recommended Reading, and The Offing, among other publications and anthologies. Her stories have received several Pushcart Prize nominations and she was selected for Special Mention in 2007. Her story, “A Good Deuce,” was noted as a “Distinguished Story” in The Best American Stories 2012 and her short story, “Snuff,” was selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories 2014.
Want to write brilliant, heartfelt tales about the human condition for McSweeney’s? Now’s your chance! In this short story workshop, successful fiction writer Jodi Angel shares her recipe for crafting an irresistible short story! Through fun, in-class writing exercises and an engaging craft talk, she’ll help you brainstorm new ideas, and write a draft of a Pulitzer prize-winning gem. She’ll show you how to hook readers with an engaging premise, vivid characters and help you get to a draft of a killer short story in five pages or less. Experienced and beginning writers welcome. Prepare to bring on your inner Salinger!
About Jodi Angel:
Jodi Angel is the author of two collections of short stories. Her first collection, The History of Vegas, was named a Best Book of 2005 by the San Francisco Chronicle. Her second collection, You Only Get Letters from Jail, (2013), was published by Tin House Books and was named as a Best Book of 2013 by Esquire. Her short stories have appeared in Esquire, Tin House, One Story, Zoetrope: All-Story, Electric Literature Recommended Reading, and The Offing, among other publications and anthologies. Her stories have received several Pushcart Prize nominations and she was selected for Special Mention in 2007. Her story, “A Good Deuce,” was noted as a “Distinguished Story” in The Best American Stories 2012 and her short story, “Snuff,” was selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories 2014.
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About Jodi Angel:
Jodi Angel is the author of two collections of short stories. Her first collection, The History of Vegas, was named a Best Book of 2005 by the San Francisco Chronicle. Her second collection, You Only Get Letters from Jail, (2013), was published by Tin House Books and was named as a Best Book of 2013 by Esquire. Her short stories have appeared in Esquire, Tin House, One Story, Zoetrope: All-Story, Electric Literature Recommended Reading, and The Offing, among other publications and anthologies. Her stories have received several Pushcart Prize nominations and she was selected for Special Mention in 2007. Her story, “A Good Deuce,” was noted as a “Distinguished Story” in The Best American Stories 2012 and her short story, “Snuff,” was selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories 2014.
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