Franz Kafka wrote, “You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice. It will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”

In writing fiction this semester, that’s what this course will ask of you. Sit. Listen. Wait. Be still. Your world will become the words you put to paper. And if it rolls in ecstasy at your feet, that’s great. But even if it doesn’t, you’ll still learn the elements of writing a short story.
Prerequisite: CW 1040 recommended